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What Is Ash Wednesday?

"...For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return." - Genesis 3:19(b) Today, as you go about your day, you might see something a bit strange on the foreheads of some of the people a…
Richard Rohr on Scripture and Ashes

By Sam at Creative Theology I came across this quote last week and have since read it numerous times. It’s convicting, freeing and humbling. The sacred texts of the Bible are filled with absolute breakthroughs,…
What is Ash Wednesday?

"...For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return." - Genesis 3:19(b) Today, as you go about your day, you might see something a bit strange on the foreheads of some of the people a…
The Joy of Lent

By John at The Mockingbird Blog A sweet meditation from Psalm 32 on the huge release that comes from admitting what we are -- and why Ash Wednesday is the happiest of days. Happy are those whose transgression is forg…
Ash Wednesday: Come Home to the Church. (Crazy Catholic Stuff Explained)

Mass on Ash Wednesday is among the most crowded of the year, right up there with Christmas and Easter. It's funny because Ash Wednesday isn't even a holy day of obligation (a day we have to go to church) for Catholics, a…
Ash Wednesday: Lent is Here

Today marks Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Lent is the 40 days -- not counting Sundays -- before Easter, and is a time of prayer, sometimes fasting, and contemplation about Jesus as He made His way towards the Cr…
QOTD: Are You Fasting for Lent?

by revelife crew Do you observe Lent? Are you fasting from anything?