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Show LENTEN SEASON HERE IVty mn o; rrn)ri' nml Pnlug VrotHilIng Iji-ler. UeHlnuIng March lh Ash Wed-nesda) Wed-nesda) thp 1010 reason of Kent started Its forty-da) period of fasting nnd prnjer preceding the solemn lns-Irr lns-Irr fesltllltles. Thli name Is iter lied from nn nuclent custom In vogue nmong the enrly luriiellte nnd signifies sig-nifies repentant u nnd humility by putting null's nn the hend. These nncleiitn when tho repented of their sins, put sackcloth iuiiI nshpn on their person nnd walked the strrtu. thus showing their humble rrpeiitincp Most of thn chlirihes hnp outlltrtl thin solemnlly. The prntcsttntn nre satisfied to let yrnjcr nnd rnstlng nnd nrly church exvnlsen snfriio nn u proper demonstration of humble re-pentnmo re-pentnmo nnd prepnratlon for the holy ICiiktrr week. In which the crucifixion mid resurrection of Jcti: Christ nrc veli'bratcil. The Cuthollv church, how-rcr. how-rcr. still cling somewhat to the nn-dent nn-dent custom, nt uuy ratv to tbc V tent or autnorlilng the iirlesl on Ash Wciliiesilny to put nshen on the forehead fore-head of tach worshipper us he or iIip kneels nt the nltnr. Oregory the flreat (60.fl0l) first Introduced the custom of the undent Isrnellte Into tho Itomi.u Catholic church nnd since then It ulwuyn hnn been n solemn rite on Ash Wetlneo-Iny Wetlneo-Iny sen Ices. |