2007-02-07 23:08:20 · 6 answers · asked by katie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no. a festival is a time of celebration and the lenten season is a 40 day period of fasting and prayer when we repent of the sins we have commited so that come Easter, the sacrifice which Jesus Christ made comes 'alive' again and we're born to a clean & new spirit
2007-02-07 23:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by therna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lent is not festival. The day before is. During Lent we took at our lives and see how we can live better lives as Christians. If you approach this in a positive way as a way to become a better person, you could say it is a festival but most people will find it difficult to change negative habits.
2007-02-08 07:19:53 · answer #2 · answered by Mary W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not. I think of Lent as a period of contemplation of Christ's sacrifice and love for us. Now EASTER is Definitely a festival!!!
2007-02-08 07:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Lepke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I would not.
Lent is a time set aside for reflection, prayer,meditation, fasting, mortification to get in touch with our in most spirit connection with Almighty God.
During the year we can get off the track and
this time is set aside by the church to allow us to not get too far afield and submerged too deeply in the ways of the world.
Meditating on Jesus the Christs' life on earth and sacrifices and suffering and teachings is recommended.
The Lenten Season is forty days and forty nights to commemorate Jesus fasting in the desert for that amount of time.
2007-02-08 07:20:28 · answer #4 · answered by EpicPoem Lily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody would, its the forty days before the crucifiction,however before those 40 days there is a festival.
2007-02-08 07:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More like a pagan orgie.
2007-02-08 07:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋