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Ash wcdndday is th. fi6t {by <strong>of</strong> L.nl, which lans 40 dcys endins silh Eder. Th.<br />
Friod is +c't by d.dier.d Chnsd@ in lsing lnd apcnlanc in ommenomtion <strong>of</strong><br />
chftfs 40 dcys in lne rildemess. Ash W.nnesd.y is so calkn because <strong>of</strong> the ashe,<br />
sp nkLd by rh. pid on rhc pcnicnas icrJ 6 a siln <strong>of</strong>nodcsty. sl€s si8r<strong>it</strong><br />
Pen<strong>it</strong>ence and Death. Ash wedncsday rukes ii, nme lrom thc ancicnr culbn <strong>of</strong><br />
silning rhc Cmss w<strong>it</strong>h sh6 o. rh. foahcld. rbis d. fiRt dar.' <strong>of</strong> Lsf{ Kno,lcd Th.<br />
pri6l then siys: Dust lhou !4 lo dusi icrunsl. thus ehindint ftd <strong>of</strong> the i@siene<br />
<strong>of</strong>rhe wodd dd <strong>of</strong>his.€d to on toGod,th€onlyMl<strong>it</strong>y.<br />
In ns sinpl.$ Ems rh. &gumdr <strong>of</strong> the p@ 'tuh W.dnesd.f' h rhrt ntr<br />
*dls 10 ruh lo Ood but hc lmks rh. nwy $En3lh <strong>of</strong> will. Fnslr.lions <strong>of</strong> li& fill<br />
him wnh despaii and he *anls to die. He diseovero rh. caue <strong>of</strong> thisi <strong>it</strong> is stfab$rDrid,lt<br />
is his c3o, his linl€*lf *<strong>it</strong>h i$ es@ntic rl6id rhat is rhc oeorall<br />
ht nisries. sincc thc poen is tull ot rclisious spirir and rcfcrences, a numb* ol<br />
iha86 ard tllBionr hav. b€n us.d ro Fnmy seh L.lings dd erFi.nas, -lhis<br />
new Flisious inn!.re in Eli<strong>of</strong>s pmLy h fidt ss in "Ash Wednesda/, a pftm<br />
which is lh. culBinarior ory$6 <strong>of</strong>cligioB nope od dcspsn-ed one in which<br />
enMies Eliol s @liso.ion or the Christio lision-- (Nausle). Bcins rhus illuniir.J.<br />
hc tes hinsll lron hb .go. Ths e8o conqueEd, hc js rel.ed rron rll frunEtions<br />
t d equids lh€ n@ry sdqgh <strong>of</strong> will lo lun lo Ood 6 *cll 6 lo thc podd. H.<br />
nnds bis p.ace inHiswill. utilc de fall.n world md dcserr <strong>of</strong> fhe Wd. Lond_ has<br />
b€omc in Ash w.dn6d!y, a p€n ol d. joun.t b rh. Abetut, ... (t eFr: t3.t).<br />
This Epacily lor <strong>bt</strong>ll surrcnder to Cod comes to md only anft $e de$ruction dr<br />
ddh <strong>of</strong>hb sla The dddr <strong>of</strong>rhc slfnons rhe cnd <strong>of</strong> lh. nmw egaonric d.si6<br />
and thus oisll sorcws. lr is only alier lhis purgarion $ar man is rebom, u ir w.E, on<br />
$c hi8ncr pldc oa his c.l *li hisdivin..ture. ?sh Wcdnesdly--is in$iEd <strong>bt</strong> d.<br />
crotng cotos or Ddt \ "Putgdtorio" Eliot cmphsizes othq Dcntean in{Ces,<br />
tehniquen dd d.vic6 when eddns his own wckd (Wo.d). Cnvd (200, ) frnds rh.<br />
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