[nickcarraway]

Genesis 3:17-19,Philippians 3:10-11, 1 Peter 5:6, Isaiah 58:6-7, Mark 1:12-15, Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 22:14-23; John 13:1-17, Matthew 21:1-11, among other.

But it's all about the Bible. It's preparation leading up to the crucifixion and Resurrection. It memorializes those Events in his life.

[nickcarraway]

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[metmom]

Not a single one of those passages addresses Lent in the least.

There are no commands nor instructions to observe a 40 day period of fasting to prepare us for anything.

References to something that happened are simply that. It’s not an endorsement of a man made tradition.