The Lord God formed the human from the topsoil of the fertile land and blew life’s breath into his nostrils. The human came to life. Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one ...

Thousands of Oklahomans will don a cross of ashes on their foreheads later this month during Ash Wednesday to observe the beginning of a season of fasting and prayer, or Lent. Here's everything we ...

Lent is the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Christians use the time for preparation and atonement before celebrating Easter. Christians will pray more, deny themselves of luxuries or ...

Readings: Joel 2:12-18 2 Corinthians 5:20—6: 2 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Love cannot be silent. It must speak. We cannot love without going outside ourselves, which is why love must express itself. Of ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – What is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday 2025, which falls on March 5 this year, marks the official beginning of the Christian season of Lent, which culminates with Easter on April ...

If you see people with dark smudges on their foreheads Wednesday, don't think it's by mistake. Millions of Christians — mainly Catholics — will wear ashes on their foreheads after attending mass to ...

Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn of Christian dates. It's the start of a weekslong period for the faithful called Lent ...

Orange residents Sergio Fraga-Zacarias and Judit Ramirez, both 24, are looking forward to spending Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday — both of which fall on Wednesday, Feb. 14 this year — in prayer ...

What to do when Ash Wednesday, a solemn reminder of human mortality, falls on the same day we gorge on chocolate and romance? Pass out candy hearts that say “Dust 2 Dust.” By Ruth Graham Eugene ...

Dorsey Prince, right, and Shannon Carter pray during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. In 2024, Feb. 14 is a holiday heavyweight due to a ...