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Hi, Greg —
Thanks for the question.
Yes, there are!
In answering your question we have
to separate doctrinal issues from
disciplinary issues.
On the doctrinal side, the forty
days of Lent exclude all Sundays
during Lent because when we attend
Sunday Mass, we are celebrating a "mini-Easter" throughout
the year.
On the disciplinary side, you
don't have to refrain from
your Lenten penance of choice, but
as you suggested, it doesn't make
up one of the forty days of Lent,
so you may refrain from any penitential
practices on Sundays of Lent as well
as on special feast days during Lent,
like on the Feast of St. Joseph (March
19) and the Solemnity of the Annunciation.
(March 25)
Hope you have a Holy Lent and Happy
Easter!
Mike
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