Ash Wednesday

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Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. That is, limited to a single, full meal and abstinence from meat.

Local religious communities will be hosting a variety of Lenten services, retreats and other events.

The rite of receiving ashes helps people reflect on “the transience of our human condition,” the pope wrote in his homily.

“Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Church’s 40-day Lenten season when we focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Why does Jesus caution his disciples to do these practices quietly and without fanfare?”

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