What is Lent?
40 Days of Lent
History of Lent
Ash Wednesday
Penance & Reconciliation
100
The Anglo-Saxon word lencten means
What is springtime/March/lengthen/springtide
100
This prophet travelled to the city of Nineveh in the belly of a whale.
Who is Jonah
100
The name of the group of people who are preparing for Baptism in the church
What is Catechumenate
100
The number of days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday
What is 40
100
The sorrow of the soul and hatred for sin committed together with resolution not to sin again
What is contrition
200
The Latin word for Lent
What is Quadragesima
200
This person built an ark and saved two of every kind of animal from a great flood.
Who is Noah
200
RCIA stands for
What is Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
200
This day of the week is not included as part of the forty days of Lent
What is Sunday
200
The part of the sacrament of Penance that takes away our sin
What is absolution
300
We celebrate _______ at the end of the forty days of Lent
What is Easter
300
This person spent forty days and forty nights on Mt. Sinai receiving the stone tablets containing the commandments.
Who is Moses
300
The two days Catholic adults fast by eating only one meal the whole day
What is Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
300
This sacrament is especially significant on Easter Sunday
What is Baptism
300
Repairs the harm of sin and re-establishes good spiritual habits
What is Penance
400
The name of the short liturgical season in between Lent and Easter
What is Holy Week/Triduum
400
As a punishment for their lack of faith, God sentenced the people of ______ to wander in the desert for forty years.
What is Israel
400
The Order of the Penitents participated in a public version of the sacrament we call
What is Reconciliation
400
2 reasons why we wear ashes on Ash Wednesday
What is 1) all that we have is a gift from God, and 2) ashes are a sign of repentence
400
We use this act to help us feel contrition
What is Examination of Conscience
500
The color of Lent
What is purple
500
The prophet who had a forty day journey to escape mount Horeb where he encountered God in a whispering wind
Who is Elijah
500
The Church first began a forty day fasting period before Easter during...
What is The Council of Nicaea
500
This popular spiritual practice during the Middle Ages eventually developed into the Stations of the Cross
What is Pilgrimage
500
We say this prayer as part of our confession that shows our sorrow for having committed a sin and a determination not to sin again
What is Act of Contrition
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