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Ash Wednesday is the 1st day of Lent which concludes before the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday (Maudy Thursday). Lent has six Sundays; the final one, known as Passion (or Palm) Sunday, begins Holy Week. Starting with the Mass of the Lord's Supper (in Holy Week) through the Easter Vigil is the shortest season of the Church Year: The Sacred Triduum.

As an aside, Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") was the day that Christians feasted before the beginning of the Lenten season, a period of prayer and fasting in which Christians preparation for Easter. Lent is when we walk with Our Lord, during those 40 days He spent praying and fasting in preparation for His Crucifixion and ultimate Resurrection on Easter Sunday

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