It was the usual Wednesday Weight Watchers Zoom meeting, except for one thing. The leader had shown up with a black ash cross imprinted on her forehead. “Oh, yeah,” I thought. “Ash Wednesday ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Genesis 3:19 – “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.” In Job 10:9, 10 ...

On Ash Wednesday, Catholics attend mass to be marked on the forehead by ashes by the priest as he recited: "dust thou art and into dust that shall return".

Pope Paul VI issued new regulations in 1966, which greatly relaxed the rigid austerities of the Lenten fast so that the black fast needed only be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before Easter, known as Lent. For many Christians, its start is noted by receiving ...

The formal establishment of Lent's start date occurred in AD 601 when Pope Gregory adjusted the beginning of Lent to 46 days prior to Easter, simultaneously instituting Ash Wednesday. This arrangement ...

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Like all great art, “Ash Wednesday” transcends the personal to become truly universal. Eliot’s conversion, affliction and redemption are in many ways common to us all. The poem is in six numbered ...

Further information about Ash Wednesday services or the Stations of the Cross is available by checking the church bulletin online at stapostle.org, or by contacting either St. Thomas Church, at ...

When is Ash Wednesday 2025? This year, Ash Wednesday falls on March 5. In 2025 it ends on April 17, known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. Why is Ash Wednesday so ...

Ash Wednesday is a time for reflection, repentance, and observance of why Jesus Christ died on the cross. If you grew up attending a church that used liturgy, you may remember that everyone stopped ...