Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten, which means "spring." The season is a preparation for celebrating Easter. Historically, Lent began as a period of fasting and preparation for baptism by converts and then became a time for penance by all Christians. Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday specifically marks the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion.
Palm Sunday is special to me because it marks the anniversary of when I was baptized 10 years ago.
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