It's a period that leads up to an important religious holiday. Christ wandered the desert for forty days in deprivation, while revisiting temptations that might stop Him from heeding His calling. So we make sacrifices to honor that and keep our focus on the things that are most important.
So we fast, we don't eat meat on Fridays, and we abstain from sex and alcohol. Some people add more, but all that's hard enough, living here.
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It's a period that leads up to an important religious holiday. Christ wandered the desert for forty days in deprivation, while revisiting temptations that might stop Him from heeding His calling. So we make sacrifices to honor that and keep our focus on the things that are most important.
So we fast, we don't eat meat on Fridays, and we abstain from sex and alcohol. Some people add more, but all that's hard enough, living here.