This year the season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on March 1, 2017. Ash Wednesday commemorates the beginning of Jesus’ 40-day fasting and temptation in the desert. We set aside time to reflect, repent, and pray as a way of preparing our hearts for Easter. We will share in a time of confession, meditation, communion and the Imposition of Ashes, which shows our mortality and penitence.
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