Ash Wedesday Services

Services: February 10th at 8:00AM & 6:30PM

Lent is almost upon us--and yes it is very early this year. All Saints' will offer two Ash Wednesday services, both with the imposition of ashes; 8:00AM (no Eucharist) and 6:30PM (with Eucharist).

The word Lent comes from an Old English word meaning "spring"--the time of lengthening days. Early Christians observed "a season of penitence and fasting" in preparation for Easter.

Ash Wednesday, the first of the forty days of Lent, is named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on the faithful as a sign of our penitence and a reminder of our mortality.The Old Testament frequently mentions the use of ashes as an expression of humiliation and sorrow. Ashes are imposed on the penitent's forehead with the words, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." ​

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