LENT

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on (a)  

Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. When counting the days of Lent, we exclude Sundays.

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Each Sunday of the year is a celebration of Christ’s Resurrection so we do not count them as days of penance.

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In the Bible, the number forty denotes a period of preparation and grace.

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The forty years of wandering of the Israelites toward the Promised land.

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The forty days that Moses spent with God at Mt. Sinai as they sealed the covenant.

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The great flood during the time of Noah that lasted forty days and nights

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The fasting of Christ in the wilderness for forty days where He also triumphed over the devil’s temptations.

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The forty days that Jesus spent with His disciples after His resurrection before ascending to Heaven

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The three pillars of Lent are: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

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