Yes they do: Invocabit, Reminiscere, Oculi, Laetare, Judica, Palmarum...that's what they've been for over 1300 years. The modern Church has almost lost her way, but not quite. Yay Papa Benedict XVI
No. Sundays are not included in Lent!
No. There are 40 days in Lent, not counting Sundays.
Ordinary time are all the Sundays in the liturgical calendar when the Church is not observing a major season such as Advent, Christmas, Lent or Easter. In other words, they are 'ordinary' Sundays.
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.
Yes.
It is 40 weekdays before Easter. Sundays are not counted as days of Lent.
Lent is the 40 days before Easter and Advent is the 4 Sundays before Christmas.
Lent is 40 days long, excluding Sundays. If you count backwards from Easter, skipping over Sundays, you'll find that the 40th day is a Wednesday. Thus, Lent starts on a Wednesday.
Lent
The Glorious Mysteries are prayed on a Wednesdays and most Sundays. The exception are the Sundays of Lent, on which the Sorrowful Mysteries are prayed and the Sundays of Advent, on which the Joyful Mysteries are prayed.
Sundays are not included when counting the amount of days in Lent.
Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. Sundays in Lent are not counted in the forty days because each Sunday represents a "mini-Easter" and the reverent spirit of Lent is tempered with joyful anticipation of the Resurrection.