Though the season of Lent is a penitential season most often associated with fasting, we must remember that Sunday always remains a day of feasting. It was for this reason that the early church actually prohibited fasting on the Lord’s Day. They would observe voluntary days of fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays, but never on Sunday. And in the Western Church this carried over into the season of Lent as well. This is why if you count the number of days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, you’ll come up with forty-six days. The forty days of Lent don’t include Sundays. Each Sunday in Lent we’re given a foretaste of where our Lenten observance is headed, namely, Easter. So if you’ve taken up the practice of fasting during Lent, don’t practice it today. Today is the day of feasting and rejoicing in the presence of the Lord. So when you get home this afternoon break out the wine, the meat and cheese, the chocolate and the coffee, or whatever else you may have given up and feast before the Lord. Sunday is and must ever remain the day of feasting, no matter the reason or the season!
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