The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
During Mass, as a sign of repentance, ashes are imposed on forehead, to these words: ‘Repent, and believe in the Gospel’, or ‘Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.’
Ashes are made from blessed palms from last year’s Palm Sunday.
ABSTINENCE: No meat for ages 14 & older, as a way to do penance.
FASTING: 1 meal & 2 half-meals for ages 18-59 (unless sick), as a sacrifice of love.
PRAYER: Spend more time in prayer, spiritual reading and silence.
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