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The Tablet February 17, 2021   WINDSOR TERRACE — Though American Catholics are used to receiving their ashes from thumb to forehead on Ash Wednesday, this year, ashes will be sprinkled on their heads. The gesture and practice of sprinkling ashes, however, has a longstanding history within Jewish and Catholic traditions. In the Biblical sense, the spreading of the ashes on the head or body sometimes goes hand-in-hand with grief. In the Second Book of Samuel, for example, a messenger “with his clothes torn and dirt on his head” falls to the ground and tells David that Saul and Jon...

1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents Giselle. Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov, choreography: Elena Tschernischova after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. With Nina Poláková, Masayu Kimoto, Rebecca Horner, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Alice Firenze, Leonardo Basílio, and Soloists and Corps de ballet des Wiener Staatsballetts. Production from September 2017. Register for free and view here. 2:30 pm ET: Philharmonie de Paris presents Casadesus conducts Debussy, Ravel, Schumann & Beethoven. Jean-Claude Casadesus conducts the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris in a Franco-German program of De...

President Donald Trump faces a second impeachment fight, with just days left in office. His critics have tried to undermine his remaining defenses by shaming his religious supporters into abandoning him. While that seems unlikely (and insulting), there are interesting and relevant precedents for the Trump presidency in the Bible. In 2018, I compared Trump to the Biblical King Jehu, a reformer whose brutal methods inspired support from critics of his predecessors but shock from observers. In the last days of Trump’s presidency, and in the wake of the Capitol riot, another Biblical king comes...

Fourth Sunday of Advent + December 20, 2020 The Advent mystery is the beginning of the end of all in us that is not yet Christ. ~Thomas Merton Prayer of the Day Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come. With your abundant grace and might, free us from sin that would obstruct your mercy. May we willingly bear your redeeming love to all the world, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. A Reading from the Second Book of Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Now when the king was settled in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around hi...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, In December, when the dark nights grow longer and longer, Jews throughout the world kindle the candles of Hanukah: an eight day Jewish celebration of hope and the human miracle of religious fortitude, faithfulness, and perseverance; and power of faith and trust in God in overcoming disappointm...