Day 40: After Lent, Fri, 6 April
There's been silence from me for 2 almost weeks. The weekend before last, leading into Holy Week, it got too much! Funnily enough my last post was on day 39. So, with the significance of the number 40 in biblical numerology, I just have to write one more post! That raises an obvious question. If there are 40 days in Lent, why did the 40th day, starting back on Ash Wednesday, (Valentine's Day this year, as it happened) occur on Saturday, March 31, rather than Sunday, 25 March? Surely Ash Wednesday occurring on Feb 14 means that there were 15 days (including Feb 14) of Lent in February, which means there were another 25 in March to make up the 40. Not so! The fifth commandment says "Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy". So if we do not engage in our Lenten discipline on Saturdays, out of respect for the fifth commandment, and so there can be some fun in your lives, even during Lent, then we have to add on 6 days to the end of Lent to make up the 40 days. B...