What is Lent,how did it begin?

Answer 1

It began back in the Biblical days when Christ fasted for forty days and forty nights!

Answer 2

Back then, Jesus fasted in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights. When the time was over, the Devil tempted him with various different "ideas". Nowadays we "celebrate" Lent by giving something up during these 40 days, from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday. Usually you don't eat meat on Fridays, but some argue that white meat (fish) is fine. Also, right after Lent, come Easter.

Answer 3

Both Catholic and Protestant churches recognize Lent, although the manner of observing it differs from church to church. Some eat just one meal a day during the full 40-day period preceding Easter. Others fast totally only on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. For some, Lent requires abstaining from meat, fish, eggs, and milk products.

Lent is supposedly based on Jesus' 40-day fast after his baptism. Was he then establishing a ritual to be followed yearly? Not at all. This is evident from the fact that the Bible does not record any such practice among the early Christians. Lent was first observed in the fourth century after Christ. Like many other teachings of Christendom, it was borrowed from pagan sources.

Answer 4

Have you ever noticed how much of our supposedly rational decision
making is really nothing more than our preferences or prejudices in search
of an excuse?We can spin some fancy tales and conjure some eloquent
arguments, but in the end most of them amount to very little. And much the
same is true of so many of our plans, prayers, and promises. Lots of
talk and little more. Worst of all we can get in the habit of believing
our own 'press releases', believing all that baloney to be true.

Moving from cheap talk to real deeds is at the heart of what Lent is
about.It starts with repenting, that is, re-thinking what's truly
important and where we ought to be investing our main energies, if we want to
call ourselves followers of Jesus.That kind of re-thinking inevitably
calls us to re-forming and re-shaping parts of our lives into a clearer
likeness of Jesus.And that in turn requires that we get to know Jesus
better -- from the inside.

God has given each one of us unique gifts for which there is a specific
need in our piece of the world.Get to know Jesus better -- on the
inside -- and he'll show you how to carry your gifts where they're
needed.Your deeds will be ever so much better than any words.And your heart will
know the delight of being a real follower of Jesus.

Answer 5

it is a giant conspiracy by big business in order to promote Easter products without ever mentioning Easter.