“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned” Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Holy Mass with Distribution of Ashes St. Mary Church at 8:30 am & 6:30 pm St. Therese Church at 12:00 pm All Fridays of Lent are Days of Abstinence. Abstinence means not eating meat. All persons 14 years and older are bound by the law of abstinence. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of both Fast and Abstinence. Fasting allows one full meal, but a light breakfast and lunch are not forbidden. All adults, 18 up to the beginning of their sixtieth (60) year, are bound by the law of fasting. Parents are to see to it that children while not bound to the law of fast and abstinence are educated and introduced to an authentic sense of penance. On Fridays, when abstinence is not required by law, acts of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety are suggested. Abstinence from meat is especially recommended but under no obligation by law. During this holy season of Lent prayerfully consider what sacrifices, whatever form prayer, fasting, works of mercy and almsgiving you may undertake this year. And let us please keep each other in prayer!