Last Wednesday, February 6th was Ash Wednesday in case you didn't know.
AshWednesday in the Roman Rite is the beginning of the forty days of penance marked with the austere symbol of ashes which is used in today's liturgy. The use of ashes is a survival from an ancient rite to impose the blessed ashes as a sign of conversion, penance, fasting and human mortality. Alleluia and Gloria are suppressed until Easter during the mass.
Abstinence from eating meat is to be observed on all Fridays during Lent. This applies to all persons 14 and older. The law of fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday applies to all Catholics from age 18 through age 59.
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