Did you receive your ashes with the traditional formula "Remember, man, that you are dust, and into dust you shall return.", or another one?

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Any comments? I prefer the traditional formula. Seems to fit with the concept of ashes. Frankly, I don’t see what the other formulas have to do with ashes.
 
Turn away from sin, be faithful to the Gospel this year but normally its Remember man, that you are dust, and into dust you shall return.

Although one time in elementary school, it was Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, because our teacher said it was done that way when he was a kid.
 
Ours is always tunr from sin and be faithful to the gospel

It is what we are trying to do, but I like the remember man dust thou art better

It just sounds a bit more scriptural…I know it’s not ,but I like it better
 
I suspect that either all the formulas used are scriptural or all are not scriptural.

We’ve got a third one as well, which was used this year - ‘Repent and belive the Good News’.

I think all the references to repentance and turning away from sin are entirely appropriate - after all the ashes are a sign of repentance, not particularly to do with dust.
 
Our priest actually used this formula and the “turn from sin & be faithful to the gospel.” He alternated as he was giving ashes.
 
jazzy_987 said:
Turn away from sin, be faithful to the Gospel this year but normally its Remember man, that you are dust, and into dust you shall return.

Although one time in elementary school, it was Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, because our teacher said it was done that way when he was a kid.
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Ashes to ashes dust to dust if the Lorde don’t take you the devil must…I couldn’t resist:whackadoo:
 
When I placed ashes onn the forehead of someone whom I knew preferred the more traditional , I used that one, but our parish uses Turn from sin or repent, so this is what I used in general at the hospital.

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“Repent and follow the Gospel” is the formula used by our pastor last night.

I couldn’t believe how many people were there last night (we only have one Mass). I’ve been in this parish 12 years and there were so many folks there I’d never seen before – where are they on Sundays? We only have one Mass then too, so it’s not as though we split the population between Masses. I can’t believe they were ALL visitors: we’re 160 miles from the nearest community.
 
Phemie said:
“Repent and follow the Gospel” is the formula used by our pastor last night.

I couldn’t believe how many people were there last night (we only have one Mass). I’ve been in this parish 12 years and there were so many folks there I’d never seen before – where are they on Sundays? We only have one Mass then too, so it’s not as though we split the population between Masses. I can’t believe they were ALL visitors: we’re 160 miles from the nearest community.
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I have the same observation every Ash Wednesday. You will have people pushing and shoving their way up to get ashes that you never see on Sundays, then they are out the door before the Offertory.

How many people actually observe the day as it is intended? I work with people who talk about hagving to go get ashes and then order a ham sandwich for lunch and say “Oops, I guess I’m not being a good Catholic. Oh well.”

I’m usually in the loft during most Masses, so sitting in the pews was a real taste of the sad reality of many Catholics today.
 
You will have people pushing and shoving their way up to get ashes that you never see on Sundays, then they are out the door before the Offertory.
I think this is because many non-Catholics receive ashes… It’s a bit of a mystery to me, but it happens
 
LilyM said:
I suspect that either all the formulas used are scriptural or all are not scriptural.

We’ve got a third one as well, which was used this year - ‘Repent and belive the Good News’.

I think all the references to repentance and turning away from sin are entirely appropriate - after all the ashes are a sign of repentance, not particularly to do with dust.
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Actually, they have everything to do with dust. The very purpose of the ashes is to remind us that the consequence of Adam’s sin is death (as we now know it, with fear and pain as opposed to simply an end of life on this earth).

“Remember man that you are dust…” is a form of addressing not only the individual person, but mankind (Adam, a word/name, which means both “mankind” and “mud”).
 
jazzy_987 said:
“Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel” this year …
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This, in quotes, is what was used in our parish this year (with the added “and” in blue), or at least by the priest that distributed ashes to me.
 
Ours was the traditional “Remember o man …” which always startles me as I am not a man. The Anglican church that I used to belong to said “o woman” when addressing a female. But either one is better than “o human” which I suppose would be the default admonition.

Our church had maybe 100 people to the 8:00 p.m. Mass. It was snowing like a banshee which might have had something to do with it.
 
redrosetea said:
Ashes to ashes dust to dust if the Lorde don’t take you the devil must…I couldn’t resist:whackadoo:
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This, in quotes, is what was used in our parish this year (with the added “and” in blue), or at least by the priest that distributed ashes to me.
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Maybe there was an and, I can’t remember exactly. I have such a bad memory :rolleyes:
 
Appleby said:
Ours was the traditional “Remember o man …” which always startles me as I am not a man. The Anglican church that I used to belong to said “o woman” when addressing a female. But either one is better than “o human” which I suppose would be the default admonition.

Our church had maybe 100 people to the 8:00 p.m. Mass. It was snowing like a banshee which might have had something to do with it.
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It refers to “man” the species, not the gender of the person. It’s more than just a generic word, but it specifically reminds us of Adam.
 
I recieved ashes from a younger priest who said ‘‘Repent, and believe the Gospel’’, I noticed the older priest next to him was saying ‘‘Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return’’ to those who recieved ashes from him.
 
I my case it was “Remember, you are dust and to dust you shall return”
 
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