Comprehensive guide to Ash Wednesday ashes- CathNewsNZ

Comprehensive guide to Ash Wednesday ashes

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023

A Catholic Guide to Ashes hilariously describes how Ash Wednesday ashes appear on foreheads after receiving them. Bill Donaghy, a senior lecturer for the Theology of the Body Institute, designed the graphic.

He explained why he created it. “Humour is the ability to see through things, even the darkest or most sombre of things, to realise that there’s a God of love and joy behind it all.” Read more

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