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Ash Wednesday
02 March
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent, and is the first of the forty days of Lent leading up to Easter. The forty days refer to the time Jesus spent in the desert after being baptised in the Jordan by John and before beginning his public ministry.
During the season of Lent, Christians traditionally engage in three practices:
- Prayer
- Fasting
- Almsgiving
Wednesday morning we started the day with an extended TA where students participated in a liturgy where they listened to the Gospel of Matthew, learnt a bit more about Lent and had time for prayer. Members of the SRC then came to distribute the ashes, a symbol of the life-cycle where we are continually dying to the old ways and rising to newness. The ashes being placed on our foreheads are a sign of our repentance and our willingness to change our lives for the better where we turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.
Today also marks the beginning of Project Compassion, a time when we reflect on the needs of others, those marginalised and less fortunate than us, and act through prayer, fasting and almsgiving to reach out and help.
