The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Ash Wednesday does not have a fixed date each year; instead, it is determined based on the date of Easter Sunday. It falls 46 days before Easter, which in 2025 will be celebrated on April 20.

So Ash Wednesday reminds us of life’s fragility and brevity. The ashes of today will be gone by tomorrow, washed away by soap, water and daily living. That fact should also teach us.

St. Michael Lutheran Church in Wellington is doing their drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings. It allows people with busy schedules and health problems to stick to their tradition of lent.

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Ash Wednesday has inspired poetry In 1930s England, when Christianity was losing ground among the intelligentia, T.S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday” reaffirmed traditional Christian faith and ...

Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.

This means that Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent also change. Here's what to know about Easter 2025 season and when Ash Wednesday, Lent and Good Friday happen this year.

ST. LOUIS — Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time leading up to Holy Week and Easter Sunday. This year it falls on March 5. Some St. Louis area churches are offering drive-thru ash ...

Lent arrives with stark warnings and with ash to remind us of what we are made. The collect, the set prayer for Ash Wednesday, insists that we are ‘lamenting our sins and acknowledging our ...

A Homily for Ash Wednesday Readings: Joel 2:12-18 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 There is a line in the T. S. Eliot poem “The Waste Land” that may evoke the Book of Genesis.