Ash Wednesday 2011

Ash Wednesday, According to Christian tradition, in the Western Christian calendar, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days (40 days not counting Sundays) before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4 (February 5 on leap years) or as late as March 10. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms or Palm Crosses from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned. This practice is common in much of Christendom, being celebrated by Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Anglicans. -SOURCE-

I remember back in college, we were required to attend 8am mass for Ash Wednesday every year because our school is a Catholic school. The first year, I called it somehow a required because were not used to it but in the next years, we voluntarily go to auditorium for the mass. Oh, how I miss college. :( 

This year, I heard mass with my good friend, Ate Aissa at our parish church.