It's Ash Wednesday! We cannot believe how fast this year has started off, it seems as thought it was yesterday that New Years was around the corner and we were tirelessly working on our new passion and adventure, faithandgloryco.com.
Thankfully this 40-day period is dedicated to reflection, prayer and fasting ahead of Easter. There are always ways to achieve self improvement, and I hope to be able to achieve that through taking the time to self reflect during this time period. Life moves so fast, and every once in a while it is time to slow down and take in your surroundings and assess your convictions. Below is a very informative video produced by Ascension Presents about the significance of Ash Wednesday!
Ash Wednesday Fun Fact
The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made from the burning of palms blessed in the previous year's Palm Sunday celebration, when Christians carry palms to recognize the Gospels' reference to Jesus's path being covered in palm fronds on the day he entered Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday, churches bless and hand out palm fronds that come from distributors in tropical and subtropical climates. In the U.S., many palm suppliers, based primarily in Florida, Texas, California and other warm parts of the country, provide fresh palms to nearly 18,000 Catholic parishes before Palm Sunday. Church-goers wave the palm leaves to mark the feast day that begins Holy Week.