By Junno Arocho Esteves – Ashes not only symbolise humanity’s frail mortality but are also a reminder of God’s infinite love of people, whom he created from dust, Pope Francis said. While men and women...
Ash Wednesday / Easter / Prayer
by Tamar SC · Published February 26, 2020 · Last modified February 14, 2020
By Mark Pattison – Ash Wednesday is on February 26 this year. Here are some things to know about Ash Wednesday and the kickoff to Lent. In the Table of Liturgical Days, which ranks the...
Ash Wednesday / Christian Living / Church / Easter / Fr Ralph de Hahn
by Fr Ralph de Hahn · Published February 25, 2020 · Last modified February 22, 2020
In Lent we are called to fast—but do we fast well? FR RALPH DE HAHN reflects on the pitfalls and the graces of fasting. Many of the great spiritual writers tell us that when our acts of worship...
This year’s Lent has special significance because Ash Wednesday, March 6, marks the celebration of Ghana’s 62nd anniversary of independence, said the Ghana Bishops’ Conference. “We consider this occurrence not just as a mere...
Here are some things to know about Ash Wednesday and the kickoff to Lent: In the Table of Liturgical Days, which ranks the different liturgical celebrations and seasons, Ash Wednesday ties for second in...
Ash Wednesday / Jesus / Lent / Repentance
by Michael Shackleton · Published February 14, 2018 · Last modified February 9, 2018
Lent, the season of repentance is the time to reflect seriously on the words used when the ashes stain our foreheads, namely, that we come from the dust of the earth and will go back there
by Erin Carelse · Published February 14, 2018 · Last modified February 12, 2018
Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) port chaplains in South Africa will help seafarers live out their faith during Lent as they visit the many crews arriving on ships in ports across the country.
For the first time since 1945, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day are falling together on the same day. This may be a cause for panic among those who were looking forward to getting chocolate boxes, cards and flowers but will have to swap them out for abstinence, ashes and almsgiving.
The central meaning of Ash Wednesday relates to our humanness, mortality, weakness and fallenness. Ash Wednesday signals the beginning of Lent, a period of reflection and sentience.
Ash Wednesday / Editorials 2018 / Lent
by Editor · Published February 11, 2018 · Last modified February 13, 2018
A peculiar quirk of the calendar this year times Ash Wednesday to coincide with Valentine’s Day, and Easter with April Fool’s Day.
While Catholics will not mistake the Resurrection for an April Fool’s joke, some will likely be torn between observing the Church’s disciplines governing Ash Wednesday
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