Audio: Ash Wednesday

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Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign of Christian service, so that, as we take up battle against spiritual evils, we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

— Collect for the Mass on Ash Wednesday

In his Homily for Ash Wednesday, Fr. Stephen Hamilton, urges to take up arms in battle against spiritual evil during Lent.

Reading 1 JL 2:12-18
Responsorial Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6AB, 12-13, 14 AND 17
Reading 2 2 COR 5:20—6:2
Verse Before The Gospel PS 95:8
Gospel MT 6:1-6, 16-18