Tag Archive for Penance
What are “Ember Days”?
Why are beer and pretzels considered ideal Lenten fare?
Why do we put ashes on our heads every year?
What is the “burial of the Alleluia”?
How is fasting different from dieting?
Why does St. Jerome have a skull in his study?
The secretive life of Carthusian monks…
Struggling with your Lenten penances?
Why is Lent forty days long?
