Regular Hours:Ash Wednesday , the season of Lent is the 40 days (not including Sundays) that precede Easter. The 40 days are a reminder of the time Jesus spent in the wilderness after his baptism. They were days spent fasting and praying and resisting the temptations of Satan. Some of the thematic scriptures for Lent are Luke 4:1-13; Psalm 51; Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21; Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; II Corinthians 5:20-6:10.