Lenten Practices
What are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving?
Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving
This is the primary color worn by priests and used for altar cloths during the majority of the Lenten season
Purple
Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus for this many pieces of silver
30
Snack of Lent still aten today
Pretzels
This saint's feast day falls during Lent, allowing a temporary suspension of fasting in many places.
Saint Patricks day
Fridays of Lent, Christians don't eat this food
MeatOn
Why is the lent color Purple
To symbolize Penance, Sacrifice, and Prayer for the preparation of Easter
What is Palm Sunday?
This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem.
What does the priest say when he puts ash on you (Has to be precise)
"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return"
What do we cover crucifixes, statues, and religious images with on the fifth Sunday of Lent
A Purple cloth
Was white dairy not allowed to be eaten historically?
Yes
While purple is used for most of the season, this color is used on Good Friday
Red
This criminal was released by Pilate instead of Jesus.
Barrabbas
What is the Ash made out of?
Palm leaves
While Lent is known as a 40-day period, the number of days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is technically this many days
46 days
Why do we fast?
A practice of penance, self-discipline, and purification, honoring Jesus' forty days in the desert
On the 4th Sunday of Lent, known as Laetare Sunday, this rare, lighter color is used to symbolize joy amidst the repentance.
Pink
Where Jesus prayed the night before his crucifixion
The garden of Gethsemane
What does 40 represent in Lent
Jesus in the desert for forty days and forty nights
True or False: You can eat alligator on Fridays of Lent
True
Why do we abstain from meat during the Fridays of Lent?
Honoring the day when Jesus sacrificed his flesh for us
This color, which symbolizes glory and resurrection, is notably absent from the altar until the start of the Easter Vigil.
White
What is Shrove Tuesday?
The day before Ash Wednesday
What does the Ash symbolize in Ash Wednesday?
Mortality, Repentance, and Grief of sins
In the early Church, the ashes used on Ash Wednesday were originally reserved only for this group of people.
Public Sinners