Lectionary Worship Workbook
Series II, Cycle C Gospel Texts
Lent
The Season Of Renewal
Liturgical Color: Purple
(Ash Wednesday to Easter)
The Lenten season extends over a 46-day period. The six Sundays in Lent are not included as a part of Lent; so the season consists of forty days. Sundays, weekly commemorations of the First Easter (though every Sunday is Easter), have always been excluded from this traditional fast season. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and serves as a review of the events of Jesus' Passion. Passion refers to the sufferings of Jesus after the Last Supper and on the Cross.