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Oh Holy Day
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McLent and Easter
100
This holy day of obligation marks the first day of the new liturgical season after Lent
What is Easter / Easter Sunday
100
Easter Sunday
What is the last Sunday of Lent?
100
Stations of the Cross
What is the devotion that has a special place during Lent in some Christian practices?
100
White
What is the color that symbolizes Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday?
100
Red
What is the color that symbolizes Good Friday
200
This holy day of obligation marks the beginning of the Lenton season.
What is Ash Wednesday
200
Sundays are not included
What day is not included in counting the days of Lent? (46 days total but we only say 40 days of Lent)
200
Consecration
What is the ceremony that does not take place on Good Friday in some Christian practices?
200
Meat
What is the food that most Christians will not eat on Fridays during Lent?
200
He shared bread and wine as a symbol of his body and blood
What did Jesus do when he finished sharing the Passover meal with his disciples?
300
This is the number of holy days within the Lenton season
What is 6 (ash wednesday / palm sunday / holy thursday / good friday / holy saturday / easter sunday)
300
By burning plams used during previous Palm Sunday.
What is the ashes for Ash Wednesday made from?
300
Sunday, March 31, 2013
What is the day we celebrate Easter Sunday in 2013?
300
An Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre
What is the origin of the Easter Name?
300
People put ash on their foreheads
What traditionally happens on Ash Wednesday?
400
This is the holy day where mass is NOT celebrated but a special liturgy is read followed by the distribution of holy communion from the previous holy day
What is Good Friday
400
Maudy Thursday
What day is Chrism Mass (Catholic)? (The Chrism Mass is held during Holy Week in every Catholic diocese. During this mass, the priests, deacons and representatives of the entire diocesan community gather around their Bishop, who blesses the Holy Oils for use in the coming year)
400
Purple
What is the color of Lent used in most Christian services?
400
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was greeted by cheering crowd
What is the main event around the celebration of Palm Sunday?
400
"Shrove Tuesday" is the last day to indugle before Lent
What does "Shrove Tuesday" have to do with Easter? (The word shrove is the past tense of the English verb shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of Confession and doing penance)
500
This is the alternate name for holy Saturday
What is Easter Vigil
500
A day in Lent when mass is not celebrated.
What is special about Good Friday?
500
This symbolizes sorrow, repentance and preparation.
What is the color purple?
500
It is a symbol of rebirth
What is the reason we have Easter Egg hunts?
500
Abstinence
What is Lent? (Lent is a time of ...?)