“. . . as we went up for ashes, there's a good chance that as he applied them to our foreheads, the priest said, “Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” a reference to Genesis 3:19. A friend of mine asked how we, as Catholics, should understand this, in light of our belief in the resurrection of the body. I'd been thinking about the same thing yesterday. The short answer is that to believe in the resurrection of the body, you must first believe in death and decay.”
In a recent commentary, Joe Heschmeyer reflected on death as a natural part of life and its role as a gateway to our eternal destination.
To access his complete post, please visit:
Shameless Popery: Remembering You Are Dust, in the Hope of the Resurrection (23 FEB 12)
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