Ash Wednesday - Quadruple Nonet









Ash

On Ash

Wednesday

Man does recall

Dies Cinerum,

The day of the Ashes,

The time of sackcloth and Ash,-

“Remember man that you are Dust,

And to Dust you shall return again“.



Ashes are applied to the forehead,

Symbol of man’s mortality,

And symbol of salvation,

This little ashen cross,-

Does mark indelibly

All those that wear it

To be saved

With their

Ash







Ash

I’ll be

Before long,

Perhaps scattered,

Or a heap of Ash,

None can find it again,

Where do ashes go of those

That can  not boast of relatives?

Yet there is One who pays attention



And  gathers the ashes up with  care,

Whether in an urn or scattered,

And mindful  of the marking,

The indelible sign,-

Beholds  His likeness

And vivifies

The hallowed

heap of

Ash.



© Elizabeth Dandy











"Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads." (Revelation 7:3)






















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doppelmayr's picture

Nur ein versuch, ob das wohl funktioniert ?

Ruth Lovejoy's picture

really nice