For Born and bred Catholics

[ukok]

Did you ever wipe the ashes from your forehead after receiving them? I ask because my daughter has just come home from school and she had Mass at school and i expected to see the ashes upon her forehead...and ...she say's that everyone wiped them off after Mass because they thought they all looked stupid..just wondering how you all felt about having the ashes upon your forehead as a pre/teen.

 

[nyj]

When I was a kid, there was a time or two that I wiped them off as well.

 

[Christy4Christ]

I wouldn't worry about it kids are so insecure and worried about what people think of them, I was the same way. They outgrow it eventually, I believe

 

[ukok]

When I was a kid, there was a time or two that I wiped them off as well.

so i shouldn't feel so dissapointed then, i spose...oh well, we are going to Mass at our local parish in a few hours so maybe we get to do it all over again!

 

[ukok]

I wouldn't worry about it kids are so insecure and worried about what people think of them, I was the same way. They outgrow it eventually, I believe

I know, but you'd think that since all 1000+ pupils had the ashes placed upon their foreheads that they would have realised that there was no 'odd man out'...i am still encouraged, i'm hoping to take her to Adoration with me on Saturday...who know's...could be a nun in the making (actually, this is very unlikely but who can estimate the power of the Blessed Sacrament!)

 

[Mulutka]

I wiped the ashes away too.... or tried to hide them with my bangs. Kids will be kids...

I was actually wondering how long we should keep the ashes on our forehead? Until we go to bed? Or is the fact that we received them is what's most important,not the amount of time we exhibit them...

 

[ps139]

I would always keep them on as long as possible. I never used to comb my hair but I would slick it back so my forehead would be exposed for Ash Wednesday I am getting them today at 5:30, but I wish I had gotten them before work so I could walk around with my ashes.

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

I usually got ashes a 6:30 mass. This would be before I showered and dressed for school so they usually got washed off.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

I got them at university once. If anyone stared at me, then I must have been oblivious to it (then again, I was pretty upset that day about something, so the ashes on my forehead were not my first concern).

 

[Bastoune]

I never did that, except accidentally when I had an itch...

 

[Michelina]

I was actually wondering how long we should keep the ashes on our forehead.

You must keep them on your head until the Feast of the Ascension!

 

[geocajun]

You must keep them on your head until the Feast of the Ascension!

Its a good idea to have them laminated so they stay in place

 

[Michelina]

Its a good idea to have them laminated so they stay in place

LOL !!!

I hadn't thought of that, geo. Thanx.

 

[Aaron-Aggie]

You must keep them on your head until the Feast of the Ascension!

if you don't ever wash them off your going have a little more then ash on your forhead

 

[Mulutka]

if you don't ever wash them off your going have a little more then ash on your forhead

Isn't cleanliness next to Godliness?? So if a person doesn't wash their forehead...

 

[jukesk9]

I went to Spanish Mass at noon at the ashes were sprinkled on top of our heads....never saw that before.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

I have seen this (at my parents' parish).

 

[ej]

I thought ashes just naturally fell off, or got wiped away accidentally.

I remember being anointed with oil by the bishop at confimation though - i left that on till i went home, then i washed it off because I thought it might give me spots

 

[faerieevaH]

*chuckles* Ashes rained off of me almost immediately after I came out of church. I don't remember ever whiping them off, but then we got ours in the evening.

 

[Aaron-Aggie]

I thought ashes just naturally fell off, or got wiped away accidentally.

I remember being anointed with oil by the bishop at confimation though - i left that on till i went home, then i washed it off because I thought it might give me spots

tehy do mine are almost gone