Quote Originally Posted by emu steve View Post
I do believe that as Pope Francis and other have said, giving up candy, nice meal, etc and going around with a sour face is not what Lent is about.
Well put. "Lent" derives from Old English "lencten", which means "springtime" or "Spring". The church-sense is peculiar to English: https://www.etymonline.com/word/lent .