A sh Wednesday tags the beginning of the 40 years of the Lenten Season. The figure 40 holds e'er holded special significance particularly in Scripture. Saint jerome notices that thi secs total denotes penalization and affliction. After all, there were 40 years and nighttimes of noachian deluge, 40 geezerhood of expat in the desert, 40 years of scoff by Goliath before David arose upward, and 40 years in which both Moses and Elias need to fast before having the commandments of God and posing... read more