After the call made by the Archdiocese of Tulancingo, who issued a series of proposals for churches and parishes to celebrate Ash Wednesday, the Parish of the Assumption of Mary of Pachuca provided an envelope with ashes, on which he stapled a sheet showing the prayer to carry out the placing of the cross of ashes at home, This in order to prevent further infections of covid-19.
He also reported that the celebration of this February 17, based on the recommendations issued by the Holy See to the modification of the religious rite, due to the pandemic. “To continue supporting the fact that the pandemic will not pick up again, in this parish of the Assumption of Mary there will be no imposition of ashes.
“Starting Monday, Feb. 15, they will be provided with ashes and a guide to get home“The father or mother should do the imposition ceremony,” explained a poster placed in the religious center.
So, after the delivery of a voluntary fee, the parishioners could obtain the envelope with the ashes, as well as the guide, entries that were placed on a table in order to make it visible to those who they went to the parish, where this Wednesday there will be two celebrations, at 8:00 and 17:00, and a mass at 13:00, which will be behind closed doors and will be broadcast on Facebook, So that “Lent begins to prepare us for Easter.”
The guide that was distributed requests that this celebration be carried out in the family and that it be guided by the head of the same, either mother or father, to then unfold the prayer that will be said prior to the placement of the ashes.
The Archdiocese of Tulancingo has asked all parishes and churches to ensure the safety of parishioners by following the health recommendations and depending on the realities of space that each parish has, “as they are varied and some have open spaces and others are small, “he said, adding that he called on people not to go in person to avoid infection.
“People will not be able to attend temples at a certain time or for health reasons, priests are asked to provide a subsidy for families to do the celebration at home“, Exposed the Archdiocese in past days.
He also called for care to be taken in the parishes and temples where this religious ritual is carried out, to encourage the use of antibacterial ice, as well as the mouthpiece, in addition to ensuring the disinfection of the site and care for healthy distance.
“Take care of the capacity of 25 percent inside the temple and outside, avoid crowds (…) promote the participation of the celebration online and proper instruction to pastoral agents for the imposition in communities, “the diocese said.
en the Minor Basilica of Santa Maria de Guadalupe, La Villita, there will be religious celebration at 8:00 and 12:00 on the day, but they will take care that the sanitary measures of 25 percent occupancy be applied to prevent congestion and thereby increase the number of infections.
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