Ash Wednesday Mass Live Stream 2017: Time, How To Watch Pope Francis Begin Lent At The Vatican

Christians across the United States and around the world will head to church on Ash Wednesday to mark the start of Lent. Those who attend will be instantly recognizable for the rest of the day because of the dark cross on their foreheads.

The ash signifies the dust from which God made people. As he applies it, the priest or pastor will recite the words from Genesis 3:19: “From dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”