On February 14, 2024 we will celebrate Ash Wednesday which begins the holy season of Lent. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of fast and abstinence for Catholics in which, by receiving ashes, fasting from full meals, and eliminating, in most cases, any meat consumption as abstinence, we show our desire to enter into this holy time to seek forgiveness and mercy from God in order to prepare us for Easter joy. May the Holy Spirit guide us during this special time of prayer.