We gather to have ashes placed on our foreheads as these words are said, "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." What is the meaning of these things?

On Ash Wednesday we are reminded of our mortality because, in being of reminded of our mortality, we prepare our hearts to receive anew the joy of Christ's resurrection on Easter. Yes, we all one day will return to the dust. But because of the resurrection of Christ we no longer need to fear death. As the Prayer Book funeral liturgy states, "For to your faithful people, O Lord, life is changed, not ended; and when our mortal body lies in death, there is prepared for us a dwelling place eternal in the heavens." As we prepare to enter the season of Lent, let us be ever mindful of this great hope that we have because of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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