During
the service, the Minister anointed each worshipper’s forehead with ashes in the
sign of the cross, while he spoke these words: “remember you are dust and to
dust you shall return.”
As
Jesus fasted in the wilderness he was at his most frail. For us, too, Lent is a
time to remember our frailty and our dependence on God. Unlike Jesus, we have
not always succeeded in resisting temptation. But the wonder of the cross is
that it reminds us that He has forgiven us.
