Ash Wednesday – when Catholics prepare for the resurrection of Jesus

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is one of the most important days in the liturgical calendar as well as the life of every Catholic. It is the beginning of a period of fasting and abstinence for a majority of the Catholic community that lasts for 40 days, not counting the Sundays in between.  It arrives on the heels […]

GOAN FOOD STALLS FACE DROP IN BUSINESS DURING LENT!?

Lent and what it implies It’s the time of year when Christians all around the world spend 40 days fasting. ‘Lent’, which begins on Ash Wednesday is a commemoration of the 40 days which Jesus spent fasting in the desert before beginning his public ministry, (according to the gospel of Matthew, Mark and Luke). After […]