For some reason, ever since ash wed, my forehead has been really hurting where I got the ashes rubbed on. It is sensitive to the touch. Has this every happened to anyone else? Maybe I'm allergic?
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That's what I'm thinking too. It's never happened before though, and I've never gone a year without getting ashes
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Maybe it is like the Saint who got that ugly sore when he/she asked to share Jesus suffering.
By the way I am clueless as to which saint that is or if that is even a true story
By the way I am clueless as to which saint that is or if that is even a true story
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i have a confession to make ~ Wednesday morning i woke up with another migraine, i felt sick and was determined that i would go to Mass that night and receive the ashes upon my forehead....in addition to tablet medication i used a new product that has recently come on to the market in the UK, it's called 'forehead' and you rub it over your..you guessed it...forehead....anyway, eventually the pain subsided significantly and i got ready to go to Mass. I went up for the ashes,and my daughter was directly behind me in the line . Later as we left church my daughter said "Mum, what was in those ashes, my forehead's really stinging!'...then it dawned on me that i had been using this medicated stick thing all day and though i had had a bath before Mass, i had reapplied it in case the pains came back and spoilt my enjoyment of Mass, some of it must have been dispersed in the ashes on which the priest placed the ashes on others....i'll know next time not to use it!
I'm not saying this happened to you, but i know that's why my daughters forhead stung after receiving the ashes... hey, you weren't behind my daughter that evening were you!
I'm not saying this happened to you, but i know that's why my daughters forhead stung after receiving the ashes... hey, you weren't behind my daughter that evening were you!
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That story is hilarious!!! 
Ironically, as i was kneeling after i received ashes at wednesday Mass, I was thinking "I wonder if anyone can actually be allergic to the ashes" then my mind wandered and i decided that would be pushing it, and how many people would be allergic to ashes!
A funny friend I'd met about a month ago was meeting with me and some other people downstairs for a game night, and I walked in late after Mass, and he blurted out very loudly "YOU'VE BEEN ASHED!!!" .. i thought it was funny.
Ironically, as i was kneeling after i received ashes at wednesday Mass, I was thinking "I wonder if anyone can actually be allergic to the ashes" then my mind wandered and i decided that would be pushing it, and how many people would be allergic to ashes!
A funny friend I'd met about a month ago was meeting with me and some other people downstairs for a game night, and I walked in late after Mass, and he blurted out very loudly "YOU'VE BEEN ASHED!!!" .. i thought it was funny.
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Steph said:A funny friend I'd met about a month ago was meeting with me and some other people downstairs for a game night, and I walked in late after Mass, and he blurted out very loudly "YOU'VE BEEN ASHED!!!" .. i thought it was funny.
Ash and you shall receive.
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ChoirDir said:
Yikes, you have provoked comment from the medical establishment
Ashes are by definition hypoallergenic or anallergenic, as they contain no allergans. An allergan is a protein that causes the human body to react with an immune response to fight the allergan. This is the typical allergic reaction.
proteins are destroyed by fire, ashes are the remnants of that destruction, they are not allergenic because all possible allergans have been destroyed. A person may have a skin sensitivity to ashes, but it is not an allergic reaction in the truest sense.
Here endeth the medical lesson
carry on..........you may resume normal conversation
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Interesting.....I'm still at a loss. I did ask the Lord to let me share in His suffering this year, but I don't think that forehead irritation falls under that category.
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