Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving that Catholics and some other Christian denominations observe as a time of repentance and closeness to God in preparation for the day of ...

It is a 40-day time of preparation ... another channel, the Lenten penance really does not mean as much. Instead, the person should consider devoting the spare time to prayer or perhaps his ...

Themes: the Christian festival of Lent; Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday; making a sacrifice. Summary: This assembly celebrates the Christian festival of Lent - the forty days preceding Easter.

He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. Lent is a period of 40 days and nights of preparation for Easter. Catholics may celebrate the season in three main ways.

Lent also represents the 40 days Jesus wandered the desert praying and fasting after he was baptized. Despite Jesus' 40-day journey, Lent lasts 46 days. Sundays during Lent are not "prescribed ...