Ashes will be distributed during all services that will be held at various times on Ash Wednesday, March 5, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville, to mark the ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

Ashes in the shape of a cross are often placed on parishioners' foreheads with the prayer "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," during a special Ash Wednesday service.

The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are from blessed palms that are burned during Palm Sunday from the previous year. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, will begin on ...

Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are, their origins and why the dates they fall on change every year. The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fast ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, which will run for 40 days and include fasting and prayer, ending on Good Friday. The date for Easter Sunday changes each year, and with it the dates for ...

an app for Catholic prayer and meditation. Eastern Orthodox churches observe Lent or Great Lent. Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday (called Clean Monday), but Ash Wednesday is not ...

York Minster has today announced its programme of services, events and activities to mark Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2025.

R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Following a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession. Then, in preparation for holy Communion, all recite the Lord's Prayer. V. Now let us pray to ...