Years back a monk explained to me that the Sundays don't count in Lent because Sunday is a day of rest. Who knows if that is the whole explanation or not.
Also if you're Catholic, your patron saint days don't apply. Which is my thinking of why St. Patrick's day is HUGE in places with lots of Irish Catholic folks, because basically smack dab in the middle of Lent they can do whatever they want.....
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Date: 2010-03-01 08:16 pm (UTC)Not necessarily useful for one who isn't Catholic (anymore) and trying to use lent to develop a new habit. Do it Every Day, whatever it may be!
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Date: 2010-03-03 01:37 pm (UTC)but I didn't know about the Sunday thing either!
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