"40 days" that the Catholic Church recognizes as a preparation time before Easter.
What is Lent?
100
Why do you bless yourself when entering the sanctuary?
What is to remind yourself of your baptism?
100
The prayer Jesus taught us to pray?
What is the "Our Father" or Lord's Prayer
100
Our most recent Pope?
Who is Benedict XVI (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger)
100
The day we are obligated to attend Mass.
What is Sunday?
200
Abstaining from food or drink for spiritual purposes.
What is fasting?
200
Why do we abstain from eating 1 hour before Mass?
What is to prepare our body for the Eucharist?
200
A series of beads banded together with a crucifix to provide a physical method of keeping count of the number of prayers so your mind can be free to focus only on the prayers.
What is a rosary?
200
The group of people who will decide our next Pope?
Who are the College of Cardinals?
200
Jesus instituted seven of these practices
What are the sacraments?
300
Giving of one's resources, financially.
What is almsgiving?
300
You can celebrate this every day at almost any Catholic Church in the world?
What is Mass?
300
A prayer that is repeated for 9 successive days?
What is a novena?
300
This Pope forgave the person who tried to assassinate him. He is also the Pope to introduce "Theology of the Body"
Who is John Paul II?
300
These holy men and women are recognized by the Catholic Church as exceptionally holy people and are now in heaven.
Who are saints?
400
Lent officially ends on this day
What is the Wednesday before Holy Thursday?
400
Why do we genuflect when entering/exiting the pew?
What is to show reverance to the tabernacle?
400
The essential prayer of the rosary.
What is the "Hail Mary"
400
He was our first Pope.
Who is St. Peter?
400
Only Jesus Christ and Mary were free from this.
What is sin?
500
Mardi Gras can be translated to mean.
What is Fat Tuesday? (Tuesday before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday)
500
The color primarily used at a Catholic funeral?
What is the color white? (To symbolize the victory of Christ over death)
500
**DAILY DOUBLE**
The profession of faith said during the Mass to express our beliefs
What is the Nicene Creed?
500
Our last two Popes were from these countries?
What is Poland (JP II) and Germany (Benedict XVI)?