This February 22 is celebrated on Ash Wednesday in Mexico as in various parts of the world. For the Catholic Church, it is the beginning of the lent and it takes place 40 days before Palm Sunday, the date that sets the tone for the start of the Holy Week. But why fast?

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The Primate Archdiocese of Mexico recalled that the Catholic Church requires fasting during the Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, primarily as a show of generosity, as well as a way to control our instincts and make a sacrifice for Jesus.

According to some priests, fasting and abstinence are two practices established by the Catholic Church as a means of preparing for living the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. However, the true sacrifice of abstinence is charity, not not eating meat.

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The idea of ​​not eating meat was adopted many years ago, because in the ancient times the poor lived near rivers and ate fish, while the rich were supplied with red meat by their cattle which lived in large fields. For this reason, the Church began to invite people to eat fish, “eat like a poor man”, but give what they have saved to those who need it most.

The goal was to save this food to give it to those who need it most. It is also a way of showing that we can control our material desires, and focus our attention on more important things.

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When do you not eat meat? According to tradition, people refrain from eating meat during waking days. That is, on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays in Lent, Good Friday is also included as waking day, day when it is also asked to practice fasting and abstinence.

the church It has three pillars in this time of Lent, What They are: prayer, fasting and abstinence, as well as almsgiving. There Lent begins Ash Wednesday (February 22) and ends on Palm Sunday (April 2), when Holy Week begins. In this sense, the Catholic Church invites during this time of 40 days to practice prayer with greater emphasis, but above all to practice charity with the most needy.

He also asks the faithful among 18 and 59 years old principally, to fast, that is to say to do one strong meal a day and two lights

Lent represents a time of purification, as well as the commemoration of the 40 days that Jesus stayed in the Judean Desert, located in Jerusalem.

This powder is the best known sign of Lent, it is placed this Wednesday, February 22, and it has at least six meanings which are:

-To recognize that we are sinners and that we have offended God.

– Publicly demonstrate our desire for change.

-Express a sincere repentance.

-Let us commit to do penance for our sins.

-Ask the Church to pray for our conversion.

-Be ready to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

During this day, parishioners attend churches, where Father place the ashes as a symbol of repentance and commitment to reconciliation in the face of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. The initiative to make a cross on the forehead of the faithful has its origins in the Jewish religion. The ash is obtained from the cremation of the palm trees used in the Holy Week of the previous year and also symbolizes repentance from sins.

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