Remember You are Dust

Feb. 18 marked the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday. Lent is a 40-day liturgical season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the Catholic Church, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending before the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday.  Churches in the Diocese of Baton Rouge were filled with people during the distribution of ashes. St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge was overflowing with people coming to receive their ashes at a noon Mass and distribution of ashes. Bishop Michael G. Duca, celebrant, blessed the ashes before distribution. The ashes for Ash Wednesday are made by the burning of palms fonds from the previous year's Palm Sunday. Photo by Debbie Shelley | The Catholic Commentator