Halfway through Lent, I have written to my children, my siblings, old friends, relatives and some folks I admire. I had to buy more stamps. Old-school letter-writing is up my alley.

This Lent, America sadly has much to atone for Yes, in Lent 2025, we have a lot to atone for. On Ash Wednesday, the Gospel of Matthew cites three disciplines of Lent: almsgiving, fasting and prayer.

In the first place, I ate a sandwich tonight at around 8 p.m., which was one of the things during Lent I was going to try to adjust, no eating after 7 p.m., because I’ve always heard that eating ...

Metro Atlanta Metro Atlanta ‘To dust we shall return’: Catholics pray for pope as Lent begins Pope Francis spends Ash Wednesday, and his third week in the hospital, battling pneumonia in both ...

Lent 2025: Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this festival before Easter?

Genesis 3:19 – “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.” In Job 10:9, 10 ...

BALTIMORE — Many Maryland Christians marked Ash Wednesday with special services as Lent begins. With 46 days until Easter Sunday, churches across the Baltimore area found ways to make it easier ...

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians fast and begin penance by giving up something for Lent. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of indulgence allowed before the period of fasting and penitence.

The dates of Lent are defined by the date of Easter, which is a moveable feast, meaning that it falls on a different date each year. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, and its observance lasts for 40 ...

Some religions are stricter than others on what you can eat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent. For the most part, people 14 years old or older must abstain from meat (beef, chicken and pork).

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.