Lent

Lent is the forty day time in the Catholic Church that starts with Ash Wednesday and ends with Holy Thursday (although most other Christian denominations end lent on Holy Saturday.) The Bible says that the forty days represent the time that Jesus spent in the desert in the temptation of Christ. Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter, the Catholic celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. Traditionally during Lent, Catholics are supposed to fast and not attend festivities. Many Catholics also give up something that they enjoy during Lent. Lent is suppose to be a time of grief that ends in the celebration of Easter.