This Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. This day not only starts a new season of Lent, but also starts a new life of cleansed sin. The ashes that are used for the priests to put on your forehead are the burned palms from the last year's Palm Sunday. Unfortunately, the day of the mass, Isaac spilled yogurt down my pants. So, Tyler Suttles helped me by washing the yogurt off, during Social Studies. This left my pants wet because the boy's bathroom doesn't have any paper towels. I had to sit through the Ash Wednesday prayer service with my wet pants and some yogurt stains. Other than that, I learned a lot about Ash Wednesday through Social Studies and English Language Arts class. One thing I learned is that Ash Wednesday isn't about joy and praise. It symbolizes the beginning of Jesus's journey in the desert. The ash cross that we receive during the prayer service symbolizes the sin that we carry and that we are very sinful creatures. Lent gives us new hope and new life by giving us the chance to give up something we care about or by doing something more that enriches our souls. Lent is actually forty six days long and the six Sundays are counted as Lent. I think Lent is an amazing and great time of the year because of the fact of Jesus giving us the chance to relinquish our sin. Just like Jesus, we too our giving up things we enjoy or do during Lent. http://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/
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