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Originally Posted by SpitFire40
Explain this Lent..
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Lent is the period before Easter (40 days I think). It's supposed to be to recognize Jesus's trials and tribulation during his retreat to the desert. Catholics (and maybe some other Christian sects) are supposed to give up something important to them during this period. In my family, it was fasting. We wouldn't eat after dinner, and we'd give up meat on certain days. I can't quite remember the details, because I haven't been a practicing Catholic since I was child.
I still consider myself a "Catholic" in the cultural sense, but I don't believe or follow the dogma enough to bother sacrificing anything at Lent.