Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — Lent Near At Hand. [ARTICLE]

Lent Near At Hand.

Lent begins on March Ist this year. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, which is so called because of the custom of placing ashes on. the heads of the penitents. Lent is always reckoned from Easter Sunday, which is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox on March 21st. If the full moon Is on Sunday, Easter is the Sunday following. -Easter comes on April 16th this year. Lent is always forty days before Easter, not counting Sundays. There are usually six Sundays intervening, but they are not counted. This makes Lent begin on Ash Wednesday, which is preceded by Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent.