Lent – why forty and what do they mean?

In the English language, the special season before Easter is called “Lent.”  The word comes from the “lengthening” of daylight hours as we progress from the darkness of winter to the new light of spring.  But other languages have a name for this season that is derived from the word for forty. It is the season of the forty days.

 Jesus fasted forty days in the wilderness.  But did you ever wonder why he was out there for fort...