What should we give up for Lent? This annual season of forty days occurs between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday. There are actually forty-six days in total between these two days. However, the six Sundays of Lent are not part of the forty-day count since Sundays are not days of fasting and acts of penance—except the required Eucharistic fast. It is a time of sacrifice, but how do we decide what to sacrifice?