Saint Columba Roman Catholic Church
Ash Wednesday
Miercoles de Ceniza
March 5, 2025
7:00 a.m. - St. Augustine (English/Spanish) 12:00 Noon - St. Columba (English) 6:00 p.m. St.Columba (Espanol) 7:00 p.m.- St. Columba (Espanol)
Regulaciones de Cuaresma 2025
1. Los dias de Ayuno y Abstinencia durante la Cuaresma son el Miercoles de Ceniza y el Viernes Santo. Si es posible, el ayuno del Viernes Santo continua hasta la Vigilia Pascual (la noche del Sabado Santo) como el "ayuno pascual" para honrar el sufrimiento y la muerte del Senor Jesus y preparanos para compartir mas plenamente y celebrar mas facilmente Su Resurrecion. Los demas viernes de Cuaresma son dias de abstinencia. En un dia de ayuno, solo se permite una (1) comida completa, o dos (2) comidas mas pequenas, que juntas no deben exceder el tamano de una comida completa. Las personas entre 18 y 59 anos estan obligadas a ayunar. En un dia de Abstinescia no se puede comer carne. Los que hayan alcanzado la edad de 14 anos estan obligados a seguir la regla de abstinencia.2. La oblicacion de observar las leyes de Ayuno y Abstinencia "sustancialmente", o en su totalidad, es una obligacion grave. 3. Los viernes del ano, fuera de la Cuaresma, estan designados como dias de penitencia, pero cada individuo puede sustituir la tradicional abstinencia de carne por otra practica de abnegacion voluntaria como penitencia. 4. El tiempo para cumplir el Precepto Pascual se extiende desde el Primer Domingo de Cuaresma, 9 de marzo, hasta la Solemnidad de la Santisima Trinidad, 15 de junio, 2025.
2025 Lenten Regulations
1. The days of both Fast and Abstinence during Lent are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If possible the fast on Good Friday is continued until the the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily His Resurrection. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. On a day of Fast, only one(1) full meal is permitted, or two (2) smaller meals, which together should not exceed the size of the full meal. Those between the ages 18 and 59 are obliged to fast. On a day of Abstinence, no meat may be eaten. Those who have reached the age of 14 are obligated by the law of absti- nence. 2. The obligation to observe the laws of Fast and Abstinence “substantially”, or as a whole, is a serious obligation. 3. The Fridays of the year, outside of Lent, are designated as days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial as penance. 4. The time for fulfilling the Paschal Precept (Easter Duty) extends from the First Sunday of Lent, March 9 to The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, June 15, 2025. *Canon 920, §1. All the faithful, after they have been initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year.
