Dust to Dust: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
Mary Ann Steutermann
January 29, 2021
More than simply a call to give up creature comforts, Lent invites us to confront our vulnerability and embrace our brokenness.
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For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to 'sprinkle' ashes on heads
OSV News
January 13, 2021
The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people’s heads rather than using them to make a cross on people’s foreheads.
Why 40? How Is Ash Wednesday’s Date Set?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Why is Ash Wednesday 40 days before Easter? What is the significance of the number 40? I know that it is used many times in the Bible (for example, Jesus was in the desert 40 days and 40 nights).
A Friar Reflects on Ash Wednesday
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 16, 2019
As Lent begins, we hear the words in the first reading for Ash Wednesday: “Rend your hearts, not your garments.”
Ash Wednesday: A Day of Surprises
Diane M. Houdek
March 6, 2019
There’s something about Ash Wednesday that draws us in, calls us to return to sanity, to a change of heart and mind.
Lent doesn’t take us away from our ordinary lives, but rather it invites us to bring a new and holy attention to those activities. This should be the way with all of our spiritual practices. We take time apart in order to return to our daily activities with new inspiration. God will always surprise us with possibilities when we least expect them. Let this Lent be one of those surprises.
Ash Wednesday: Wearing Our Faith on Our Foreheads
Susan Hines-Brigger
February 14, 2015
If there ever is a day of the year when you can spot Catholics at a glance, Ash Wednesday is it.
Dear Reader: Ashes to Ashes
Christopher Heffron
January 24, 2023
Lent is a season of solemn travel—toward God and with God. We at Franciscan Media are with you on the journey.
Advent with Richard Rohr: Wednesday of the Second Week
Richard Rohr, OFM
December 11, 2019
Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
— Matthew 11:28
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Ashes and Fasting
Diane M. Houdek
March 1, 2006
There’s something very honest about ashes, a symbol acknowledging our dependence on God.
Cardinal Gregory joins Archbishop Gudziak in praying for Ukraine
OSV News
March 4, 2022
As Pope Francis and Catholics throughout the world did on Ash Wednesday, March 2, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory prayed and expressed solidarity with the people of Ukraine as they are enduring a brutal Russian military invasion of their country.
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