Reading for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday, Begin Lenten preparation for the Easter Triduum, NOT a holy day of obligation, Day of fast (ages 18-59) and abstinence from meat (age 14 and up)

First Reading: (Joel 2: 12-18) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 51: 3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17) Second Reading: : (2 Corinthians 5: 20 — 6:2)...