A: They are called Lent because that is the Old English word for spring, the season of the year during which they fall. This is something unique to English. In almost all other languages its name is a derivative of the Latin term , or 'the forty days'. Lent is a time in the Church year lasting forthy days (excluding Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday. It is a period of penance leading up to the joy of Easter.
Words to contemplate throughout Lent: "All things, even humiliation and death, help to save us."
For more information on this and other Lenten issues, please see my page: Everything Lent. On that page you will find links to articles, prayers, liturgical declarations, etc for Lent.
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