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Lent - 2026
Lent - 2026
What is Lent?
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent in the Christian Church. The forty days of this season, not counting Sundays, begins with the imposition of ashes on the foreheads of the faithful. It may seem odd to us, but ashes are placed on the forehead of each worshipper as part of the act of confession and as a sign of mortality and penitence.
The period of forty days is not random. Forty is often the number of testing and transformation. It rained for forty days and nights as Noah rode out the storm on the ark. The Hebrew people wandered in the wilderness for forty years on their journey to the Promised Land. Jesus was tested in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights as he prepared for his ministry. It only makes sense that we follow the lead of Jesus and prepare for 40 days for the celebration of Easter! The greatest day in our belief!