Which ash did you get?
Every year, Catholics worldwide begin the 40 days of Lent with Ash Wednesday ashes. The ashes signify the need for repentance of sins and are a call to humility before God.
The viral infographic “A Catholic Guide to Ashes” hilariously describes various ways in which Ash Wednesday ashes appear on foreheads after Catholics receive them.
Here's one of the Ash Wednesday graphics:
Here's the second Ash Wednesday infographic:
Over the years, social media users have shared their comments about the Ash Wednesday infographic. Oftentimes, they tell ChurchPOP what they received at Mass that day.
Highly amused by the post, here's what some users said about the Ash Wednesday infographic:
"I got the dripster, lol." one user said.
"I got father's revenge 😭," another person commented.
"Two days ago, I got the hipster! 😂" someone else said after Ash Wednesday.
"'Thanos' got me 😂," another person said.
"I always get the crumble!" someone else commented.
Bill Donaghy, a senior lecturer and content specialist for the Theology of the Body Institute, designed the two Ash Wednesday infographics. He told ChurchPOP why he created it.
“I’m flattered once again that this thing still makes the rounds every Ash Wednesday!" Donaghy said.
“I first thought of the idea a few years ago,” he added. “I think it honestly came to me sitting in church, and the different concepts flowed rather freely.”
Donaghy then explained why he believes humor is an important aspect of everyday life, especially within the Catholic faith.
“I think in the history of the Church there are a number of saints who have a great sense of humor: Saint Philip Neri shaving off half of his beard just for laughs, Saint Francis of Assisi dancing around with a couple of sticks as if he’s playing the violin when his fellow friars were cold and ‘hangry,’ and Bishop Fulton Sheen saying that hearing nuns confessions was like ‘being stoned to death with popcorn.’
“Humor is the ability to see through things, even the darkest or most somber of things, to realize that there’s a God of love and joy behind it all,“ Donaghy reiterated.
“The 'Catholic Guide to Ashes' is a tribute to this unseen joy that awaits us, even as we ‘celebrate’ a penitential season like Lent," he said.
"In the end, we believe ‘all shall be well.’ for there’s a God of joy and wild imagination Who can’t wait to welcome us home!”
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