A good start to a more complex picture:
Hold on, little dude!"Waaaaait a second!" I hear you cry, "Isn't Lent 40 days long?? Did you screw up or sumthin? WTF mate?" And so, for my no-doubt-confused non-christian friends out there, here's the low down: Lent is comprised of 40 days. Yes. But Lent, by decree of the ancient papal church, long ago, cannot fall on any Sundays, because those are ALREADY holy days, and...I guess there was some kind of conflict of interest in the holy beaurocracy. Sooo, lent is actually 40 days + 6 days.
Teeeechnically, you don't necessarily need to recognize your Lenten fast during Lent-entwined Sundays, but mind you, these rules were put into place back when the ENTIRE DAY of Sunday was given up to prayer, bible reading, and listening to dudes talk in dead languages. So there would've been no time for fasting, you see? Whereas these days, that sort of thing doesn't work anymore, so the fast is generally upheld. Cuz why not?
Fun fact for the day.
I haven't done cross-hatching in ages.
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