Ash Wednesday
Privileged Feria · Violet
In Lent
About this day
Ash Wednesday begins Lent and is a day of fasting and abstinence throughout the Church. Blessed ashes are placed on the faithful with the words "Repent, and believe in the Gospel" or "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Coming up in the next year
Next: Wed 10 Feb 2027 — Year B · I
- Wed 10 Feb 2027
Music
Mass
- Ash Wednesday – Propers (b) [[5] 326-363. Ash Wednesday] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Ash Wednesday to Week 1 – Propers (Organ) (2020) [[a] Propers. Organ. Lent. Ash Wed. Wk 1. 2020] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Organ Propers, Book 4: Ash Wednesday to Week 3 (Organ) [4. LENT. Ash W- Sun 3. 326-453] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion · Psalm Antiphon · Responsory
- Ash Wednesday – Mass (English & Latin) [Ash Wed. 1 Mar 17 Mass] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Kyrie · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion · Responsory
- Ash Wednesday – Propers (2011) [Ash Wednesday 2011] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Ash Wednesday – Propers (Organ) [Ash Wednesday organ] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Ash Wednesday – Propers (2015) [Ash Wednesday. 2015] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Ash Wednesday – Propers (a) [Ash Wednesday] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 1 to Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (English, Latin & Spanish) (Organ) [complete] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion · Responsory
- Ash Wednesday to Week 1 – Propers (Organ) (2019) [Propers. Wkdays. organ [aa] Ash. Wk 1.2019] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
Divine Office: Vespers (Evening Prayer)
- Ash Wednesday – Vespers (2020) [Vespers. tone B. ASH WED Wk 4. 2020 +] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
- Ash Wednesday – Vespers (2018) [Vespers. tone B. ASH WED. 02.14.18. SPSU] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “You are merciful to all, O…” Wis 11: 23, 24, 26
- Communion — Roman Missal “He who ponders the law of…” Cf. Ps 1: 2-3
- Introit — Simple English Propers “Our mercy extends to all things…” Wis 11: 24-25, 27
- Offertory — Simple English Propers “Iwill extol you, OLord, for you…” Ps 30 (29): 2, 3
- Communion — Simple English Propers “HEwho meditates day and night on…” Ps 1: 2b, 3b