Easter is here, and for a lot of those celebrating, it also marks the end of Lent.[connatix_element_embed script_id=f4ce5222611d4d06a3882027c85561a8 player_id=7bc491b4-922b-4e8d-b1b1-150648e80442 video_id=de871a03-4048-4380-b1ff-1509c0744545 align=right]
Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and leads up to Easter, representing the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert while being tempted by Satan.
Some that celebrate Lent will pray more, others will be more generous through acts of charity, and many will give up something they love.
WTOP asked some attending Easter Mass in D.C., at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament about their Lenten sacrifices.
Video games, shopping, bread, rice, soda and martinis were some of the items mentioned after the 10:30 a.m. mass.
One of those who celebrates Lent by being more generous is Brian M. Mulholland.
“People who give up chocolate are just trying to lose a couple pounds. People that give up alcohol are just trying to prove they are not an alcoholic,” Mulholland jokingly told WTOP.
Mulholland is the chairman of the board of the John S. Mulholland Family Foundation, which serves meals to food banks around the District.
“I believe in doing something positive, so we like to feed the poor, bring food to those in need, and there are a lot of people in Washington.”