What is Lent?

By bethanngormong, February 17, 2021

a solemn religious observance
a time of preparation through fasting and prayer
a time of self-examination, reflection and meditation
a reminder of the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, being tempted by Satan, before he began Jesus began his public ministry.
40 days, not including Sundays
the 6 weeks leading up to Easter
from Ash Wednesday to the night before Easter Sunday
Lent comes from the Anglo Saxon word, lencten, which means lengthening, as in the gradual increasing of the day length in the spring