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Bible verses for Ash Wednesday help you pray and reflect on the meaning behind the day, and the Lenten season's traditions of repentance, fasting, and humility.
This year, Ash Wednesday is on Feb. 14, coinciding with Valentine's Day. This marks the beginning of Lent , a 40-day period of fasting and prayer in preparation for Easter, which is on March 31 ...
Ash Wednesday is the time when you may finally decide on what you want to give up for Lent, or perhaps it's an opportunity to spend a quiet moment on some Easter prayers.
The chancel of a church on Ash Wednesday 2015 (the veiled altar cross and purple paraments are customary during Lent). Ash Wednesday marks the start of a 40-day period which is an allusion to the separation of Jesus in the desert to fast and pray. During this time he was tempted. Matthew 4:1–11, Mark 1:12–13, and Luke 4:1–13. [148]
Many Christians choose to practice teetotalism during Lent, thus giving up alcoholic beverages during the liturgical season. [1] [2]A Lenten sacrifice is a spiritual practice where Christians, particularly Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Moravians and the United Protestants voluntarily renounce a pleasure or luxury during the observance of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday.
In the United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church this Sunday is known as Transfiguration Sunday and is the last of the "Sundays after Epiphany". The liturgical color used will typically be white, and some churches may observe the practice of burning the previous year's palms to create the ashes for Ash Wednesday. [5]
Lent, a season of penance that includes prayer, fasting and almsgiving, begins with Ash Wednesday—a holy day of prayer and fasting. Traditionally, "lent" referred to the lengthening of the days ...
Lenten calendars traditionally start on Ash Wednesday and conclude on Easter Day. As with an Advent calendar , a Lenten calendar often has windows or flaps containing "a scriptural verse for each day, a reflection question, and an action that is appropriate and achievable". [ 1 ]