Lent: Is the 40-day period leading up to

Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter, (excluding Sundays) that starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. The 40 days of Lent involve fasting, prayer, and almsgiving as a way to connect deeper with God. Lent is the forty day period before Easter, excluding Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Sunday). [This traditional enumeration does not precisely coincide with the calendar according to the liturgical reform. In 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 ... LENT definition: 1. past simple and past participle of lend 2. in the Christian religion, the 40 days before Easter…. Learn more. Lent is a 40-day period of preparation for Easter, based on Jesus' fasting in the wilderness. Learn about its history, traditions, and how to observe it with prayer, repentance and self-discipline.