Having something to do with the first full moon after the equinox...Lent begins the day after mardi gras. Ash wednesday.(They take the palm leaves that they gathered on palm sunday and burn them to make the ash for ash wednesday. Catholics go to church on ash wednesday and get a smudge of ash on their foreheads by a priest as a remeberance i think.... It lasts 6 weeks before easter. Since it symbolizes Jesus's death and rising...it is the holiest of all holidays for christians. Lent is a personal time to be devoted to prayer and dedication to your faith. Many people give up alcohol, candy,other pleasures during lent.
I will give up alcohol for lent.
We are in the throws of carnival, just had our first mardi gras parades last night.

fun fun fun!
bizi
I live in cajun country, lafayette louisiana
I am not cathloic/nor religious. So many of my elderly clients are catholic,,
I try to be respectful of their rituals and faith.