Jeremy Herndon Blog

I guess I just wasn’t paying attention to the calendar because I was surprised yesterday to see so many people with ash marks on their heads today.  Everywhere I went I saw a lot of people with black smudges on their foreheads.  I never really understood what Ash Wednesday was about, the religious significance of it, why it’s done, pretty much anything about it.  I remember as a kid I asked my parents about it and they just told me “that’s something the Catholics do on Ash Wednesday.’  And then I said “oh” and left it at that.  I’ve thought about asking someone who has ashes on their forehead about it, but did not want to seem stupid.  I guess I’ll google it!