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A Call to Lent
// posted Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010 by Fr. Jerry Smith
In the Book of Common Prayer on which I was weaned, this past Sunday would have been Septuagesima, or 70 Days before Easter. This coming Sunday would be Sexagesima and the following Sunday Quinquagesima. This period is also known as the Pre-Lenten season or Shrovetide. Interestingly, as much as we seem sold on the 40-day period of the Lenten season, there was a time that it was much longer (and even a period that it was shorter) than what we now observe. These last three Sundays before Ash ...
