Meaning of lent
Lent
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Meaning of lent :
The season that precedes the Easter season, traditionally a season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to prepare for new Christians to be baptized at Easter and for other Christians to be reconciled to the Church. It is a season that focuses on spiritual renewal as we prepare for Easter. Traditionally Lent was 40 days in length to commemorate Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the desert, but there have been various ways to count those forty days. Today the most common way to count the forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving is to start on Ash Wednesday and end on the Wednesday of Holy Week. This includes 46 days. But from ancient times Sundays were never considered days of fasting, since they are the Lord’s Day and a celebration of his risen life. Omitting the 6 Sundays brings the number to 40. We then move into the three great days of celebration called the “Triduum” which has its own rules for penance (Good Friday a full day of fast and abstinence, Holy Saturday encouraged as a day of fasting but not mandatory).
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