Mardi Gras
The colors of Mardi Gras
What are GOLD, PURPLE and GREEN?
A "wooden" symbol of the passion and death of Jesus.
What is a CROSS?
The most common thing people give up for Lent.
What is CHOCOLATE?
What the people held in their hands, laid on the ground, and waved in the air as Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday?
What are PALMS?
The meaning of Mardi Gras in French
What is Fat Tuesday?
This is the liturgical color for the season of Lent.
A word of praise and rejoicing that Catholics do not say during Lent.
What is Alleluia?
The final meal Jesus ate with his Disciples.
What is the LAST SUPPER?
During Easter, the church celebrates Jesus' _________.
What is the Resurrection?
Mardi Gras comes before this Catholic Season
What is LENT?
An important number in the Bible and the number of days in the season of Lent.
What is 40?
A prayer in which we meditate on and re-visit 14 steps in the passion and death of Jesus Christ. We usually do this inside the Church and look at icons/paintings along the way.
What are STATIONS OF THE CROSS?
The apostle who betrayed Jesus.
Who is JUDAS?
This day occurred 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead, when He went up to Heaven. (Name the feast day.)
What is the ASCENSION?
The city in America with the largest Mardi Gras celebration
Where is New Orleans?
This is placed in our foreheads on the first day of Lent to remind us that we are "dust" and "unto dust we will return."
What are ASHES?
On these days during Lent, Catholics abstain from eating meat.
What are Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent?
The 50 days of the Easter Season end on this day.
What is Pentecost?
The signature Mardi Gras dessert
What is a King Cake?
The three pillars of Lent.
What are PRAYER, FASTING and ALMSGIVING?
On these days during Lent, Catholics must fast (eat one full meal and two smaller meals that do not add up to the size of the larger meal).
What are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?
This word refers to the last 3 days of Holy Week.
What is TRIDUUM?
Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after this "celestial" event.
What is a FULL MOON?