Lent begins on this day
Ash Wednesday
The Liturgical color for the season of Lent
Purple
Lent is this many days
40 days
Lent is meant to prepare us for ...
Easter
Mass where we get ashes put on our foreheads in the shape of a cross
Ash Wednesday
definition of "ALSMGIVING"
giving money/food/clothing to the poor
definition of "ABSTINENCE" from meat
Avoid eating meat
definition of "FASTING" for Lent
Eat less food and no snacking
Judas Iscariot
Mass where we have the washing of feet
Holy Thursday Mass
What are the 3 pillars of Lent
Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving
We abstain from meat on these days during Lent
Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all Fridays during Lent
We FAST on these 2 days during Lent
Ash Wednesday & Good Friday
Lent ends on this day
Holy Thursday
The event where we remember Jesus' passion and death on the cross
Stations of the cross