We take ashes and put them on your face so the whole world can see you're a Catholic and are fasting today. Let me explain what is happening today. We're going to take this dirt, this palm that has been burned from Palm Sunday of last year. That comes from the third chapter of Genesis. It's a humility thing.
Humility means from the earth.
It's an act of humility. This is very commonplace. It's dirt, ashes. It says remember who you are. But this isn't without hope because what we'll do is to take this and put it on your head in the sign of the cross.