{"id":19555,"date":"2014-10-24T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/?p=19555"},"modified":"2014-10-27T14:39:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T20:39:54","slug":"el-simbolismo-de-la-ceniza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/24\/el-simbolismo-de-la-ceniza\/","title":{"rendered":"El simbolismo de la ceniza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La ceniza es el residuo de la combusti\u00f3n por el fuego de las cosas o de las personas. Este s\u00edmbolo ya se emplea en la primera p\u00e1gina de la Biblia cuando se nos cuenta que \u00abDios form\u00f3 al hombre con polvo de la tierra\u00bb (Gen 2,7). Eso es lo que significa el nombre de \u00abAd\u00e1n\u00bb. Y se le recuerda enseguida que \u00e9se es precisamente su fin: \u00abhasta que vuelvas a la tierra, pues de ella fuiste hecho\u00bb (Gn 3,19).<\/p>\n<p>Por extensi\u00f3n, pues, representa la conciencia de la nada, de la nulidad de la creatura con respecto al Creador, seg\u00fan las palabras de Abrah\u00e1n: \u00abAunque soy polvo y ceniza, me atrevo a hablar a mi Se\u00f1or\u00bb (Gn 18,27).<\/p>\n<p>Esto nos lleva a todos a asumir una actitud de humildad (\u00abhumildad\u00bb viene de humus, \u00abtierra\u00bb): \u00abpolvo y ceniza son los hombres\u00bb (Si 17,32), \u00abtodos caminan hacia una misma meta: todos han salido del polvo y todos vuelven al polvo\u00bb (Qo 3,20), \u00abtodos expiran y al polvo retornan\u00bb (Sal 104,29). Por lo tanto, la ceniza significa tambi\u00e9n el sufrimiento, el luto, el arrepentimiento. En Job (Jb 42,6) es expl\u00edcitamente signo de dolor y de penitencia. De aqu\u00ed se desprendi\u00f3 la costumbre, por largo tiempo conservada en los monasterios, de extender a los moribundos en el suelo recubierto con ceniza dispuesta en forma de cruz. La ceniza se mezcla a veces con los alimentos de los ascetas y la ceniza bendita se utiliza en ritos como la consagraci\u00f3n de una iglesia, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La ceniza es el residuo de la combusti\u00f3n por el fuego de las cosas o de las personas. Este s\u00edmbolo ya se emplea en la primera p\u00e1gina de la Biblia cuando se nos cuenta que \u00abDios form\u00f3 al hombre con polvo de la tierra\u00bb (Gen 2,7). Eso es lo que significa el nombre de \u00abAd\u00e1n\u00bb. &#8230; <a title=\"El simbolismo de la ceniza\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/24\/el-simbolismo-de-la-ceniza\/\" aria-label=\"Leer m\u00e1s sobre El simbolismo de la ceniza\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,51,18,5],"series":[],"class_list":["post-19555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-limones","tag-cosas","tag-dios","tag-hombre","tag-tiempo"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quechilero.com\/blog\/imagenes\/podcast.png?fit=1831%2C1831&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"deezer":{"key":"deezer","url":"","label":"Deezer","class":"deezer","icon":"deezer.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"listen_notes":{"key":"listen_notes","url":"","label":"Listen Notes","class":"listen_notes","icon":"listen-notes.png"},"pandora":{"key":"pandora","url":"","label":"Pandora","class":"pandora","icon":"pandora.png"},"podbean":{"key":"podbean","url":"","label":"Podbean","class":"podbean","icon":"podbean.png"},"podcast_republic":{"key":"podcast_republic","url":"","label":"Podcast Republic","class":"podcast_republic","icon":"podcast-republic.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"tunein":{"key":"tunein","url":"","label":"TuneIn","class":"tunein","icon":"tunein.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"},"iheartradio":{"key":"iheartradio","url":"","label":"iHeartRadio","class":"iheartradio","icon":"iheartradio.png"},"ivoox":{"key":"ivoox","url":"","label":"iVoox","class":"ivoox","icon":"ivoox.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/si-la-vida-nos-da-limones","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YLgxflzzEn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/24\/el-simbolismo-de-la-ceniza\/\">El simbolismo de la ceniza<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/24\/el-simbolismo-de-la-ceniza\/embed\/#?secret=YLgxflzzEn\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"\u00abEl simbolismo de la ceniza\u00bb \u2014 Si la Vida nos da Limones...\" data-secret=\"YLgxflzzEn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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