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In the English language, the special season before Easter is called "Lent." The word comes from the "lengthening" of daylight hours as we progress from the darkness of winter to the new light of spring. But other languages, such as Spanish, have a name for this season that is derived from the word for forty. It is the season of the forty days. OK, we do penance for forty days because Jesus ...
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