The following text is from the Mass booklet used by the Ordinariate community of The Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman, Victoria, BC. Bold type indicates text prayed by all, clergy, altar servers and the congregation. The practice at the Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman is that all receive the blessed ashes on their foreheads while kneeling at the Foot of the Altar. Ash Wednesday PENITENTIAL OFFICE FOR THE BLESSING AND IMPOSITION OF ASHES All stand. The following antiphon is sung by the choir: Antiphon: Exaudi nos (Ps 69:17, 1) Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies. (Ps) Save me, O God, for the waters are come in even unto my soul. Glory be… Hear me… The Priest, facing the People, says: Brethren, it has been the custom in the Church from ancient times to observe with great devotion the days of our Lord’s Passion and Resurrection, and to prepare f...