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2023-10-10, 19:42

I prayed for St. Jude to intercede before me and my family to our Lord. We recently migrated and was refused for work rights. I was so sad and scared ...

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2023-07-29, 23:25

Thru your miracles Saint Jude, nagkaron agad ng work ang kapatid ko sa Dubai, UAE. Kinuha ulit sya ng dati nyang amo. MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT PO!!

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ASH WEDNESDAY (taken from EWTN.com)

Q: What is Ash Wednesday?

A: Ash Wednesday is the day Lent begins. It occurs forty days before Good Friday.

Q: Is Ash Wednesday based on a pagan festival?

A: Heck, no. Ash Wednesday originated in the A.D. 900s, long after Europe had been Christianized and the pagan cults stamped out.

Q: Why is it called Ash Wednesday?

A: Actually, Ash Wednesday is its colloquial name. Its official name is the Day of Ashes. It is called Ash <Wednesday> because, being forty days before Good Friday, it always falls on a Wednesday and it is called <Ash> Wednesday because on that day at church the faithful have their foreheads marked with ashes in the shape of a cross.