Peter, It all depends on which faith tradition you are a part of... The western tradition is that you don't count the Sundays. This is because Sunday is a celebration of the Resurrection.
Shalom Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ellis > Sent: Monday, 1 March 2004 1:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: take me to your young nsw-act leader] > > > Can someone please help with an explanation of how Lent is > counted back from Easter? > > As I understand it, Lent is 40 days up to Easter and it > starts on Ash Wednesday. Count 40 days and you get Palm > Sunday. Is that it? The START of the 'Easter-week', not Easter itself? > > Thanks, > Peter > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in > the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
