Ash Wednesday and Basics
What day marks the beginning of Lent?
What is Ash Wednesday?
What are the 3 pillars of Lent?
Where did Jesus go for 40 days?
What is the desert?
How many days is Lent?
What is 40 days?
Which pillar involves helping those in need?
Who tempted Jesus in the desert?
Who is Satan/the devil?
What color is seen and worn in Lent?
What is purple (violet)?
Which pillar involves giving something up?
What did Jesus do for 40 days?
What is fasted and prayed?
What are the ashes in Ash Wednesday made from?
What are burned palm branches from last year's Palm Sunday?
When and what food do Catholics abstain from during Lent?
What is abstaining every Friday from meat?
How did Jesus respond to each temptation?
What is He quoted Scripture?
What words are said while ashes are placed on your forehead?
To grow closer to God and prepare for Easter
Why was Jesus tempted even though He is the Son of God?
To show us how to resist temptation and to fully experience human struggle