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March 5, 2006 was the first Sunday in Lent.
Palm Sunday.
The Sunday after Ash Wednesday is the First Sunday of Lent.
By working backward from Easter Sunday - the forty days previous to that are "Lent". Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox.
The "First week of Lent" follows the "First Sunday" of Lent. --- Ember Week --- In the Roman Catholic ChurdThe term "Ember Week" fell out of use in the Catholic calendar after the first Vatican Council
The Froth Sunday of Lent
February 10, 2008.
Prior to Vatican II the fifth Sunday of Lent was known as Passion Sunday. However, in 1969 Pope Paul VI combined Passion Sunday with the 6th Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday.
Lent changes every year because the dates for Easter change. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moo after the March equinox. So whenever Easter is will determine when Lent is. As Easter changes its date every year, so does Lent.
Roman Catholic AnswerThat might be why they are numbered and called: the First Sunday of Lent, the Second Sunday of Lent, etc. If by "count" you mean do you have to fast on Sundays, then you should ask that question.
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.
Yes, Lent ends on Holy Thursday and the Easter Triduum begins.