Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. On the Fridays of Lent, we remember the sacrifice of Christ on Good Friday and unite ourselves with that sacrifice through abstinence and prayer. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. The devotion to the Rosary takes anywhere from fifteen minutes to twenty-five minutes depending on your individual pace and level of reflection on the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, the events in the life of Jesus Christ which serve as the road map for each respective day of this ritual prayer. Contemplate the meaning and origins of the Lenten fasting tradition in this reflection.