8 things that PERFECTLY SUM UP what Catholics go through every Ash Wednesday
Lent a solemn Christian tradition observed in Catholic churches all around the world.
It begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days until the Thursday before Easter Sunday which is known as Holy Thursday. Its date changes each year depending on when Easter falls.
This year, Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, March 1, so, Lent has officially started.
Every Ash Wednesday, clergies all over the world burn palm from the previous year’s Palm Sunday services to create ash. This is what they rub on people’s foreheads in the shape of the cross.
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Here are some things every Catholic can totally relate to during this period.
1. When you are asked what is that on your forehead.
2. That reminder that you are dust.
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3. You are not alone.
4. That one person who is a fan of Ash Wednesday but has never taken part.
5. You forget the dos and don'ts.
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6. What will you be giving up?
7. The fasting begins.
8. The one who forgot it was Ash Wednesday.
The video below shows a community in Ogun state where Arabic letters appeared on a Moringa tree inside a pastor's house.