Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

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

A church in Los Angeles is asking for prayers after it was vandalized on Ash Wednesday, a holy day in Catholicism. The vandalism occurred at Our Mother of Good Counsel church in the Los Feliz ...

Here's what to know about Easter 2025 season and when Ash Wednesday, Lent and Good Friday happen this year. This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ends on Thursday, April 17. It lasts ...

The cross, placed on a worshiper's forehead by a priest, indicates that a person belongs to Jesus Christ and is grieving and morning for ... flesh meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and each ...

Fasting in the Catholic Church means eating a full meal only once a day or eating two small meals a day. Father Salgado explained that abstinence is required on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

If you're planning to attend church services or observe Lent, you might be wondering when is Ash Wednesday in 2025. Get top local stories in DFW delivered to you every morning with NBC DFW's News ...

Ash Wednesday is on March 5, also known as the Day of Ashes, where you may see people with ashes in the shape of a cross smudged on their forehead or abstaining from eating meat. Ash Wednesday is ...

An investigation is underway after a Catholic church in Los Feliz was targeted by an alleged arsonist on Ash Wednesday. The incident happened at Our Mother of Good Counsel, located in the 2000 ...

They're celebrating Ash Wednesday, which for many also marks ... It is applied by a priest during a morning mass, often along with a small blessing: "Remember that you are dust and to dust you ...

Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust. That’s the meaning of Ash Wednesday. Today, like the prophets ...