PHOTO: Ash Wednesday at Rome Fire Department

PHOTO: Ash Wednesday at Rome Fire Department

Rev. Sean O’Brien stops by the Rome Fire Department on Ash Wednesday to administer ashes to firefighters, including Capt. David Gratch. Lent is a period of fasting and regret for one’s sins that is observed on the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter by many churches. Ash Wednesday is celebrated in Western Christianity and it marks the first day of Lent. It occurs six-and-a-half weeks before Easter. Easter Sunday is the Christian holiday tha…