Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. The 40 days of repentance prepares the faithful for the celebration of Christ's death and resurrection on Easter Sunday. At services today, ashes from
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. The 40 days of repentance prepares the faithful for the celebration of Christ's death and resurrection on Easter Sunday. At services today, ashes from
In two days, millions of Christians around the world will observe Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. It falls 46 days before Easter, including Sundays. Christians will observe Lent by fasting or abstaining from a
The short book of Joel is best remembered for the prophet's stirring call for sincere, interior conversion on the part of God's people (2:12-18; proclaimed each Ash Wednesday), and his vivid depiction of the eschatological
MILWAUKEE (WITI) – Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki kicked off the first day of Lent with a Mass Wednesday morning. March 5th at the Pius XI High School gymnasium. This is the fourth straight year he's held the Mass