Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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"We rise again from ashes, to create ourselves anew." 🕯️

Prepare your heart for the Lenten journey with "Ashes" by Tom Conry. This reflective hymn is a staple for Ash Wednesday services, focusing on our failures, our offerings, and the healing power of God's love.

Resources for Churches:
🎹 Our choir's sung version: youtu.be/oIr1Fp1e56c
Perfect for use during the imposition of ashes or Lenten penance services.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:09 Verse 1: We rise again from ashes
1:08 Verse 2: We offer you our failures
2:08 Verse 3: Then rise again from ashes
3:09 Verse 4: Thanks be to the Father

Lyrics:
We rise again from ashes, from the good we've failed to do.
We rise again from ashes, to create ourselves anew.
If all the world is ashes, then must our lives be true,
an offering of ashes, an offering to you.

We offer you our failures, we offer you attempts,
The gifts not fully given, the dreams not fully dreamt
Give our stumblings direction, give our visions wider view
an offering of ashes, an offering to you.

Then rise again from ashes, let healing come to pain,
Though spring has turned to winter, and sunshine turned to rain,
the rain we'll use for growing and create the world anew
From an offering of ashes, an offering to you.

Thanks be to the Father, who made us like himself,
thanks be to the Son, who saved us by his death;
thanks be to the Spirit, who creates the world anew,
From an offering of ashes, an offering to you.

© Tom Conry 1978 OCP Publications

Community Question:
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