Filipino Catholics on Ash Wednesday and Tagle calls for Charity
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| Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. |
A month after Pope Francis visited the Philippines, the Filipinos are now observing the Ash Wednesday.
What is Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent in Western Christianity. It occurs 46 days (40 fasting days, if the 6 Sundays, which are not days of fast, are excluded) before Easter and can fall as early as 4 February or as late as 10 March. Ash Wednesday is observed by many Western Christians, including Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Anglicans, and Presbyterians.
The Manila Archdiocese Cardinal Tagle urged Filipinos to be charitable, that the money saved from fasting should be donated to charity in order to feed children and the poor.
Last year, 2014, the Fast2Feed campaign has fed over 150,000 children in Yolanda-affected areas and another 20,000 children during HAPAG-ASA feeding program.
On Ash Wednesday, millions of Filipinos go to church to have their foreheads marked with a cross using ash from palm fronds blessed during the Palm Sunday of the previous year's Holy Week.
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