When the ashes are applied to the foreheads of congregants in the shape of a cross, the priest or minister often recites the words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19).
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When the ashes are applied to the foreheads of congregants in the shape of a cross, the priest or minister often recites the words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19).