sackcloth and ashes
- n a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief
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- May God grant self-denial during Lent
The season of Lent began yesterday with the observance of Ash Wednesday. Lent is a season when Christians remember and repent of their sins. Ashes are imputed on the foreheads as a sign of repenting in sackcloth and ashes, a practice that often took place in Old Testament times.
March 5, 2014 - MyCentralJersey.com