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from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980
Lent. The season of prayer and penance before Easter. Its purpose is to better prepare the faithful for the feast of the Resurrection, and dispose them for a more fruitful reception of the graces that Christ merited by his passion and death.
In the Latin Rite, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and continues for forty days, besides Sundays, until Easter Sunday [note: actually Lent ends before the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday]. Ash Wednesday occurs on any day from February 4 to Mark 11, depending on the date of Easter.
Originally the period of fasting in preparation for Easter did not, as a rule, exceed two or three days. But by the time of the Council of Niceaea (325) forty days were already customary. And ever since, this length of time has been associated with Christ's forty-day fast in the desert before beginning his public life.
According to the prescription of Pope Paul VI, in revising the Church's laws of fast and abstinence, "The time of Lent preserves its penitential character. The days of penitence to be observed under obligation throughout the Church are all Fridays and Ash Wednesday, that is to say the first days of Great Lent, according to the diversity of rites. Their substantial observance binds gravely." (Paenitemini III, norm II).
Besides fast and abstinence on specified days, the whole Lenten season is to be penitential, with stress on prayer, reception of the sacraments, almsgiving, and the practice of charity. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon lengten, lencten, spring, Lent.)
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When prayers and practices are associated with lent?
During Lent.
What are some prayers you would say in Lent?
Act of Contrition
What are the prayers for visita iglesia?
The most appropriate prayers for visita iglesia are The Stations of the Cross, The Prayers in Commemoration of the Seven Last Words Spoken by Jesus, Devotion to the Five Wounds, The Fifteen Prayers of Saint Bridget and The Stabat Mater. All of these prayers depict the suffering of Jesus on the Cross and are popular during the season of Lent.
What is called the fourth Sunday of lent?
The fourth Sunday in Lent is called "Laetare Sunday". On this Sunday in Lent priests may wear Rose-colored vestments for the liturgy. The purpose of the Sunday is to encourage the Faithful who have come through four weeks of Lent in fastings and prayers. Laetare Sunday therefore is a festive interlude amid the highly penitential season of Lent.
What prayer don't we say during lent?
During Lent, the Gloria and the Alleluia are not said or sung during the Mass. This is because Lent is meant to be a solemn time where we reflect on our sinfulness and how we can better ourselves. Both the Gloria and the Alleluia are joyful prayers. The Gloria is said on Holy Thursday, and then both the Gloria and the Alleluia are reinstated in the Mass on Easter Sunday.
What has the author Eric Symes Abbott written?
Eric Symes Abbott has written: 'The compassion of God and the passion of Christ' -- subject(s): Lent, English, Prayers and devotions
Does the leader of the prayers in an Eastern Orthodox Church wear special clothes?
Yes, the priest must always wear special vestments when leading prayers in an Orthodox Church. For example, purple robes during Lent (for mourning) and white robes during funerals (for the Resurrection). At other prayers and vigil services, the priest wears a black robe or cassock with a stole (epitrahilion) around his neck.
What is a sentence for lent?
He lent her the book yesterday.She lent over and picked up her drink.
How do you get lent out of clothes?
with a lent brush
Why is lent colled lent?
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Another word for lent?
Lent might mean as sacrifice, but there is no other word or an alternative for Lent.
How many Fridays are there in Lent 2008?
There were 7 Fridays in Lent 2008, just as there are in evey Lent.
