2.
What is Lent ?
Lent is the time of
the Christian
religion that reflects
the 40 days that
Jesus was in the
desert fasting before
the beginning of his
ministry.
3.
When does Lent start
and finish?
The Lent starts 40 days
before Easter.
Lent finishes on Palm
Sunday.
4.
What do we do at Lent
time?
Traditionally, and in
the same gospel, three
specific actions are
made:
Give money to the
charity for the poor
people in the world.
Go all days at the
church and pray.
Fasting.
5.
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent
in the liturgical calendars. Celebrated
forty days before the start of Holy
Week, of the Palm Sunday. The ash is
produced or extracted from Ramos
prior Blessed Easter, of the Palm
Sunday, these are incinerated and there
goes to the Holy Ash.
This day occurs on a different date each
year, according to the latest date of
Easter. It can happen between 4th of
February and 10th of March
6.
The old Lent
Old Lent is in the
Catalan Countries, the
graphical
representation of Lent.
It is shaped like an old
and wrinkled
grandmother with
seven legs and she loses
one of her legs during
the weeks that are
before Lent.
