“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” At the Mass for Ash Wednesday, that refrain is prayed after each verse of the ...

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

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 ...

Prayer and almsgiving are also important parts of the Lenten season. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, so it also falls on Wednesday, March 5. Easter falls on Sunday, April 20 this year.

The 88-year-old Pope has chronic lung disease. This Ash Wednesday, millions of Catholics are lifting Francis up in prayer. "Putting on ashes was always a sin of repentance, a sin of acknowledging ...

According to Britannica.com, "Ash Wednesday is a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God and marks the beginning of the penitential Lenten season. It is ...