Ash Wednesday and its Shadow on Old Testament
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness Jesus chased out devil from Wilderness Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in Catholic Church. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent : the seven weeks of prayer, fasting and almsgiving before the arrival of Easter . With fasting, we should abstain from any temptation like what Lord Jesus taught. " And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad . For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward . B ut thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee . " (Matthew 6:16-18) As it is the first day of Lent, many Cath...