Ash Wednesday
What is ashes in a cross?
This is this shape on forehead during Ash Wednesday mass
What is the length of Lent?
40 Days
Where Lent is in the Bible?
Not there specifically
What is abstaining?
Not eating meat on Fridays during Lent
What is the Holy Trinity?
Made of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
What is Ash Wednesday?
The first day of Lent
What is the original meaning of the word Lent?
Spring
What number in the Bible is significant to Lent?
40
What is fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?
2 small meals and 1 large meal not bigger than the 2 small meals combined
What is Eucharist?
Time when we receive Christ's body and blood
Ashes signify this
What is life choices that need changed?
What is I'm a sinner?
What are the Stations of the Cross?
A devotion commemorating Jesus's last day on Earth.
What do ashes symbolize?
These were in the Bible to signify someone who was repenting
Way I can get closer to Jesus during Lent
Prayer
What are the first three sacraments in order?
Baptism, Eucharist/Communion, Confirmation
Cross signifies this
Jesus's sacrifice
Word never sung or said during Lent
What is Alleluia?
What is Jesus' 40 days in the desert?
A time of training, fasting, and preparing done before the Resurrection
What is fasting?
Limiting or eliminating my use of something or my consumption of something during Lent
What is the rosary?
Prayer said in honor of Mary
What is the purpose of Ash Wednesday?
It is a day to reflect on sinfulness, mortality, and the need for God's mercy, starting a 40-day journey (excluding Sundays) toward the Resurrection.
Do all Christians observe Lent?
No, but most do.
When is the number 40 used in the Bible besides Lent?
40 days of the Great Flood
40 years the Israelites were in the wilderness
What is almsgiving?
Blessing others during Lent
What is transubstantiation?
Change during mass when the host and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ