On ASH WEDNESDAY (March 2), the faithful may take part in the rite online and receive Holy Communion spiritually.
On Ash Wednesday the faithful are obliged to keep fast (for those who have reached the age of eighteen but not yet sixty) and/or abstinence (for those who have reached the age of fourteen or above). During Lent they are also obliged to pray more and to perform more acts of penance and charity, such as family prayers, rosary, meditation on the liturgical texts of daily Masses, performing the Way of the Cross and caring for the poor and others who have material or spiritual needs.