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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. This penitential season lasts for forty days including six Sundays and one Wednesday before Easter. It is a period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as we prepare for Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday.
The Church around the world observes Ash Wednesday with Masses and the reception of ashes on our foreheads as a reminder of our sins and our mortality. Furthermore, we practice self-control as we prepare for Ash Wednesday (as well as Good Friday) by fasting and abstaining from meat (including all the Fridays of Lent). These penitential practices not only serve as a physical sacrifice, they are an important call to an interior conversion of the heart as we prepare for Christ's passion and the glory of His resurrection at Easter.
We look forward to having you join us during this Lenten and Easter season. Kindly download the the Blessed Sacrament Lent and Easter Schedule above for a detailed listing of our services.
May this Lenten journey draw us ever closer to our Lord in the hope that we may one day share in the joy of eternal life with Him.
Please see below for the the requirements of fasting and abstinence (from the USCCB website):
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.
For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.
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