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Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10.
According to the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke; Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of this 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting.
Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned.
This practice is common in much of Christendom, being celebrated by Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and some Baptist denominations.
At Masses and services of worship on this day, ashes are imposed on the foreheads of the faithful (or on the tonsure spots, in the case of some clergy). The priest, minister, or in some cases officiating layperson, marks the forehead of each participant with black ashes in the sign of the cross, which the worshipper traditionally retains until it wears off. The act echoes the ancient Near Eastern tradition of throwing ashes over one's head to signify repentance before God (as related in the Bible). The priest or minister says one or both of the following when applying the ashes:
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Plot: A slapstick horror musical fairytale about love and death. Once upon a time in a land at the edge of the world called Hollywood, a pair of old lovers, long-estranged, meet again at a Halloween party only to have their new chance at romance spoiled by a guest list of odd and magical characters and a mysterious dead body. Follow our heroes, Tru Holliwood and Ashley Wednesday on this strange trip through our deepest, darkest dreams. A thousand thrills crammed into 88 minutes. Bizarre, barbaric sights never before seen and beauties beyond compare. Based upon the cursed Chicago legend of Liver Boyle.
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On Ash Wednesday
There once was a woman a pretty young thing
She sold her soul for a diamond ring
She heard about love in a magazine
Saw it every friday night on a movie screen
She was a debutante now she's a penitent
On Ash Wednesday
They were love sick love tied
They strayed a little close to the edge of the fire
And their hands got burned their eyebrows singed
They're walking down the street to self oblivion
They got holes in their pockets holes in their minds
They are holy people in an unholy time
Heading for the church at the end of the line
Ash Wednesday
See them hanging out in every lonely place
They'll tell you now love can't hurt them now
But they've got ashes on their face
See them hanging out in every lonely place
They'll tell you now love can't hurt them now
But they've got ashes on their face
We were love sick we were love tied
We strayed a little close to the edge of the fire
And our hands got burned and our eyebrows singed
We're walking down the street to self oblivion
We got holes in our pockets holes in our minds
We are holy people in an unholy time
Heading for the church at the end of the line
Ash Wednesday