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Roman Catholic Lent, let's say, to simplify the question a bit. I have heard that it is supposed to be "forty days not counting the Sundays", which could mean skipping the Sundays and making the rest total forty or skipping the Sundays within a grand total of forty.
- Several sources claim Lent ends with the evening prayers on Maundy Thursday. (This year, the 13th April.) I've seen this a few places.
- I found one claiming it ends on Good Friday. (This year, the 14th April.)
- Some claim it ends on midnight the day before Easter. (This year, the 15th April.)
- Somewhere I thought I read it ended on the 8th this year, which is pretty clearly too short. You can't get forty out of that.
- Skipping the Sundays within a grand total of forty would have it end on the 10th, which I have seen nowhere.
- "Skipping the Sundays and making the rest total forty" would agree with an ending of April 15, unless the Triduum also doesn't count in which case it'd be the 13th but then NOTHING gives a total of forty. And forty seemed to be pretty majorly symbolic.
My confusion is almost certainly due to the variations in Lent in the various denominations. Web sites don't often say whom they represent; they say only "This Is The One True Answer".
So, LJ-friends, help? Roman Catholic Lent.
- Several sources claim Lent ends with the evening prayers on Maundy Thursday. (This year, the 13th April.) I've seen this a few places.
- I found one claiming it ends on Good Friday. (This year, the 14th April.)
- Some claim it ends on midnight the day before Easter. (This year, the 15th April.)
- Somewhere I thought I read it ended on the 8th this year, which is pretty clearly too short. You can't get forty out of that.
- Skipping the Sundays within a grand total of forty would have it end on the 10th, which I have seen nowhere.
- "Skipping the Sundays and making the rest total forty" would agree with an ending of April 15, unless the Triduum also doesn't count in which case it'd be the 13th but then NOTHING gives a total of forty. And forty seemed to be pretty majorly symbolic.
My confusion is almost certainly due to the variations in Lent in the various denominations. Web sites don't often say whom they represent; they say only "This Is The One True Answer".
So, LJ-friends, help? Roman Catholic Lent.
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explainfigure out the incredibly complicated math, I'll just link you to the entry on Lent (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09152a.htm) and let you read the "Duration of the Fast" section yourself!If you really want the most accurate and definitive answer, fully explained at whatever level of complexity and detail you want, ask at Second Exodus (http://secondexodus.com/). Marty can answer any question related to Catholicism fully, and believe me, it will be the correct answer from the point of view of the church. (You can tell him I sent you -- he'll be thrilled! Just use my real name ... hopefully he hasn't found my LJ.) If you don't want to but you really want the correct answer, I'll ask for you.
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Seriously, he will be delighted to answer your question.
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