Ash Wednesday 2024 Meaning. 3 if you say the name bloody mary three times in front of a mirror, she'll get you. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us.
It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us. Thus, ash wednesday was designated as the beginning of lent and the public penitence required by those who had committed serious crimes (apostasy, murder, adultery).