Distribution of Ashes for Celebration at Home
Leader: Let us pray.
May the grace we have received sustain us, O Lord, that our Lenten fast may be pleasing to you and be for us a healing remedy. Through Christ our Lord.
All respond: Amen.
The leader concludes the rite by signing himself or herself with the Sign of the Cross while saying the following:
May almighty God bless us, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All respond: Amen.
Ashes which are left over should be disposed of in the earth outdoors.
Acknowledgements
Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
Readings from The Jerusalem Bible © 1966 by Darton Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday and Company Ltd.
Psalm 50 (51) from The Psalms: A New Translation © 1963 The Grail (England) published by HarperCollins.