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Created page with "'''Lent''' (from the Old English ''lencten'', meaning "spring" or "lengthening [of days]") is a penitential season in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that prepares the faithful for the celebration of Easter, the solemnity of Christ's Resurrection. It is a time of conversion, penance, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, during which the Church accompanies catechumens preparing for Baptism and all the faithful in renewing their baptismal promises. Lent begi..."