Catholic Roundup

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• It rained on Noah for 40 days and 40 nights
• Moses was on Mount Sinai for 40 days when he received the 10 commandments
• Jesus fasted in the desert for 40 days
• The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years
• 40 years was considered a generation in the bible
• Lent is 40 days
• Jesus spent 40 hours in the tomb
• According to the Talmud, if a Jewish person becomes spiritually impure they must go through a ritual bath which uses 40 measures of water.
• Goliath presented himself to Israel for 40 days
• Saul reigned for 40 years
• The holy place of the temple was 40 cubits long
• Jesus remained on earth 40 days after resurrection
• Women are pregnant for 40 weeks

These 40 facts were gathered from here, and there and maybe elswhere.  If you want to spend a few weird and wooly  moments then Google:  Significance of 40.

Thanks for all the 40th birthday wishes from friends and family.  I’m very grateful to have a beautiful wife and daughter, a good job, a nice home, and more friends I can count.  The only wisdom I can add to the volumes of study on the significance of 40 is:

Turning 40 sure beats the alternative.