{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Guideposts Articles","provider_url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles","author_name":"Rick Hamlin","author_url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/author\/rhamlin\/","title":"Is Lent in the Bible?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uw1mDemxk9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/is-lent-in-the-bible\/\">Is Lent in the Bible?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/is-lent-in-the-bible\/embed\/#?secret=uw1mDemxk9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Is Lent in the Bible?&#8221; &#8212; Guideposts Articles\" data-secret=\"uw1mDemxk9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lent-in-the-Bible-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1540,"thumbnail_height":866,"description":"\ufeff We observe Lent as the 40 days before Easter, starting with Ash Wednesday. If you want to take a moment to look at your calendar and count how many days there are between Ash Wednesday you\u2019ll see\u2014hmmmmm\u2014there are more than 40 days. That\u2019s because Sundays aren\u2019t counted. We get Sundays off. Sundays are feast [&hellip;]"}