Happy Holydays
This day marks the beginning of the Lenten season.
What is Ash Wednesday?
This is the main color used in the Church during Lent. It represents sorrow and penance.
What is purple?
The average person spends 142 minutes per day on these types of networking apps and websites.
What is social media?
Our Lenten traditions are based largely on Jesus' experience of fasting and praying for 40 days here.
What is the desert?
This pillar of Lent involves denying ourselves something we enjoy for the purpose of growing in self-control and discipline.
What is fasting?
This annual festival occurs on the Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday as a final celebration before the season of fasting and sacrifice begins.
What is Mardi Gras?
We receive these on the first day of Lent. They express our repentance and sorrow for our sins.
What are ashes?
This carbonated beverage was first made in 1767 by an English doctor and could only be purchased in pharmacies before its popularity made it available everywhere.
What is soda?
This Jewish holiday celebrates God freeing the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. This day coincides with the first Holy Thursday, when Jesus celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples.
What is Passover?
We are encouraged to seek this Sacrament often, but especially during Lent as it is a season of intentionally repenting from sin and returning to God.
What is Confession?
This last week of Lent commemorates the final week of Jesus' life.
What is Holy Week?
Before His Passion, Jesus is lovingly welcomed by the people of Jerusalem. They wave these and recognize Him as the Messiah, the One they had been waiting for.
What are palms?
Though most people wait until after their main course to enjoy this, some regions in Germany and India are known to have it first.
What is dessert?
When receiving our ashes, we hear these words from Genesis -- "You are ____ and to ______ you shall return."
What is dust?
This pillar of Lent invites us to love our neighbor as ourselves by sharing with them what we have - whether it be money, resources, or time.
What is almsgiving?
This day marks the end of our Lenten fast and the beginning of an even longer season of feasting as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.
What is Easter?
We call Jesus the "______ of God", connecting His death on the Cross to the sacrifice of the first Passover.
What is lamb?
The first of these ever invented involved simple table tennis. Today, there are over five million in existence.
What are video games?
This refers to the final events of Jesus' life, beginning with His agony and arrest in the garden and concluding with His crucifixion and death.
What is the Passion?
This pillar of Lent helps us refocus our attention and desires on our relationship with God, deepening our love for Him and receiving His love for us.
What is prayer?
What is Laetare Sunday?
These flowers decorate most churches after Lent. Their white blossoms remind us of the pure new life made possible by the Resurrection of Jesus.
What is an Easter Lilly?
What is meat?
The 40 days of Lent are also symbolic of this Old Testament journey when the Israelites spent 40 years in the desert before reaching the Promised Land.
What is the Exodus?
This form of prayer, especially popular during Lent, follows the footsteps of Jesus leading up to His crucifixion. It includes different meditations to honor and give thanks to God for this great sign of love.
What are the stations of the Cross?