On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 10:14 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was raised Catholic. The nuns told us the ash could come off in normal
> action, but we weren't allowed to specifically target it. But they may not
> be citing official church doctrine.
> After I sent this I read other churches do ashes on the forehead. I
> thought only Catholics did
>
it.
>

I attended Catholic school for a few years. One nun told me that beer makes
good rat poison because rats don’t fart or burp, so they will explode from
the carbonation.

Our nuns were awesome.


> Not sent from an iPhone
> On Feb 15, 2018, at 8:35 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> As someone who was brought up a Catholic it's worth noting that there is
>> no set time during the day for placing of ashes on someone's head to take
>> place. Assuming Ingraham broadcasts from New York, there are likely to be
>> multiple masses she could have attended to fit in with her radio and TV
>> needs.
>>
>> I don't know when Ingraham's show airs, or is recorded, but it's not
>> *impossible* that she had ashes applied relatively close to airtime.
>> Although you would expect her to be prepping her show in its immediate
>> run-up.
>>
>> But it's also worth noting that in my experience priests are very
>> inconsistent in their application. With some it's barely noticeable; with
>> others it looks like you've been attacked by a Sharpie.
>>
>> I don't doubt that it's possible that the ashes were touched up prior to
>> air. And in any case, most TV presenters would have had a reasonable amount
>> of make-up applied - not least powder to stop you glowing - which would
>> have covered up a lot of the ash even if the presenter didn't wash first.
>>
>> There's no requirement in the Catholic church to either keep or not wash
>> the ash off after mass.
>>
>>
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ash Wednesday is a non-denominational tradition. Christians are
>>> encouraged but not required to not wash the ashes from their forehead as a
>>> symbolic gesture. That said, it is virtually impossible for the sign of the
>>> cross to still be visible on ones forehead in the evening. Which means it
>>> is likely Ingraham’s was reapplied by either she or her makeup artist.
>>> Which would make it a disrespectful symbolic gesture.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:15 PM Steve Timko < [email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Laura Ingraham has ashes on her forehead tonight from Ash Wednesday.
>>>> Sean Hannity does not. Both are Catholics.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On a more serious note, Geraldo Rivera apparently "blindsided" Hannity
>>>> by calling for gun control on FOX News.
>>>>
>>>> Link
>>>> <https://www.thedailybeast.com/geraldo-rivera-unleashes-gun-control-rant-on-hannity-this-is-a-national-emergency>
>>>> ​
>>>> ​
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