Ash Wednesday 2024 Meaning. Ash wednesday will be celebrated on wednesday, february 14. Is ash wednesday a holy day of obligation?
The ash is meant to communicate grief and sorrow over sins and repentance through the death of jesus christ on the cross. The date of this holy wednesday varies each year, but it is always six weeks or 46 days before easter sunday.
It's a period of preparation to celebrate the lord's resurrection at easter.
Ash wednesday begins the 40 days in which the church calls the faithful to conversion and to truly prepare to live the mysteries of the passion,.
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Ash wednesday begins the 40 days in which the church calls the faithful to conversion and to truly prepare to live the mysteries of the passion,.
