Comments on: Ash Wednesday Questions http://oneandfour.org/archives/2007/02/ash_wednesday_questions.html Alex's Blog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:56:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Ash Wednesday Questions by: SciVille http://oneandfour.org/archives/2007/02/ash_wednesday_questions.html#comment-2792 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:14:22 +0000 http://oneandfour.org/archives/2007/02/ash_wednesday_questions.html#comment-2792 Catholics, Lutherans, and EPISCOPALIANS, too! Get it right! :doitnow: Okay, I didn't actually go to the Ash Wednesday service, but whatever. But, yeah, good points. Throw it on the already heaping bin of church vs. Jesus hypocricies. Sigh. Jesus >>>>>>>>>> church Catholics, Lutherans, and EPISCOPALIANS, too! Get it right! :doitnow:

Okay, I didn’t actually go to the Ash Wednesday service, but whatever.

But, yeah, good points. Throw it on the already heaping bin of church vs. Jesus hypocricies. Sigh.

Jesus >>>>>>>>>> church

]]> Comment on Ash Wednesday Questions by: KPalicz http://oneandfour.org/archives/2007/02/ash_wednesday_questions.html#comment-2791 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:24:35 +0000 http://oneandfour.org/archives/2007/02/ash_wednesday_questions.html#comment-2791 It isn't a literal thing that we need to wash ourselves, the point is just that if we pray we should pray so that no one hears us, and if we fast we shouldn't advertise it by looking gloomy and whining about it. Wearing the ashes is a public sign of our fasting and our repentance. Any kind of public signs that advertise one's fasting or praying goes against what Jesus was talking about. It isn’t a literal thing that we need to wash ourselves, the point is just that if we pray we should pray so that no one hears us, and if we fast we shouldn’t advertise it by looking gloomy and whining about it. Wearing the ashes is a public sign of our fasting and our repentance. Any kind of public signs that advertise one’s fasting or praying goes against what Jesus was talking about.

]]> Comment on Ash Wednesday Questions by: amechad http://oneandfour.org/archives/2007/02/ash_wednesday_questions.html#comment-2788 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:38:42 +0000 http://oneandfour.org/archives/2007/02/ash_wednesday_questions.html#comment-2788 The Matthew quotes you mention are a direct response to the 2 main Jewish fasts on Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av (this is not applicable for minor fasts) in which Jews are not permitted to wash (except for hygiene, but no showers, teeth brushing (OK, maybe Jesus didn't use Colgate), that sort of thing) and he is saying "don't do that." (or so it seems, understanding the historical background). But in Christianity, on Ash Wednesday, you take a shower, wash for pleasure, etc. So is it literally relevant given the differences in practices? Although you make a good point given the verses. The Matthew quotes you mention are a direct response to the 2 main Jewish fasts on Yom Kippur and Tisha b’Av (this is not applicable for minor fasts) in which Jews are not permitted to wash (except for hygiene, but no showers, teeth brushing (OK, maybe Jesus didn’t use Colgate), that sort of thing) and he is saying “don’t do that.” (or so it seems, understanding the historical background). But in Christianity, on Ash Wednesday, you take a shower, wash for pleasure, etc. So is it literally relevant given the differences in practices?

Although you make a good point given the verses.

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