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Lent ( Latin Fortieth) is a solemn religious observance in the liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, before Easter Sunday . The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer through prayer , penance , repentance of sins, almsgiving , atonement ...