Ash Wednesday- ashes

[Sbee0]

I see even Amazon has Ash Wednesday ashes for sale. I always wondered where the ashes come from.

I heard it’s from the burning of old palms from Palm Sunday. Is this still true at least for some parishes or is it a manufactured product that is bought somewhere?

 

[Crocus]

We were reminded last week to bring our old palms for burning, for Ash Wednesday. I’m guessing though, that Father kept the undistributed ones from last year as well. I appreciate receiving ashes from my old palms and hope we will never have to purchase them outside. That just seems tacky to buy them, and maybe not even correct — after all our palms were blessed.

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Some parishes burn old palms. Others buy then from religious supply houses.

For example
https://www.cotters.com/pc_product_detail.asp?key=57A36EB4795F445CAC56DEAA040CFDB8&catid=

 

[Tis_Bearself]

It’s my understanding that even the parishes that collect and burn old palms - and they get a LOT of old palms because not every parish collects them so people often have a lot of old palms sitting around their house, I know I took two bags of old palms from my house and my mom’s house to the nearest church that collects this year - often don’t end up with enough ashes to go around from the burning of palms alone, so they have to buy some extra ash.

 

[HeDa]

One of the sisters burns the old palms from Palm Sunday. There are several who bring the old palms back to the church. What is not used is placed in a hole in the ground.

Recycling in not a recent invention as some might say.

 

[mikeyburnsey]

Could I ask if today is a must go mass, I have come back to my faith in the last 5 years, I go every Sunday but to be honest I am still learning.

 

[Fraevo63]

Today is not a Holy Day of Obligation to attend Mass.

 

[mikeyburnsey]

Thank You so much

 

[paperwight]

Our parish buys them in. They arrive cleanly packaged and sieved into fine particles, which would be difficult to do, I’d imagine. We certainly don’t collect in any old ones.

 

[TheLittleLady]

Some priests burn palms, however, for us the resulting ash is not nearly enough. Ash Wednesday masses are standing room only! We purchase ashes from a religious goods distributor, just like we purchase other things for the Church.