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• Lent is a commemoration of Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, seen as a journey towards the glory of God, often symbolized as springtime for beginning or renewal
• The significance of 40 days in Lent:

  • Traditional number in the Bible
  • Moses stayed in Egypt for 40 years
  • Israelites were in the desert for 40 years
  • Noah’s ark endured 40 days of rain
  • Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 40 days
  • Jesus fasted in the desert for 40 days
• Fasting in Lent involves one meal a day and two smaller meals that together would not exceed one full meal, while abstinence means refraining from eating meat
• Holy Week traditions include Palm Sunday, which marks the triumphant arrival of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem as Savior and King
• Pasyon or Pabasa is a sung poem or religious writings about the story of Jesus Christ’s passion and death, often starting on Palm Sunday and continuing persistently until completion
• Penitents during Lent may walk in the streets or carry a wooden cross as a form of repentance for their sins
• Senakulo, derived from the Spanish word "cenáculo," is a play depicting the life and passion of Jesus Christ
• Visita Iglesia is a tradition on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday where one visits at least seven different churches, ideally with family, to pay respect to the Blessed Sacrament and seek atonement for sins