It was the usual Wednesday Weight Watchers Zoom meeting, except for one thing. The leader had shown up with a black ash cross imprinted on her forehead. “Oh, yeah,” I thought. “Ash Wednesday ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Ash Wednesday and Lent prompt us that it is the restoration of our divinity, our immortality as children of God, imbued with God’s breath, that is most important, the key to eternal love, peace ...

For our ancestors, Ash Wednesday marked the start of 40 days of fasting, penitence and denial. ... "Dust thou art and into dust that shall return". Photo: Mario Tama for Getty Images.

Marking the beginning of the holiest time in the Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday comes with its own set of customs. ... “dust thou art and into dust thou shall return”.

The Rev. Felicia Brock holds ashes at First Baptist Church on Monday, March 3, 2025, of Tarentum as she prepares them in an urn for Ash Wednesday — a tradition the church began under her leadership.

Learn about the origins, significance, and practices surrounding Ash Wednesday and Lent in the Christian faith. The formal establishment of Lent's start date occurred in AD 601 when Pope Gregory ...

ABC15 Phoenix, AZ. Get 'ashes to go' on Ash Wednesday in the Valley. Posted: March 5, 2025 | Last updated: March 5, 2025. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix is offering "ashes to go" on Wednesday.

Like all great art, “Ash Wednesday” transcends the personal to become truly universal. Eliot’s conversion, affliction and redemption are in many ways common to us all. The poem is in six numbered ...

The schedule for Ash Wednesday with distribution of ashes at each service is: • 6:30 a.m., ... song, movement and art to aid in reflecting on Jesus’ greatest act of love for all people.

Easter is a few months away, but several other religious holidays, like Ash Wednesday, are coming up. Here's when Fat Tuesday is and when Lent starts.

On Shrove Tuesday, many Roman Catholic churches burn the palms from a previous Palm Sunday to obtain the ashes for Ash Wednesday. During the fasting on Ash Wednesday, participants abstain from meat ...