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alright, well, I'm mormon, born and raised.
anyway, I have no clue what Ash Wednesday and Lent are, my friend had a big black mark on her head, and i asked her what it was, she just said ash wednesday, then i offered to go out with her on saturday to get something to eat and she cant. i asked her why, and she said Lent? What are these? what religion is it, and why??
The Religion is Catholic and on Ash Wednesday Catholics go to Church to get Ashes on our foreheads in the shape of a cross and the priests say "You are of ashes and to ashes you shall return." In other words, God made us from dust and when we die we will return to dust or go to Heaven. Lent is when Catholics sacrifice something for 40 days in Honor of Jesus going in the desert and fasting for 40 days. So Sundays are the only days we're aloud to have the things we gave up for 40 days, and on Fridays if you're 14 or older you can't eat meat or snack between meals. But it's only for Catholics, and only during Lent season! It's a tradition.
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