Catholic Prayer: Imposing Blessed Ashes on Ash Wednesday

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From the Roman Ritual of Blessings, Extraordinary Form.

Taken from The Roman Ritual: Complete Edition by Philip T. Weller, S.T.D., 1964 edition.

Prayer:

12 Imposing Blessed Ashes
on Ash Wednesday

The priest says, as he sprinkles the blessed ashes on the head of the person:

Gen 3.19 Remember, man, that you are dust, and into dust you will return.

Prayer Source: Roman Ritual, The, Complete Edition by Philip T. Weller, S.T.D., The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, WI, 1964