Between 3 and 6 pm on Ash Wednesday, March 5, St. Stephen's clergy will be out on the sidewalk in front of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (2750 McFarlane Road), offering ashes and a prayer to anyone stopping by, on foot
Shorn of all the secular trappings of Easter, Ash Wednesday is thus, along with First Advent, one of the holiest days of the year. It is one worth paying attention to, but in doing so, we admit our Anglo-Catholic tendencies.
A friend told me that he thinks Ash Wednesday is the most honest service of the church year. My wife has talked about the difference between Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday. During the former, we indulge, party, cavort and
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. Lent is the 40-day (excluding Sundays) season that precedes Easter. On Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent, most Catholics abstain from eating meat, but we do eat fish. Growing up
Between 3 and 6 pm on Ash Wednesday, March 5, St. Stephen's clergy will be out on the sidewalk in front of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (2750 McFarlane Road), offering ashes and a prayer to anyone stopping by, on foot