Where is the concept of the Season of Lent taught in the Bible?

Answer 1

The word "Lent" does not appear in The Bible. The Bible does not teach that the Church should celebrate a Liturgical Season called "Lent" anymore then the Bible commands that the Church should celebrate the Birth of Christ on December 25.

The Season of Lent is not a Divine Tradition, it is an Ecclesiastical Custom. The Season of Lent is a time whereby the Church universal reflects more profoundly on the mystery of Sin and the ultimate price that God paid to redeem the human race from the power of Sin. It is a time whereby the Church universal reflects more profoundly on God's call to conversion, to turn away from Sin and be faithful to the Gospel. The Church utilizes the tools of fasting and abstinence in order to remember the words of Christ to Satan when Satan tried to have Jesus turn stone to bread: "Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God."

Roman Catholic AnswerThe concept of Lent is loosely based both on the preparation for the Exodus from Egypt in the Old Testament, and more directly on Jesus' forty days in the desert, fasting, and preparing for His public ministry.