onsdag den 2. marts 2022

Askeonsdag -- Ash Wednesday

     I søndags huskede vi for en gangs skyld at samle alle palmegrenene sammen fra kors og fromme billeder i Ugleboet og søreme også at tage dem med i kirke.
Det her er et billede af krucifikset i vores stue - nu uden palmegrene. Asken til askeonsdag kommer nemlig ved at man brænder sidste års palmegrene (der er buksbom) fra palmesøndag.
Alle i menigheden får så et askekors i panden som tegn på bodfærdighed ved fastetidens begyndelse.

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  Last Sunday we gathered all the palms from all around the Owlery and brought them to church.
Here's a picture of the cross from out living room now without palms (boxwood branches - because we have no palms).
Today all the brances have been burned, and we're marked with the ashes in the sign of a cross to mark the beginning of Lent.


Normalt giver man afkald på et eller andet i fastetiden. De forgangne år har jeg prøvet at minimere min skærmtid. Det vil jeg ikke i år. Jeg må finde på noget andet (slik, bandeord ...)

I dag har paven opfordret til en bods- og fastedag for Ukraine. Det vil sige, man undlader et eller andet - slik, kaffe, ... - og hver gang, man så savner det, tænker man på krigen i Ukraine, og beder for fred og for dem, der lider under krigen.

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Normally you decide to abstain from something during Lent. I normally have the idea of giving up, or rather minimizing my blogging time. I won't this year. I'll find something else (candy, angry words ...) 

Today the pope has called for prayer and penance fro Ukraine. You give up something for today, coffee, candy ... and every time you think of it, you offer it up for peace in Ukraine and say a prayer for the people there.



2 kommentarer:

  1. Lots of prayers today. My work kept me from the Ash Wednesday service at my church, i hope to get to another church that has one this evening.

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    1. We ended up not going. We would spend more than 3 hours going there, mass, and back by public transportation (the church is 20 km from our home). And one son and me were poorly and had a headache. I hope you had better luck.

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