Religion

What Are You Giving Up For Lent? – Survey of the Day
What Are You Giving Up For Lent? – Survey of the Day
What Are You Giving Up For Lent? – Survey of the Day
Today is Ash Wednesday which means it is exactly 40 days until Easter, and also a period of time referred to by Christians as Lent. The traditional purpose of Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. The main change comes as many of the faithful commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxury as a form of penitence
Do You Go Crazy On Fat Tuesday? – Survey of the Day
Do You Go Crazy On Fat Tuesday? – Survey of the Day
Do You Go Crazy On Fat Tuesday? – Survey of the Day
Fat Tuesday is your last hurrah, folks, so let the carbo loading begin. Fat Tuesday will give way to a more solemn occasion, Ash Wednesday, and then a 40-day period of self-sacrifice known as Lent. For Catholics and other Christians, Ash Wednesday symbolizes the start of the 40 days Jesus spent praying and fasting in the desert, resisting temptation, before his crucifixion. So that means for tho