Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time ... are done to draw the faithful ...

It is a day of fasting and abstinence, with many believers limiting meals and refraining from eating meat. Lent, which spans 40 days (excluding Sundays), commemorates Jesus’ 40 days of fasting ...