Lent 2009

February 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Valentines Day Saturday February 14 -15 years, -9 months, -8 days or -5760 days 15 16 Presidents Day Monday February 16 -15 years, -9 months, -6 days or -5758 days 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Lent Wednesday February 25 -15 years, -8 months, -25 days or -5749 days 26 27 28

Lent for the year 2009 starts on Wednesday, February 25th and ends on Thursday, April 9 with evening mass on Holy Thursday.

Lent is a Christian annual period that starts on Ash Wednesday lasting for 40 days (not Including Sundays) representing the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness. This 40 day period for Christians is a time to reflect, fast, and give penance in preparation for the resurrection of Christ Easter Sunday.

Is Lent 40 days

Lent for Christians starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on either the evening of Maundy Thursday or on sundown of Holy Saturday (day before Easter Sunday). However the practices of Lent do not end until sundown on Holy Saturday for all Christian denominations. So it is 44 days from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday and another two days with Good Friday and Holy Saturday added to give a total of 46 days for Lent. But Sundays are excluded from fasting during Lent and with 6 Sundays removed from the count we get lent being a 40 day liturgical period.

Days to Lent 2009

Wednesday, February 25th is day number 56 of the 2009 calendar year with -15 years, -8 months, -25 days until the start of Lent 2009.