SAN ANTONIO – Wednesday is the first day of Lent, and many Christians will observe the day by going to Mass to be blessed with ashes. Lent is observed by Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, ...
As March begins, the warmer weather of spring and celebration of Easter, this year on Sunday, April 20, are on the way. However, before Easter is 40 days of Lent, one of the liturgical seasons of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn of Christian dates. It's the start of a weekslong period for the faithful called Lent that ...
Right now, for the first time in nearly 100 years, Ramadan, Lent, and Lunar New Year are all happening at the same time — within hours of each other. The last time this occurred was around 1927. The ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A congregant at San Fernando Cathedral receives ashes on Ash Wednesday last year. San Antonio culture includes customs aligned ...
The Season of Lent is upon many Christians once again. Lent began on Feb. 18, 2026, Ash Wednesday. This period of abstinence and fasting commemorates the temptation of Jesus Christ, where he spent 40 ...
WASHINGTON — This story from The Conversation is by Religion and Ethics Editor Molly Jackson. Foreheads smudged with the sign of the cross are the most visible sign of Ash Wednesday, which begins the ...
It's fairly common to hear people describing what they're "giving up for Lent" each year, but many of the details about Lent itself are less discussed and/or less known by the general public. If you ...
CHICAGO — In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening ...
Many Christians in South Jersey are set to celebrate the end of the Lent and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lent, a 40-day season in the Christian liturgical calendar, is a time that members of ...
Lent does not arrive with fanfare or confetti like other feasts in the year do.nIt arrives quietly, traced in ash, in repentance, and anchored in 40 deliberate days that feel almost stubborn in their ...