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No verbal response is necessary. Some say "Amen."

According to official reports, around 5,000 people were injured during the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983.

The act of running away in NM is not illegal but if you're a runaway and are found by the police then you can be brought back home.

edit: but the authorities cannot tell you that you cannot just up and leave again.

Certainly,. it is a standard Catholic Practice of the beginning of Lent.

Every 11th year - and that goes for ANY date/day combination.

Catholics are one.

Ashes are placed on the forehead in the sign of the cross to remind us that our body will return to hence from which it came. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Also the beginning of Lent in which we will sacrifice or give up something that is materialistic in form that we have enjoyed. Showing us that materialist things don't last & we can be without. But mainly to give up of oneself, as the Lord did, and think more so of others before ourselves. Feed and help the poor,elderly and the lot less fortunate. They say, if you can stick with anything for six weeks, it may become part of you.

Some churches offer communion during Ash Wednesday mass and some churches do not. Some people feel that the ashes should be the centerpiece of the mass and not the Eucharist (communion). It is a choice of preference.

Ashes signify that Jesus is present in our lives and faith. It is a reminder of our mortality here on Earth and our everlasting life with Him. You shouldn't really wipe off the ashes until next morning (Thursday morning). But there is no rule forbidding you to do so; it is just a matter of personal preference. Nothing will bad (or great, for that matter) will happen.

It depends where the Catholic lives. At the very least, all Fridays in Lent and Ash Wednesday. Normally, all Fridays period, but in some places (such as the US and Canada) other regulations are in force.

Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas first donned a red robe during Victorian times. He wore a variety of different colors such as green, blue, red, and brown, but in the end, the red was his favorite.

You can start eating again as soon as Ash Wednesday is over, midnight.

Carnival occurs the day before Ash Wednesday as a celebration ( like Mardi Gras) before Lent and fasting begin. Carnival translated means "farewell to meat"

It depends on how much of the ash the people put on you. If a lot, it will last you all day, unless your active in sports. If just a little, it may last you a couple of hours, or just an hour.

Some obligations during the Lenten season change between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. For the Roman Catholic Church, some obligations for practicing Catholics over the age of 14 include abstaining from warmblooded meat, such as beef, poultry, ect. but other meat such as fish is still allowed. Also the is an obligation to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The Catholic notion of fasting is eating one full meal (10 oz.) and 2 small meals not to exceed the full meal. As every other Sunday of the year, it is an obligation to attend mass every Sunday during lent including Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation but is often attended. People also either vow to give up something or do something in order to make themselves closer to God for the 40 days of lent (every day minus Sundays. Sundays are not included because they are a joyous day celebrating Jesus rising from the dead.

The Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 affected southern Victoria, in particular areas around Cudgee, Branxholme, Mount Macedon, and areas of the Dandenong Ranges and the Otways

In South Australia, areas affected included the Adelaide Hills and Mt Lofty, and the Clare Valley.

Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent, a penitential season in the Church. Ash Wednesday is a day to reflect on our sins and turn away from them. In the Bible a sign of repentance was to gird yourself in sackcloth and ashes.

The ashes received on the forehead are given with the words "Remember you are dust, and unto dust you will return" although sometimes parishes will use a more cheery "turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel." The ashes are meant to be a sign of repentance and a reminder of our mortality.

The ashes received are from palm leaves from last Palm Sunday being burned. Through this we are reminded of the entrance into the season that will end with the memorials of Jesus' death and resurrection.

For more information, you can visit EWTN's page on Ash Wednesday or view This Rock magazine's history of Ash Wednesday at the sites below.

The Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church states that the penitential days and times (such as Lent) in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent (Code of Canon Law 1250). In Code of Canon Law 1251 states that, abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their majority, until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Pastors of souls and parents are to ensure that even those who by reason of their age are not bound by the law of fasting and abstinence, are taught the true meaning of penance (Code of Canon Law 1252). Catholics usually only eat fish on Fridays during Lent because during that time they believe they should give up to meat every Friday as penance and in recognition of the crucifixion of Jesus. Many Catholics do choose to eat fish as an alternative. The Church continues to encourage abstinence (eating no meat) on Friday as an act of penance. The practice is no longer binding under sin.