Ash Wednesday
Wed, Feb. 26, 2020 7:00pm — 8:00pm
Day of Fasting - Abstinence
The eating of meat is prohibited and should not be substituted with, for example, gourmet seafood and boutique desserts. All parishioners should most willingly embrace some kind of special discipline for the duration of Lent.
‘Mortification’ is not such a fashionable word in the 21st century. However, in instances where people have become far too accustomed to satisfying their bodily desires and appetites to excess, a little restraint and denial can have valuable spiritual and practical benefits (true).