Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Parishioners are also often encouraged to repent their sins, go to confession and devote themselves to God. Ash Wednesday occurs ... during his 40 days in the desert. In a message to parishioners ...

Episcopalians and Anglicans also observe Ash Wednesday. For the religious, it’s a time when Christians confess their sins and profess their devotion to God. It’s a day of repentance.

Ash Wednesday is this week ... Lent is 40 days to represent the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert before starting his own public ministry. Where do the ashes smudged ...

The 40 days of Lent represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. This year, Ash Wednesday falls on March ... turn away from sin and turn back to God," the Archdiocese of Saint Paul ...