Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
in the sure and certain HOPE
of the RESURRECTION unto ETERNAL LIFE
through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.
at Whose+ Coming in Glorious Majesty will judge the world; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in HIM+ shall be changed, and made like unto His+ Glorious Body; according to the mighty working whereby HE+ is able to subdue all things unto Himself+.
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR ASH WEDNESDAY
These Scriptures are used during Ash Wednesday church services to remind us men to number our days:
Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God [ YHWH ELOHIM ] formed the Adam of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the Adam became a living soul. [ Literal Hebrew ].
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Job_30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Job_34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Job_42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.
Ecc 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust and all turn to dust again.
Ecc_12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Isa_26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Dan_12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake,
some to EVERLASTING LIFE,
and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Psalm 90:12
So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom.
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And, herein is WISDOM+ speaking:
Matthew 6:16-21
6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I+ say unto you, they have their reward.
6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy FATHER which is in secret: and thy FATHER, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 6:16-21
And, from the mouth of the Prophet Joel:
2:11 And the LORD shall utter HIS Voice before HIS Army: for HIS camp is very great: for HE is strong that executeth HIS Word:
for the DAY OF THE LORD
is great and very terrible;
and who can abide it?
2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to ME with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your GOD: for HE is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth HIM of the evil.
Joel 2:11-13
Let us hear the Word of GOD from Our LORD JESUS CHRIST:
For GOD sent not HIS SON+
into the world to condemn the world;
but
that the world through HIM+ might be Saved.
John 3:17
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LET US PRAY:
Almighty and Everlasting GOD, Who hatest nothing that THOU hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all who repent;
Create in me a clean heart and renew a Right Spirit within me, that I, WORTHILY LAMENTING my sins and acknowledging my need before THEE,
may obtain from CHRIST our LORD perfect cleansing and forgiveness of my sinful state . . .
that I may perfectly love THEE and worthily magnify Thy HOLY NAME, through CHRIST our LORD, our only MEDIATOR and Great High PRIEST+ . Amen. ~ Parts adapted from the Book of COMMON PRAYER, 1945
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PSALM 51
51:1 Have mercy upon me, O GOD, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
51:4 Against THEE, THEE only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight: that THOU mightest be justified when THOU speakest, and be clear when THOU judgest.
51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:6 Behold, THOU desirest TRUTH+
in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part
THOU shalt make me to know WISDOM+.
51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which THOU hast broken may rejoice.
51:9 Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O GOD;
and renew a right spirit within me.
51:11 Cast me not away from Thy Presence; and take not Thy HOLY SPIRIT from me.
51:12 Restore unto me the joy of Thy Salvation; and uphold me with Thy free spirit.
51:13 Then will I teach transgressors Thy Ways; and sinners shall be converted unto THEE.
51:14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O GOD, THOU GOD of my Salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy Righteousness+.
51:15 O LORD ADONAI+, open THOU+ my lips;
and my mouth shall shew forth Thy+ praise. [ literal Hebrew ]
51:16 For THOU desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: THOU delightest not in burnt offering.
51:17 The sacrifices of GOD are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O GOD, THOU wilt not despise.
51:18 Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build THOU the walls of Jerusalem.
51:19 Then shalt THOU be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
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