The Roman Aventine hill is the traditional Ash Wednesday scene celebrated by the pope.<\/p>\n
The ceremony began in the Basilica of St. Anselm with this prayer. Then Pope Francis participated in a penitential procession to another place, the nearby Basilica of St. Sabina.<\/p>\n
The pope makes the procession in silence and on foot, as a symbol of the penitential path beginning along with the liturgical season of Lent.<\/p>\n
During his homily he explained how Lent can help order many things in one's life.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> He also said Lent is a time to rediscover life's path. Therefore, he invited interior questioning. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope said the goal is God and the path of life draws one to Him. To find this direction in life, Pope Francis said there is a very useful sign: ashes.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Therefore, the pope invited Christians to live for more than the culture of appearances, which is like chasing after nothing but dust.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> After the homily, came the imposition of the ashes. The pope was the first to receive them from the hands of Cardinal Jozef Tomko, head of this basilica.<\/p>\n Then the Holy Father imposed it on other members of the Curia who accompanied him.<\/p>\n Lent has officially begun with this ceremony. It's a time in which the pope encourages us to return to God, without fear of embracing a life that the life that never ends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 6, 2019. \u201cAshes remind us that none of our concerns will remain,\u201d said Pope Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/90Vv3JGPttg","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapamisacenizaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapamisacenizaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n'It is a call to stop, to focus on what is essential, to give up superfluous things that distract us. It is a wake-up call for the soul.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\n'Each one of us can ask ourselves: in the journey of life, do I look for the way forward? Or am I satisfied with living in the moment, thinking only of feeling good, solving a few problems and having fun? What is the path?'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n'The small mark of ash, which we will receive, is a subtle, yet real reminder that of the many things occupying our thoughts, that we chase after and worry about every day; nothing will remain.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\n'We need to free ourselves from the tentacles of consumerism and the snares of selfishness, of always wanting more, never being satisfied, and from a heart closed to the needs of the poor. Jesus, who burns with love on the wood of the cross, calls us to a life lit in His fire. It is not lost in the ashes of the world. It's a life that burns with charity and does not burn out in mediocrity.'<\/em><\/p>\n