Father Mario de Miranda welcomed parishioners to the Church of the Epiphany Episcopal for “ashes to go” on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18.
The church has a history of bringing the service and its faith to the public.
It once gave out ashes to drivers in the Windmill Gate Shopping Center, and to worshippers during the COVID-19 pandemic, parishioner Elizabeth Bowen said.
Ashes are from palms collected during the previous year’s Palm Sunday services that are burned, according to TrinityChurchnyc.org.
A cleric uses them to draw a cross on the foreheads of the Christian faithful.
In Italy, ashes are sprinkled on top of a person’s head, which is how Roman Catholic Pope Leo received his ashes.
During the ritual, the priest may recite, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
The Church of the Epiphany Episcopal is at 15650 Miami Lakeway N. in Miami Lakes.
For more information go to: EpiscopalMiamiLakes.com.