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Lent comprises two parts, the first of which commences on Ash Wednesday, which is called in the liturgy "the beginning of the Holy Forty Days, and ends on Passion Sunday, while the second consists of the "great fortnight" known as Passiontide. Reckoning four Sundays in Lent, together with Passion and Palm Sundays, we find thirty-six fasting days, to which have been added the four days immediately preceding the first Sunday, in order to reach the number forty, "which originated with the Law and the Prophets and was hallowed by Christ Himself" (*note below). The Mass for Ash Wednesday, although under a different name, existed already in the Gregorian Sacramentary.
(*note) Moses representing the Law and Elias the Prophets, only approached almighty God on Sinai and Horeb after purifying themselves by a fast of 40 days. Exodus xxiv, 18, III Kings, xix, 18.
This is the Cycle of Easter which begins the Mystery of the Redemption
There are five Cycles to the Cycle of Easter:
Septuagesima: Septuagesima Sunday to Ash Wednesday,
Lent..............: Ash Wednesday to Passion Sunday,
Passiontide:....Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
Pachaltide:.....,Easter Sunday to Saturday after Pentecost.
Time after Pentecost:....Trinity Sunday to Advent
"They" (you know who) have butchered the true Liturgy of the Apostles
Saint Andrew Missal, Benedictine Monastery of S. Andre
Council of Trent Mass held by the Traditional Catholic Church.
Traditional Catholics at traditional mass.org/
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When does Lent for Roman Catholics end?
