Are You Going To Celebrate Ash Wednesday?

Your tattoos and merch are the real public display

What an on character thing for you to say…

Bro, you're out here calling Ash Wednesday hypocritical because it's an 'outward display' of piety that Jesus warned against in Matthew 6... yet you got permanent Bible verse tattoos all over yourself 11 years before you were even baptized? 😭

@taco_talks I think the argument can be made that it’s not like his tattoos are a declaration to the world in order to separate his self from the rest… when you can argue the act of putting ash on your for head is stating a outward thing of fasting when Jesus told us to fast on only for God

@taco_talks My non-Catholic co-worker was going to her Ash Wednesday service to “get ashes” after work. She told me about it while she was eating her lunch. It’s not about fasting

Ash is not Biblical but Masturbation is 100% biblical according to Taco 🌮 (see video)

kind of ironic you are wearing a cross sweatshirt, showoff.

T-shirt. And no. Drastically different things. Maybe listen to the video before commenting 😂

I thought you were probably mimicking today's talking point about showing off by wearing ashes. My apologies.

Wait yall don’t believe in penance?? What’s next we don’t have to take up our cross either?

Taking up your cross is being willing to die for Jesus. Being willing to be a martyr.

Taking up your cross is not as simple as “being willing to be martyr”. It’s denying your self and fully surrendering your will to God. You’re just wrong. Luke 9:23 It’s a daily decision.

False. Ashes are not to show everyone we’re fasting. Catholics wear ashes on their foreheads as a symbolic act of humility and repentance. It’s also to remind us of our mortality. The words traditionally spoken during the imposition of ashes are “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.”

So... you oppose people displaying their faith in the sign of a cross publicly. Nice shirt.

Like giving charity and recording it and uploading it to social media. That's not selfless charity.

Exactly. Jesus said not to let your left hand know how much your right hand has given

The ashes mark the beginning of lent as a season and represent the universal fate of our bodies- turning to dust. It’s not a declaration that you are fasting. Also you’re illiterate to the context of the verse.

Jesus also prayed in public. The thing is the hypocrites condemned in the Bible did these things SOLELY to look good before men without an interior repentance and love of God. So while Jesus commands us not to look miserable in order to garner attention from men, He at the same time did tell His followers to do good works publicly St Matthew 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. And ashes on the head as a sign of repenting from sin is a common theme throughout the entire Bible. Ash wednesday is a day to prepare for Lent, remember we are to die someday and face God's judgement, and enter into the 40 day fast with Christ in the wilderness. God bless you

You trust *YOUR interpretation of God’s word, son. Who do you think compiled the canonized book? Don’t let pride be your downfall

Never take Christian spiritual advice from an adulterer and masturbator

You Evangeli-whatevers have no problem with “public displays” and making a spectacle of yourselves. This video is a great example actually! You’re announcing to the world how pious you are for not observing Ash Wednesday. You just have a problem when Catholics supposedly do it.

Ashes don’t mean “we’re fasting” — they mean we’re mortal and we need repentance. The priest literally says: “Remember man that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return” (Genesis 3:19). It’s not a public flex of fasting — it’s a public confession: I will die, and I need Christ.

Nothing to do with fasting

The Gospel Reading for each Ash Wednesday is...... checks notes...... Matthew 6!

Jesus warned against outward signs of piety because, at the time, the culture rewarded such outward signs. That culture no longer exists. One is much more likely to be mocked & ridiculed for having ashes on the forehead. You are warning against a thing which in not possible.

Hey @grok what was the Gospel Catholics read in Mass today? Summarize the message of it. Can you also explain to Mr. Taco what he clearly doesn’t understand or care to research?

It’s retarded - these straw man chats about Catholic practices. People who don’t know, shouldn’t talk as though they do know.

Jesus: “When you fast, wash your face so it’s not obvious to anyone that you are fasting.” Seems pretty clear to me.

“Then Judith fell upon her face, put ashes on her head, and uncovered the sackcloth with which she was clothed; and about the time when the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord, Judith cried with a loud voice, and said…” (Jdt 9:1) “When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, crying with a loud and bitter cry.” (Esth 4:1) “Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes.” (1 Macc 3:47) “Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.” (Job 42:6) “And the word came to the king of Ninive: and he arose out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.” (Jonah 3:6)

I'm Orthodox(we don't do Ash Wednesday), but receiving ashes has nothing to do with fasting. You need to at least do basic research on something you are criticizing before making such a retarded video like this

Ashes aren’t for signaling virtue. They’re a penitential reminder of mortality and repentance. We came from dust and shall return to the dust. Instead of calling out what you think is hypocrisy, why not join us in fasting, prayer, and almsgiving in remembrance of Jesus. No need to announce it. Just do it.

Taco, this was sloppily researched, and ignores even the very words that are said when we receive our ashes: “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return”. This is not to display virtue or even our faith, but to remind each other that we are insignificant, but still receive God’s grace. You should give it a try. Ashes wouldn’t look bad on you. God bless.

It isn’t a mark to indicate we are fasting…. It’s a mark that sets us apart, as the people of God, preparing ourselves to meet our God in worship.

It's not in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical Calendar. It originated in the West as a reaction to the Black Death, Plague when 1/3 or more Western European died. It was not uncommon for a village of 500 people to be wiped out in a couple weeks leaving just a handful of scarred, usually orphaned children as the only survivors. The rise in "Purgatory " preaching accompanied this era. Both are viewed by Eastern Orthodox Christians as pastoral reactions to the this trauma no modern person could imagine. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, you only see Ash Wednesday observed by a tiny handful of "Western Rite" Orthodox Christian parishes in America. Western Rite is 7th Century Western OrthidoxvChristianity. It was implemented by St. John of Shanghai to be a liturgical bridge for entire high church Protestant congregations to become Eastern Orthodox. What St. John prophecies has come into reality. Entire Protestant congregations have been and still are converting.

We don't do it as a sign of fasting we do it to remember that we are mortal beings and that we will return to dust.

This guy is so full of himself it’s not even funny

You know what they say about assuming.

I’m not assuming anything. It’s how you are presenting yourself. How about a little more humility? I hope you one day come into the One, Holy,Catholic and Apostolic Church that was founded by Jesus Christ. “The pillar and foundation of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15)

Sackcloth and ashes were a traditional sign of humility and repentance since before Christ, and fasting was both practiced and encouraged in both testaments including by Christ.

You don’t know what you’re talking about . Ashes arnt placed on your head as something to show off … it’s there to remind you of your own mortality and repentance. From dust you came and to dust you shall return . Everything in this world passes away only God remains and is worth striving for

The Bible uses the language of penance Jonah 3 — Nineveh fasts in sackcloth and ashes.Daniel 9:3 — Daniel fasts in sackcloth and ashes for sin.Joel 2:12 — “Return to me with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” Your just completely wrong about everything 🤣

You are incorrect. Jesus prayed in public and told us to display our good deeds. But not for our own glory, but for the glory of God. Yes, we are also told to hide our deeds so that we don’t get praised for ourselves. But this is the same concept, and we are allowed to display our deeds if the glory is for God, not for ourselves.

Imagine thinking this is unbiblical

Just fyi... Ashes aren’t about Fasting. The ashes symbolized: • Human frailty and mortality (echoing Genesis 3:19: “dust you are and to dust you will return”). • Desolation, ruin, and grief over sin. • Humility before God—acknowledging unworthiness and dependence on His mercy. One example from Scripture (there are many) Job 42:6 (NIV):
“Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”