Ash Wednesday, remark the official beginning of Lent in the faith, a period of fasting leading up to the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, time of repentance for those who “sinned seriously. Many other Christian religions celebrate these as well, including Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians. Marking people’s foreheads with crosses made of ashes as a symbol of repentance. The Catholic Church restricted fasting to Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Catholics must abstain from eating meat on Fridays. Meat was considered a food of the wealthy, and so Christians were called to fast from it, as a show of poverty before God.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:02:24 +0000
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