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How does not eating or drinking or something like that enhance a relationship with a deity anyway? Does the deity demand such action? Is he/she/it/they impressed by a restriction on Creme Eggs?
All very strange, to me
Are you asking what is the origin of giving up something for Lent?
I have just logged on, saw this thread and I gasped! I realised, I had given up sweets and chocolate for Lent and here I am, feasting on a box of Toffifee!!