What does ashes in the shape of a Cross on the forehead on Ash Wednesday represent?
Ash - we are sinners (from dust to dust)
Cross - we can be saved
Cross - we can be saved
"Repent and believe in the Gospel."
The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine.