What is Lent?
Lent is a period of 40 days of preparation for Easter (Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ). The specialized page From Faith details that the beginning of this Lenten practice “occurred in the 4th century AD, trying to imitate the 40 days of fasting of Our Lord in the desert.”
Lent is a liturgical time that takes place over a period of 40 days. It begins each year with Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Thursday, Holy Week.
Dates in 2025
Although this festival does not have a fixed date, but depends on the start of Easterwhich is established on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. From there, count forty days backwards, excluding Sundays. That will be the date on which Lent begins.
This 2025, Lent will begin on Wednesday, March 5, when ashes are also imposed.
What should not be done during this period?
The Catholic Church calls believers to perform acts of penance in order to purify the body and soul, with the aim of having greater closeness to God. For this reason, it is recommended to increase the time dedicated to prayer. Confession is requested so that the faithful reflect on their lives and change, if necessary, those actions that are not accepted by religion.
During the Fridays of Lent it is recommended not to eat meat, this as an act of charity, in addition to increasing the consumption of fish.
“The 40 days that the Church proposes to do penance remind us of a path of testing and purification to learn to be faithful to God, as Our Lord Jesus Christ was at the end of his forty days in the desert,” concludes the Catholic page From the Faith.
