-
- Members of Zion Baptist and Christ Lutheran churches, Washington, D.C., met in northwestern Washington to offer prayers and ashes to morning commuters waiting at bus stops.
-
- sh Wednesday services are more than ashes. From left, Diane Aberi with daughters Kate and Jackie, sing at the Ash Wednesday service at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Skaneateles, N.Y., in 2012.
-
- A member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church , Lafayette, Ind., receives ashes at a 2011 service.
-
- Lily Roth, 6, looks back at her parents after receiving ashes from Scott McAnally, her pastor, during the Lutheran Church of Hope , Broomfield, Colo., children’s Ash Wednesday service.
This custom comes to us from the Jewish practice of using an external mark of penitence.
