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1. Lent is the Christian season of spiritual preparation before Easter

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2. During Lent, many Christians observe a period of fasting, repentance, moderation, self-denial, and spiritual discipline.

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3. Lent, in the Christian church, a period of penitential preparation for Easter

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4. Lent is the 40 days (not including Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter

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5. Lent is often described as a time of preparation and an opportunity to go deeper with God

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6. What Are the Key Days During Lent?

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7. Lent is a time that offers us an opportunity to come to terms with the human condition we may spend the rest of the year running from and it brings our need for a Savior to the forefront.

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8. English Language Learners Definition of Lent : a period of 40 days before Easter during which many Christians do not eat certain foods or do certain pleasurable activities as a way of remembering the suffering of Jesus Christ See the full definition for Lent …

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9. Lent is the season of fasting and penitence that precedes Easter in some branches of Christianity

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10. According to Merriam-Webster, Lent means "the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting." Between Ash Wednesday and Easter, many Christians observe a …

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11. Lent prepares the faithful to celebrate the Paschal Mystery of Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection

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12. Answer: Lent is a period of fasting, moderation, and self-denial traditionally observed by Catholics and some Protestant denominations

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13. The length of the Lenten fast was established in the 4th century as 46 days (40 days, not counting Sundays).

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14. Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday

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15. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting

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16. Lent is a time of repentance, fasting and preparation for the coming of Easter

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17. In the early church, Lent began as a period of fasting and preparation for baptism by new converts and then became a time of penance by all Christians.

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18. Lent begins 46 days before the Saturday of Easter weekend (Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, April 4, 2021), but is only observed Monday-Saturday …

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19. Days Before the First Sunday of Lent Feb 18, 2021 Thursday After Ash Wednesday “Whoever wishes to be my follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in my steps.” (Luke 9:23)

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20. The History of the Lenten Fast

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21. In the language of the Church, Lent has historically been known by the Latin term Quadragesima—literally, 40.These 40 days of preparation for the Resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday were, again, not approximate or metaphorical but literal, and taken very seriously as so by the entire Christian Church from the days of the Apostles.

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22. The Lent season begins with Ash Wednesday on February 17, 2021; if you are following the 40 days tradition, Lent ends on Holy Saturday, April 3, …

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23. 98 Super Satisfying Dinners for Lent

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24. Stick to your fast with the best dinners for Lent

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25. Lent is the primary time for celebrating the Sacrament of Penance, because Lent is the season for baptismal preparation and baptismal renewal

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26. The idea of Lent began during the third and fourth centuries

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27. 5 Thus, Christians describe the forty-day Lenten season itself as a journey in the wilderness.

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28. What is Lent? Beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting for 40 days, Lent is a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter

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29. Great Lent is a period of time when the people are more conscious of their spiritual character

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30. Lent is a time when we prepare for Holy Week by meditating on our fragility before God and our desperate need for a Savior

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31. Lent is a time of inner reflection, self-sacrifice, denial, and repentance

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32. Here are 30 popular ideas for what to give up for Lent

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33. When does Lent start? This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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34. But before Lent even begins, there's Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, which is a time to "clean the soul," according to the BBC

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35. The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday.

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36. Lent ends three days before Easter Sunday on Thursday, April 1, 2021

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37. Lent is the period of 40 days leading up to Easter (note: Sundays don't count)

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38. Laetare Sunday (/liːˈtɛːri/ or /lʌɪˈtɑːri/) is the fourth Sunday in the season of Lent, in the Western Christian liturgical calendar.Traditionally, this Sunday has been a day of celebration, within the austere period of Lent

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39. Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday

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40. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting.

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41. Lent is a time of prayer and renewal and an opportunity to refocus relationships with God that lead us to the Easter Sunday celebration of our risen Christ

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42. This year, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb

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43. If Lent, why the sentences in the newspapers or net : I lended a hand to … Is it wrong? Looking foward for an answer

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44. Gisele, it should be “Lent” but the form “lended” does seem to be creeping into usage

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45. Lent is the liturgical season of "preparation for the celebration of Easter

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46. For the Lenten liturgy disposes both catechumens and the faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery: catechumens, through the several stages of Christian initiation; the faithful, through reminders of their own baptism and through penitential practices" (General Instruction of the Roman Calendar).

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47. The Teutonic word Lent, which we employ to denote the forty days' fast preceding Easter, originally meant no more than the spring season

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48. Lent granted the use of something for a period of time: Lent a book; allowed the use of money at interest Not to be confused with: Lent – the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, devoted to fasting and penitence lint – fabric with a raised nap, used for dressing wounds; fluff; minute shreds of yarn Lent the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy

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49. Lent In Plain Sight returns me to the heart of Lent: the gift of a loving God who calls to us at every turn--in the sacraments of the quotidian

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50. Lent usually begins on Ash Wednesday (itself a different date every year) and ends on Holy Thursday (the day before Good Friday when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ's crucifixion)

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51. Lent is an homage to Jesus's 40 days spent fasting in the desert in preparation for his ministry on Earth.

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52. Lend and Lent are the present and past tenses of to lend

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53. Lent (the word "Lent" comes from the Old English "lencten," meaning "springtime) lasts from Ash Wednesday to the Vespers of Holy Saturday -- forty days, never minindg the six Sundays which don't count as "Lent" liturgically

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54. The Latin name for Lent, Quadragesima, means forty and refers to the forty days Christ spent in the desert which is the origin of the Season.The last two weeks of Lent are

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55. Lent is a special time of reflection and faith, practiced in prayer and by the act of giving up something

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56. That “something” depends on the person observing Lent, with the main guidelines being that it has to be something that’s challenging to give up during this period.(In other words, giving up chores wouldn’t fit the bill.)

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57. Lent is the period of forty days which comes before Easter in the Christian calendar, traditionally a time of fasting and reflection

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58. Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar

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59. Great Lent, or the Great Fast, (Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, meaning "Great 40 Days," and "Great Fast," respectively) is the most important fasting season in the church year in the Eastern Orthodox Church (including Byzantine Rite and Western Rite Orthodoxy), Byzantine Rite Lutheran Churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches, which prepares

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60. Lent is the six-week period leading up to Easter Sunday

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61. The reorganization of Lent in 1969 changed the focus from calling Lent a “season of fasting.” The modern fasting laws require only two days (Ash Wednesday and Good Friday) of fasting.

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