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Ot Catholics, how long is Lent?
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:51 pm
40, 44, 46 days? What is commonly practiced in Louisiana? Sundays off? Seems like there are different ideas on the subject.
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Lent 2016 began on
Wednesday, February 10
and ends on
Thursday, March 24
16
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:52 pm to Kingpenm3
Wasn't Jesus in the desert or fasting for 40 days and 40 nights?
This post was edited on 3/1/16 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:53 pm to Kracka
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Wasn't Jesus in the desert or fasting for 40 days and 40 nights?
Except when he was hitting the seafood buffet.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:54 pm to Kingpenm3
No Sunday's off. Cheaters.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:54 pm to Kingpenm3
In Lake Charles it always ends by April 31st.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:54 pm to Jim Rockford
Catholics are great at finding loopholes, like buttsex.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:55 pm to Kingpenm3
46 calendar days. Sundays don't count, hence 40 days of Lent.
This post was edited on 3/1/16 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:56 pm to lsugrad35
from ash wed to easter sunday.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:57 pm to Kingpenm3
Easter is on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox, and Lent starts 40 days before that, not counting Sundays and Holy Days. So the total is 46 days.
Some Catholics will claim that Lent should be 40 days, so you get to take Sundays off. Real Catholics will agree with me in that those people should be excommunicated.
ETA: for the full moon part.
Some Catholics will claim that Lent should be 40 days, so you get to take Sundays off. Real Catholics will agree with me in that those people should be excommunicated.
ETA: for the full moon part.
This post was edited on 3/1/16 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:57 pm to Godfather1
Many people do observe Sunday as part of their Lenten commitment.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:58 pm to Kingpenm3
2 filet of fish for $5 at mc'ds...i wish lent would last forever.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:59 pm to FreddieMac
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from ash wed to easter sunday.
I thought it was from ash Wednesday through holy Thursday
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:59 pm to Skillet
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:59 pm to Skillet
Do you want fat? Because that's how you get fat.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:00 pm to Kingpenm3
Lent can last as long as you keep it in your heart.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:01 pm to lsugrad35
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No Sunday's off. Cheaters.
Sundays are NOT part of Lent.
LINK
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Q: Last year my Catholic co-workers and I disagreed over whether Sundays are considered part of Lent. Each year I give up sweets for Lent, but I have always understood that I could eat them on Sundays during Lent. Some of my co-workers disagree. With Lent starting soon, I would like to know who is right on this issue.
A: Technically, Sundays are not part of Lent. Although we celebrate them liturgically as part of Lent, the Lord's Day cannot be a day of fast and abstinence. Six weeks of Monday through Saturday gives you 36 days. If you add to them Ash Wednesday and the three days after it, you get the 40 days of Lent.
Some people may find it easier to "give up" something for the entire time between Ash Wednesday and Easter, but you are correct in saying that Sundays are not part of the 40 days.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:03 pm to shawtiger
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Many people do observe Sunday as part of their Lenten commitment
Yeah, I always have. I'm just explaining the discrepancy in number of days.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:08 pm to Kingpenm3
Sun is always a day of celebration so they are excluded from Lent.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:15 pm to Jim Rockford
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Wasn't Jesus in the desert or fasting for 40 days and 40 nights?
Except when he was hitting the seafood buffet.
He went to a crawfish boil the day he died on the cross
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