Rejoice

Easter is the end of the Lenten season , which covers a forty-six day period that begins on Ash Wednsday and ends with Easter . The Lenten season comprises forty days , as the six Sundays in Lent are not actually part of Lent . Sundays are considerd a commemoration of Easter Sunday and have always been excluded from the Lenten fast . The Lenten season is a period of penitence in preperation for the highest festival of the church year , Easter . Holy Week , the last week of Lent , begins with the observance of Palm Sunday . Palm Sunday takes it's name from Jesus ' triumphal entry into Jerusalum where the crowds laid palms at his feet . Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper , which was held the evening before the Crucifixion . Friday in the Holy Week is the anniversary of the Crucifixion , the day that Christ was Crucified and died on the cross . Holy Week and Lenten season end with Easter Sunday , the day of resurrection of Jesus Christ .