SCRANTON — Christians around the globe mark Ash Wednesday today. Parishioners at Saint Peter's Cathedral in Scranton received ashes on their foreheads. The Lenten tradition is a sign of the person's mortality. Bishop If you're wondering why some of the people around you on Wednesday have “dirt” crosses on their heads, it's because of Ash … Read more
If you're wondering why some of the people around you on Wednesday have “dirt” crosses on their heads, it's because of Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the start of the Lenten season, which lasts for 40 days until Holy Saturday on April 19. While Ash St. Junia United Methodist Church Pastor Dave Barnhart will … Read more
Compared to other diets on the market, which are only interested in helping you look a certain way, The Ash Wednesday Diet is really something special. I call it The Ash Wednesday Diet because it should be started on the first day of Lent. To me, Lent Dear heavenly Father, on this Ash Wednesday, accepting … Read more
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. From Ash Wednesday, on March 5 to April 19, the day before Easter, Lent will … Read more
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 … Read more