Lent is a time of 40 days and nights!

• Lent is a time of 40 days and 40 nights.  
• The people recieve the ash on their head as a sign of penance.
• Fasting is when you give up something.
• Lent is a liturgical year and it all starts with Ash Wednesday a holy day of obligation.

• Ash Wednesday is when the father puts in sprinkles of water and oil in the ashes of the palm leaves.
• The father mixes the ashes until it is not dry or wet.