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The Meaning Behind Ash Wednesday

FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) — Lent begins today for Christians around the world, and the spiritual season gets kicked off with Ash Wednesday. The season of Lent l...

FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) -- Lent begins today for Christians around the world, and the spiritual season gets kicked off with Ash Wednesday.

The season of Lent lasts for 40 days leading up to Easter.

Several area churches offered multiple Ash Wednesday services throughout the day. At Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, the first mass was offered at 6:30 a.m. and the last will be at 7:30 p.m.

The ashes are supposed to represent grief that people have sinned and grown away from God.

"We need something to motivate us to energize us or to make us all from making that commitment all over again and lent is a wonderful time for that," said Jason Tyler, the pastor at Saint Joseph's.

Tyler said individuals observing Lent can give up something tangible or spiritual.

 

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