morning, on Ash Wednesday,
begins for the church Quadragesima, the forty active Lent.
40 Days and 40 Nights lasted the criminal and punishment during the flood.
40 years the sinful Israelites had to penance in the wilderness hiking.
40 days fasted their leader Moses, before God on Mount Sinai
received the tablets of the law.
40 days pilgrimage of the Prophet Elias to Horeb, where he was
the appearance of God given.
40 days and nights, the Lord Christ fasted in the desert,
took before he resigned as Messiah.
is associated the number 40 from early on with cleaning, coaches and Punishment,
but also with grace.
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