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I will begin by thanking God for His mercy and love, and for choosing me over these 30 years to promote the devotion to the most precious ...

Lent will end on Holy Thursday, April 17 ... and the 40 days in which Moses fasted on Mount Sinai, or Elijah on Mount Horeb.” According to Vatican News, Ash Wednesday’s origins are different ...

Here’s the origin of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter, when Lent ends and why the dates they fall on change every year.