Give It Up
This day before Lent can be celebrated for a whole season - like in New Orleans.
What is Mardi Gras?
Day of the week when Catholics don't eat meat during Lent
What is Friday?
The place where Christians go to worship God together
What is a parish? OR What is a church?
This Sacrament is where our sins are formally forgiven.
What is Confession/Reconciliation?
The Book, literally; the book on which our faith is based, in addition to tradition.
What is the Bible?
The Lord's Passion is re-enacted on this day
What is Good Friday? OR What is Palm Sunday?
Jesus taught this prayer to his disciples when they asked how to pray.
What is the Our Father?
A natural ability or skill you are called to share with your church community
What is a talent?
Ashes remind us that we are this on Ash Wednesday.
What is dust?
Jesus rises from the dead in the dark of the night at this often-candlelit Mass.
What is the Easter Vigil?
A person who follows Jesus in sharing God's love with the people around them.
What is a disciple?
This is a special time before the Blessed Sacrament spent in private prayer.
What is Adoration?
In this country, ashes are sprinkled on the head instead of made into a cross.
What is Italy? OR Poland? OR Croatia?
Lent officially ends on this day
What is Holy Thursday?
Giving of one's resources financially
What is almsgiving?
The number of weeks in Lent
What is six?
These are burned to create this year's ashes.
What are last year's palms?
The name for the three days before Easter
What is the Triduum?