THE Lenten sacrifice brings about the ability to love and increase our openness to others. Those who have an abundance of ...

Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, is a period of preparation for Easter Sunday, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Excluding Sundays, Lent comprises the 40 days leading up to ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together ...

The cross, placed on a worshiper's forehead by a priest, indicates that a person belongs to Jesus Christ and is grieving and ...

The Christian world today begins a 40-day period of praying, fasting, arms-giving and self-denial with Ash Wednesday. This ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith ... the ashes used in the Ash Wednesday service are ...

Pope Francis remains hospitalized on Ash Wednesday. Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the ...

Students at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School in Prospect Heights helped prepare the way for Ash Wednesday and the ...

Christians will get one last nibble on their paczkis and king cakes as Mardi Gras and the Carnival Season give way to Ash ...

Wednesday is the first day of Lent, and many Christians will observe the day by going to Mass to be blessed with ashes.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian ... year's palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration. The ashes from the palms are then blessed by a priest or deacon.

Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.