This practice of penance soon extended to the whole ... It consists of forty days, beginning with November 14, the day on which this Church keeps the feast of the apostle St. Philip.

In a few days, Christians will begin practicing the 40-day season of prayer ... no meat was allowed − with six Sundays counted as feast days. Pope Gregory, according to the Museum of the ...

stirring his listeners and moving them to do penance." Francesco showed himself a loyal friend of the poor, never hesitating to seek from benefactors what was needed. He was also a mystic ...