ash wednesday fasting rules and histry Ash Wednesday. Prayer, fasting, and giving alms, are the three main tenants of Lent, and are all designed to help prepare Christians to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Today is Ash Wednesday, which is the official beginning of Lent 2011 for the Catholic religion. Ash Wednesday’s meaning is an expression of repentance and mourning to God. Ashes burned from the palms on Palm Sunday of the previous year are placed on worshippers’
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