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Old 02-17-2013, 09:15 PM
GeekyPenguin GeekyPenguin is offline
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Originally Posted by 33girl View Post
I went to a new church last night and I did think it was a little ironic that the reading was the above passage from Matthew, and then we got ashes on our foreheads and were exhorted to make the sign of the Cross when appropriate (some Lutherans think this is just a little too Papist, some are way into it).
The Lutherans here do not get ashed lest they look too Catholic, so the sign of thecross is definitely out. Last year my husband went to Mass with me in the morning and we went to his church's night service and got a lot of side eye for our ashes.
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