Remember: YOU are BUTT DUST!
Every Ash Wednesday, I've heard this phrase uttered from Episcopal priests from the deep south, to California, to right here in the armpit of the Puget Sound:
"Remember you are BUT DUST, and to dust you shall return".
And it always leaves me thinking... what *IS* BUTT DUST anyway?
Is it anything like J&J baby powder?
And do they mix these elusive dry cherubic derriere particles with ashes of burned Palm Sunday palms before the service?
I haven't asked the Bish (Greg) about this, but I always remind my local prayer-book-toting padre - usually on Mardi Gras Tuesday (currently Hunt Priest)...
"You, sir are Butt Dust!" ;?>
(have a thoughtful Lent)
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