Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Ash Wednesday redefined
Found this tidbit in a Reuters story on Pope John Paul II.
Oddly enough, the story goes on to mention the distribution of ashes later on. Heck, it mentions ashes in the next sentence. All right, it's a minor quibble, but I did find this new theology amusing.
A sick Pope John Paul failed for the first time in 26 years to preside at Ash Wednesday but joined world Catholics from his hospital room in a ritual where dust is rubbed on their foreheads to remind them of mortality.How about ashes being rubbed on our foreheads to remind us of our sinfulness. Is it so hard to get stuff like that correct?
Oddly enough, the story goes on to mention the distribution of ashes later on. Heck, it mentions ashes in the next sentence. All right, it's a minor quibble, but I did find this new theology amusing.
# posted by Paul Zummo : 12:31 PM
