Lent is the 40-day season of preparation for Easter that ends on Holy Thursday, three days before Easter Sunday. During Lent, Catholics recall their baptism and do penance – fasting, prayer and almsgiving – as they commemorate the Death and Resurrection of Christ.
This year, Lent begins March 5, Ash Wednesday, and ends April 17, with the Easter Triduum beginning the evening of Holy Thursday and leading to the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord at the Easter Vigil. Easter Sunday is April 20.
The days of both fast and abstinence are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, April 18. The other Fridays of Lent are solely days of abstinence.
On a day of fast, only one (1) full meal is permitted. On a day of abstinence, no meat may be eaten. The law of abstinence binds those who are 14 and older. The law of fasting binds all those who are 18-59, if possible in regards to health.
More info from the USCCB: usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year-and-calendar/lent.
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