Lent Basics
Lent lasts this many days
40 days
Catholics are required to abstain from eating this on Fridays during Lent
What is meat?
This is the first book of the Bible, where the story of humanity's first sin — which Lent calls us to reflect on — takes place.
What is Genesis?
This Sunday begins Holy Week.
What is Psalm Sunday?
On Ash Wednesday, ashes are placed on the forehead in this shape.
What is a Cross?
Lent begins on this day
What is Ash Wednesday?
This age group is usually required to fast in the Church. (DOUBLE POINTS: what is the exact age group)
What are adults? (roughly 18-59)
Jesus spent 40 days in the desert after being baptized by this man in the Jordan River.
Who is John the Baptist?
We remember this meal on Holy Thursday.
What is The Last Supper?
This color is worn by priest during most of Lent, symbolizing penance and preparation
What is purple?
Lent is a season of preparation for this holy celebration
What is Easter?
This sacrament is especially encouraged during Lent as a way to prepare our hearts for Easter
What is the Sacrament of Reconciliation?
In Matthew 4, Satan tempts Jesus three times. In the first temptation, he tells Jesus to turn these into bread.
What are stones?
This day remembers Jesus' crucifixion.
What is Good Friday?
The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made by burning these from the previous year.
What are palm branches? (from Psalm Sunday)
The number 40 in Lent represents the number of days Jesus spent doing this in the dessert.
What is fasting and being tempted by the devil (or: praying in the dessert)?
This type of prayer, practiced during Lent, involves meditating on the life and suffering of Christ using a set of beads.
What is the Rosary?
This Old Testament figure also spent 40 days and nights on a mountain receiving God's law — a key Lenten parallel.
Who is Moses?
This apostle denied knowing Jesus three times before the rooster crowed, just as Jesus predicted.
Who is Peter?
The empty cross, without a body, is a symbol of this central Christian belief that Lent leads towards.
What is the Resurrection (Easter)?
What is prayer, fasting, and almsgiving?
This devotional prayer, prayed especially on Fridays, commemorates the 14 moments of Jesus' journey to Calvary
What is the Stations of the Cross?
In the story of the Prodigal Son, the younger son wasted his inheritance and ended up feeding these animals before deciding to return home.
What are pigs?
This is the name of the overnight Mass that takes place Holy Saturday into Easter Sunday, considered the most important liturgy of the entire year.
What is the Easter Vigil?
This candle, lit at the Easter Vigil, is one of the most powerful symbols of the end of Lent — representing Christ as the light of the world.
What is the Paschal (Easter) candle?