On the basis of age-old custom, water is one of the signs that the Church often uses in blessing the faithful. Holy water reminds the faithful of Christ, who is given to us as the supreme divine ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Ash Wednesday is this week, kicking off Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving ... and in the United States, mixed with holy water or oil to create a light paste ...

LOUIS — Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time leading up to Holy Week and Easter Sunday ... Clergy members will be on hand to offer a short prayer and ashes at multiple locations ...

Lent is a Christian season of prayer that lasts 40 days, not including Sundays, beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and ending at sundown on Holy Thursday, April 17. The name “Lent” is from ...

WELLINGTON, Fla. — St. Michael Lutheran Church in Wellington is doing their drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings. The church has been doing this for several years. They told me that had more than ...

Pointing at the floor Wednesday, Francisco called Holy Cross “our second home ... that received a private blessing from Miguel Santos, a deacon. Fedele hung it in the church cafeteria ...

Ash Wednesday, also known as the ... himself as the Passover sacrifice. During the Holy Thursday Mass, there is the sacrament of Communion, blessings of the Oil of Chrism, striping of the altar ...