A prayer post for Ash Wednesday

Let us pray:
O God, you have made us for yourself, and against your longing there is no defence. Mark us with your love, and
release in us a passion for your justice and joy in our disfigured world; that we may turn from our guilt and despair
and face you, our heart’s desire. Amen.
Silence ...
Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the earth: Grant that these ashes may be to us a sign of our mortality and penitence, that we may remember that it is by your precious gift that we are given everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.
Those who wish come forward and the ashes are imposed.
Remember, O mortal, from dust you came and to the dust you shall return.