Drive Through Ash Wednesday Services

[Memaw]

That is part of the problem. The focus is on the person, and not on God. The focus is on the person’s convenience, instead of what God wants.

As Christians, we REALLY need to stop making Christianity less and less demanding, and reclaim the “crosses” and “yokes”. We need to stop trying to appease everyone so that they will “buy” the Christian faith. It changes the Christian faith into a consumer good, and the person of most importance is the buyer, and not God.

AMEN, God Bless, Memaw

 

[babochka]

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So are my concerns well placed? Do you find it problematic that we have drive through ash Wednesday services?

Note: I would hope no Catholic Church would ever do this, the ashes are not even the most important thing on Ash Wednesday for Catholics.

Our Bishop (not mine exactly, but the Latin Bishop in my city) distributed ashes at the state capitol near the Cathedral this morning. From the local paper:

Sacramento’s Roman Catholic Bishop Jaime Soto will also mark the beginning of Lent with outdoor services and celebration, but the observances are not labled by the church as Ashes to Go.
The morning outdoor service presided over by Soto will start at 8:30 a.m. on the north steps of the Capitol, near 11th and L streets. The later service begins at 5 p.m. in front of the John Moss Federal Building, 650 Capitol Mall.
Soto will also mark the beginning of Lent with the celebration of Mass at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.

sacbee.com/2014/03/05/6210684/ashes-to-go-brings-ancient-ash.html

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