It's Easter Sunday so I'm drinking coffee again! Opened the packet of Lewis and Cooper's house blend I've been saving and have indulged, several times. What's more, it's nearly a year till Lent comes round again and I'm told what I'm giving up.
Lent ends on Palm Sunday. You're a week late.
Err... Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until Holy Thursday. Strictly speaking, Lenten observances should be maintained for the first two days of the Triduum, until 6.00p.m. on Easter Saturday, which is when Easter Sunday begins (the church day runs from sunset to sunset).
Yep, that is how I observe it
Strictly speaking Lent doesn't include the Sundays though.. (40 days from ash wednesday to easter saturday)
To be uber pedantic - yes Lent does include Sundays.
In the Catholic Church calendar Lent lasts 44 days, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending before the Paschal Triduum begins with the evening masses on Maundy/Holy Thursday (which is actually the start of Good Friday).
The traditional period of Lenten fasting, abstinence and penance is observed for 40 days, starting on Ash Wednesday and going through until the Easter Vigil, but excluding the Sundays.
Whilst the Sundays are excluded from the Lenten fasting and abstinence rules, they are still part of the Catholic* liturgical Lenten calendar.
*And also included in the Orthodox and some Protestant liturgical Lenten calendars.