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Originally posted by Hootie
My aunt told us that whole "it doesn't count on Sunday's" bit a long time ago...we told her she made it up as an excuse to eat her chocolate 
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Whatever her reason/motivation, your aunt was right. If you start counting yesterday and count to Holy Saturday, you only get 40 days if you omit Sundays. One of the early ecumenical councils (Nicea, maybe?) forbid fasting on Sunday, a decision that hasn't been changed in the centuries since. That's why Sundays technically are not counted in the 40 days of Lent.