Ash Wednesday Fasting and Church Teaching
February 21, 2012 by Dan Burke
Filed under Lent, Seasonal Meditations
Every year a bunch of questions come up concerning Lent and the details of the laws governing it. Sometimes these rules are misstated or not clearly stated in various places on the web, so let’s look at what the Church’s official documents say regarding the practice of fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday. Before we do that, though, let me offer a few notes of caution: 1) The Church’s laws... Read More
