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Lent is a 40-day journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter, focused on reflection and renewal of commitment to lead a life in keeping with God’s call.
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Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
For faithful observers, the spring season is marked by Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and sacrifice that starts on Ash Wednesday.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Case filings list several instances in which clergy went to Whipple to minister to detainees but were refused access, including on Ash Wednesday, a solemn day in many Christian traditions in which clergy place ashes on worshippers' foreheads in the sign of the cross.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
On Ash Wednesday, 2026, two Roman Catholic priests and a religious sister entered an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, to celebrate Mass with detainees inside.
—Hosffman Ospino, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
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Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
For faithful observers, the spring season is marked by Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and sacrifice that starts on Ash Wednesday.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Case filings list several instances in which clergy went to Whipple to minister to detainees but were refused access, including on Ash Wednesday, a solemn day in many Christian traditions in which clergy place ashes on worshippers' foreheads in the sign of the cross.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
On Ash Wednesday, 2026, two Roman Catholic priests and a religious sister entered an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, to celebrate Mass with detainees inside.
—Hosffman Ospino, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for Ash Wednesday
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“Ash Wednesday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ash%20Wednesday. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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