No, they don't burn random leaves or pieces of paper for Ash Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines – The penitential season of Lent begins on Wednesday, February 22, as Catholics have their foreheads marked with ashes to symbolize repentance from sin.The Roman Missal, the book of approved readings and prayers for Catholic Masses,used on Ash Wednesday: “In the course of today’s Mass, ashes are blessed and distributed. These are made from the olive branches or branches of other trees that were blessed the previous year,” the Roman Missal states.
On this day called Shrove Tuesday, Fadul said that “the palms used during last year’s Palm Sunday are burned.” Then, “the ashes are collected and are prepared for the liturgical celebration the next day.”The practice in the Philippines “is mixing the ashes with holy water,” added Fadul, an officer of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Episcopal Commission on Clergy.
Father Jun Sescon, rector of the Greenbelt Chapel, said that “the palms are usually burned on the Sunday or Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday.”
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