1.0Homehttps://praytellblog.comFr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghuehttps://praytellblog.com/index.php/author/nxodonoghue/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6lTVSRHCcd"><a href="https://praytellblog.com/index.php/2021/02/16/ashless-wednesday-in-ireland/">Ashless Wednesday in Ireland</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://praytellblog.com/index.php/2021/02/16/ashless-wednesday-in-ireland/embed/#?secret=6lTVSRHCcd" width="600" height="338" title="“Ashless Wednesday in Ireland” — Home" data-secret="6lTVSRHCcd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://praytellblog.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://praytellblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/depositphotos_226360562-stock-photo-cross-made-ashes-ash-wednesday.jpg600400Ash Wednesday is still popular in Ireland.  As rates of practice have dropped in recent years, many people still make a point of getting ashes on this day. Yet because of the lockdowns due to the Coronavirus, this year there will be no public liturgies to mark Ash Wednesday in Ireland this year.  While others […]