Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. These 40 days are an opportunity to prepare ourselves for Easter through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Everyone is invited to receive ashes on this day as a sign of repentance. There will be Masses at the Mission today at 7:30am, noon, and 7:00pm and ashes will be distributed at each Mass.
Ash Wednesday is one of two fast days in the Church. By "fasting," we are asked to eat lightly -- not more than one full meal and, if needed, up to two smaller meals that don't constitute a full meal. It is also a day of abstinence from meat, so skip the hamburger or steak in favor of fish, pasta, or other non-meat meals.
Fasting and ashes sound so serious...and they are. But it's also important to think about the words that are said as the priest marks our foreheads with ashes: Repent and believe the gospel. Believe the gospel...believe in God's infinite love...
Perhaps you will enjoy reflecting on what that means as you listen to this song:
Everyone is invited to receive ashes on this day as a sign of repentance. There will be Masses at the Mission today at 7:30am, noon, and 7:00pm and ashes will be distributed at each Mass.
Ash Wednesday is one of two fast days in the Church. By "fasting," we are asked to eat lightly -- not more than one full meal and, if needed, up to two smaller meals that don't constitute a full meal. It is also a day of abstinence from meat, so skip the hamburger or steak in favor of fish, pasta, or other non-meat meals.
Fasting and ashes sound so serious...and they are. But it's also important to think about the words that are said as the priest marks our foreheads with ashes: Repent and believe the gospel. Believe the gospel...believe in God's infinite love...
Perhaps you will enjoy reflecting on what that means as you listen to this song:
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