What are the 40 days called that are spent in preparation before the Easter celebration
What is the number of days in lent
100
The color on the alter during lent or the liturgical color of lent
What is purple
100
This week marks the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus
What is Holy Week
100
This bread is baked without yeast and used during passover and lent
What is unleavened bread
200
He spent 40 days in an arc
Who is Noah
200
An old Anglo- Saxon word Lencten, meaning " springtime"
What is lent
200
This day of celebration is a tradition that started early in the church to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus
What is Easter
200
Jesus chose to suffer at Calvary as a sign of his full obedience to the will of his Father. The Lamb of God is thus related to the Pascal Lamb of this Jewish Holiday
What Passover
200
This day of the week is not included in the 40 days of lent. They are mini celebrations of Jesus' resurection
What are Sundays
300
The number of years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness
What is 40
300
Complete the following ashes to ashes....... This reminds us of our own mortality
What is dust to dust
300
This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week
What is Palm Sunday
300
Manna (bread), enough of the day, by God to these individuals sustain them in the wilderness
Who are the Israelites
300
This means "Praise the Lord", is suspended during lent and returns Easter Sunday in joyfulness and celebration
What is the "A" word
400
He spent 40 days in the desert and was tempted by the devil
Who is Jesus
400
Lent begins on this day
What is Ash Wednesday
400
Name the special services that are held during Holy Week
What is Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter
400
This was instituted on the night of the Passover Seder which Jesus and the apostles were celebrating.
What is Christian communion
500
Lent lasts for 40 days but does not include these days
What is Sundays
500
These are a sign of mortality and penitence
What are ashes?
500
This service during Holy week recognizes the Last Supper of Jesus and his disciples.
What is Maundy Thursday
500
The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a slaughtered spring lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord knew do this.
What is to pass over the first born in these homes.