Ash Wednesday marks the start of the season of Lent in the church. Join us for a penitential service, where we receive a mark of ashes as a reminder that we are created from dust, and to dust we will ...

“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” At the Mass for Ash Wednesday, that refrain is prayed after each verse of the Responsorial Psalm. It is meant to call to mind and, indeed, to emphasize our ...

(WBOY) — Christians all over West Virginia and the world observed Ash Wednesday this week ... anointed with ash in reference ...

Welcome to our series of Lent and Easter reflections. Our Ash Wednesday reflection, inspired by Matthew 6: 16-21, explores the significance of the cross of ash being marked on foreheads. Receive ...

Editor’s Note: The article first published in 2020 by The Conversation. For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a season of ...