Ash Wednesday Fasting

Ash Wednesday Fasting: Newest News This News about is Ash Wednesday Fasting; yesterday my children’s school had a Fat Tuesday celebration. They took an hour out of their workday to have one final festive moment before the sacrifice of the Lenten season finally started. Our parochial school ordered a catered breakfast and the kids enjoyed digging into stacks of pancakes in the school cafeteria. Today is a vastly different school day. It’s Ash Wednesday and the children gathered into the church to reflect on sacrifice and tradition and get ashes from our parish priests. While many adult Catholics will get ashes as a sign of repentance, many others will also observe the usual Ash Wednesday fasting rules. The Catholic Church sets guidelines on age regarding Lenten rules. Technically, Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. In addition, all Catholics 14 years old and older must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays of Lent. While my two younger children do not technically have to abide by the fasting rules due to their age, they usually do. My son is 8 and he is getting excited about understanding the church rules this year. When I was a child, my mother made us observe the fasting rules despite being younger than the regulated age, but honestly it wasn’t that difficult.