HELENA — On Wednesday, Helena Catholics were seen wearing ashes on their foreheads, for Ash Wednesday which is the beginning of Lent.
The day also represents a holy day of prayer and fasting.
The day derives its name from the pacing of repentance ashes shows the words, “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” and also a meaning of “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Another practice is that people are to abstain from eating meat especially on Fridays, during the 40-day period of Lent.
