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Bookmark or Share- What is Lent? | USCCBWednesday, February 14, 2024 - Thursday, March 28, 2024. Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by ...
- Lent: a time for renewing faith, hope and love - Vatican NewsLent: a time for renewing faith, hope and love. In this period of preparation leading to Easter, and starting from themes tied to the Lenten journey, we offer reflections of Pope Francis. To experience Lent in hope, the Pope writes in his Message for Lent 2021, means "receiving the hope of Christ, who gave His life on the Cross". By Amedeo Lomonaco
- Lent - WikipediaLent ( Latin: Quadragesima, [1] 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.
- What is Lent? Guide to It's Meaning and Purpose - ChristianityLent means the 40 weekdays (excluding Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to Easter that is observed by Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of reflection, repentance, and fasting. Between Ash Wednesday and Easter, many Christians observe a 40-day period known as Lent.
- Lenten Reflections - EWTN Global Catholic Television NetworkIn order to give special prominence to the Sacred Triduum (Mass of the Lord's Supper, Good Friday, Easter Vigil) the current calendar counts Lent as only from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday, up to the Mass of the Lord's Supper. Even so, Lenten practices are properly maintained up to the Easter Vigil, excluding Sundays, as before.]
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