I … On Day 6, God said, Let the earth (not the dust!) Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. Immediately after evoking the mist that watered the ground with the luscious flowering greenery, the narrative switches abruptly to Yahveh, forming man out of the most sterile part of that same ground. Genesis 3:19, ESV: "By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”" Genesis 3:19, KJV : "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." We know.
It is easy to see anyone who looks different, believes different, prays different and ascribe the label “them,” eternally distant and opposite from “us.” It is easy to grow numb to the wind whistling around a corner and the dirt buried somewhere below our feet. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are. Instead of individual prayers over each person, the priest may instead pray once over the whole congregation, either “Repent, and believe in the Gospel,” or “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Priests may use a Q-tip to make the sign of the cross on people’s foreheads, but penitents should not “self-impose” ashes. Please use the Social Network links just below to share this information from The Explanation, From Dust You Came. The Church speaks these words in today's liturgy, while ashes are placed on the foreheads of the faithful. “ and to dust you shall return ” GENESIS 3:19.
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