Lent 2012

February 2012 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Valentines Day Tuesday February 14 -12 years, -9 months, -7 days or -4664 days 15 16 17 18 19 20 Presidents Day Monday February 20 -12 years, -9 months, -1 days or -4658 days 21 22 Lent Wednesday February 22 -12 years, -8 months, -28 days or -4656 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Lent for the year 2012 starts on Wednesday, February 22nd and ends on Thursday, April 5 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 2012

Wednesday, February 22nd is day number 53 of the 2012 calendar year with -12 years, -8 months, -28 days until the start of Lent 2012.