Mudcat Café message #3905591

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Thread #143483 Message #3905591
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
14-Feb-18 - 04:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Never heard of Ash Wednesday?
Subject: RE: BS: Never heard of Ash Wednesday?

I've never understood why Lent ends on Easter Sunday (or Maundy Thursday).
If it commemorates Christ's 40 days of fasting in the desert it should end with His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.