Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent, a preparation for the celebration of Easter, the holiest day of the Christian holidays. The tradition of Ash Wednesday is handed down in the…

One of the most well-known holidays among devout Christians is the 40 day period of Lent, including the days referred to as Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. But this period can also be one of the most…

Lent covers a period of six weeks beginning on Ash Wednesday and gives Catholics and some Protestants a chance to participate and prepare for Easter and the Resurrection. This is a time to focus on…

Lent is an important part of the Easter holiday for Catholics. Lent is celebrated from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter. While most adult Catholics participate in the Ash Wednesday service…

Pope Paul VI reestablished the Catholic's Church rite of fasting in 1966 in the Apostolic Constitution on Penance. The pope revised the outline again in 1983. Catholics fast on Ash Wednesday and every…

The palms you receive on Passion Sunday, or Palm Sunday, are blessed and need to be preserved rather than thrown away. One way to make use of your palm after the Easter season is to burn the palm for…

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Coming on the morning after Mardi Gras, it is for many people a sobering reminder of the 40-day period of purification and renewal that comes before Easter.