Why, it is Ash Wednesday! Each year it comes to meet us, to summon us. But although it returns, it is not some part of an endless cycle. Rather, it is the reverse. The liturgy of Ash Wednesday ...

Why, it is Ash Wednesday! Each year it comes to meet us, to summon us. But although it returns, it is not some part of an endless cycle. Rather, it is the reverse. The liturgy of Ash Wednesday ...

which are used in the liturgy of Ash Wednesday. The use of ashes is a survival from an ancient rite according to which converted sinners submitted themselves to canonical penance. The act of ...

Ash Wednesday calls for metanoia-a turning back ... but this day encompasses much more than that single moment. The liturgy emphasizes the profound themes of the day. Familiar passages-like ...

At Trinity Episcopal, Gamelin-Osenbach suggested the Ash Wednesday liturgy is possibly the most meaningful in the Book of Common Prayer. In a solemn ceremony, she reviewed a spiritual life’s ...

The school community came together in faith to receive ashes, marking the start of Lent with a commitment to prayer and ...

Ashes "revive in us the memory of what we are," but also "the hope of what we will be," the ailing Pope Francis wrote for this year's Ash Wednesday liturgy in his homily held in Rome's Basilica of ...

A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

March 5 (UPI) --The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in ...