![]() ![]() Repent: Metanoeite! The readings of today's liturgy speak especially of this. They are the words with which Christ began his preaching. After the Council, the Church also likes to repeat another liturgical formula during the distribution of ashes: "Convertimini!" "Repent, and believe in the Gospel!" (Mk 1:15).Īt the beginning of Lent, these words on Ash Wednesday are a plan of life for us. This will happen to each one of us: "To dust you will return."Ģ. In his case, death had fulfilled its relentless law. I saw clearly with my own eyes how his body had turned to dust. ![]() It was the tomb of a great monarch who had ruled when my country was at the height of its splendor and power. I once witnessed the opening of a royal sarcophagus in the cathedral of Krakow. ![]() All generations of humanity share in this inheritance. By the act of the first Adam, death entered the world and every descendant of Adam bears the sign of death within him. These words come from the Book of Genesis: our first parents heard them after they had sinned. The Church speaks these words in today's liturgy, while ashes are placed on the foreheads of the faithful. "Remember, man, you are dust and to dust you will return." quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris" (cf. May his prayers help us all to deepen our own conversion during these 40 days.ġ. ROME (Catholic Online) - This homily was preached by the late Servant of God John Paul II during the Ash Wednesday Liturgy in Rome on February 21,1996. ![]()
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