Ash Wednesday, Feb 22nd, Begins the 40days of Lent

The United Conference of Catholic Bishops explains why there re 40 days between Ash Wednesday and  Easter Sunday:

"The season of Lent lasts from Ash Wednesday until the evening of Holy Thursday. If Sundays are excluded from the count, the season lasts forty days. The forty-day length of Lent is rooted in the biblical usage of the number forty. Forty is typically indicative of a time of testing, trial, penance, purification, and renewal. In the New Testament, forty days is the length of Jesus’ time of trial in the desert in preparation for his public ministry, proclaiming the Gospel."   
          

Prince of Peace Church, Woodland Hills, California

12h · https://conta.cc/3YFeHLdJoin us as we conclude Epiphany and begin Lent this week with services on Sunday at 8 and 10am (live stream at 10am), Ash Wednesday Services at 8am, noon, and 7pm, and Ashes to Go on Ventra Blvd from 8am-6pm on Ash Wednesday,

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