Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Lent Season which is a Christian holy days of prayer, fasting, and repentance.

There are six Sundays in Lent, including Passion (Palm) Sunday.The ashes used for Ash Wednesday are made from the burned and blessed palms of the previous year’s Palm Sunday.

“Create in me a clean heart o God and renew the right spirit within me…” Psalm 51:10