Today is Ash Wednesday. Catholics around the world recognize Ash Wednesday as the beginning of Lent. If you wish to follow the fasting and abstinence rules of Lent they are: Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017 and Good Friday, April 14, 2017 are days of Fast and Abstinence. Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Fasting is to be observed by all 18 years of age…