The First Sunday of Lent

Quadragesima/Invocabit Sunday

Quadragesima is Latin for fortieth, forty days until Good Friday and this is the first Sunday of Lent. This day and the second Sunday of lent focus on the story of Jesus in the desert resisting temptation from the devil.

What happens on this day?

This day reserves celebration for the Rite of Election, when the unbaptized catechumens begin their initiation into the Christian faith, not just to be confirmed but educated in the fundamentals of Christianity.

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