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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..."
(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...")
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