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Word of the Day: #Ashtag – a hashtag for a photo of yourself on Ash Wednesday.

BigEyeUg3By BigEyeUg3February 18, 2015
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Priests on Twitter and Instagram are observing the solemn Christian holiday of Ash Wednesday by posting ashtags — a new type of holy selfie that shows the day’s ceremonial ashes they received on their foreheads.

The holiday — and the ashes that come with it — marks the arrival of Lent, a 40-day period that precedes Easter in which Christians fast and repent for their sins. (The younger ones spend most of it tentatively avoiding chocolate and awaiting the Easter Bunny.)

The ashtag selfie tradition, however, is a relatively new one in the history of Christianity. Catholics shared the selfies using #ashtag and #showyourash hashtags last year.

But not everyone’s on board with the idea.

One Catholic nun said it seemed like a conflict between Christian ideals: “‘Let your light shine’ and ‘do not let others see you are fasting.'”

“I’ve racked my brain trying to justify, theologically or otherwise, #ashtag & public displays of ashes. I’ve got nothin’,” added Greg Hills, associate professor of Theology at Bellarmine University, in a tweet on Wednesday morning. “If people find it meaningful to trumpet their inevitable death on social media, I’m not opposed. Just strikes me as odd,” he added.

“Something about letting your good deeds be seen by God rather than paraded on Twitter,” another tweeted.

Still, some priests, nuns and worshippers shared the photos throughout the morning, indicating it’s the now two-year-old trend might be here to stay.

Source: Mashable

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