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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lent begins this week with the observation of Ash Wednesday, one of the most important religious observations each year for Roman Catholics and other Christian groups. The day also starts a religious ...

It's time for the faithful to receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads and begin a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. This year, Ash Wednesday lands on Wednesday, March ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday is just weeks away, falling on March 5 this year. The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...