Ash Wednesday
This day, 46 days before Easter and begins the Lenten season.
What is Ash Wednesday?
This is a cross with an image of Jesus' body hanging from it. It symbolizes the sacrifice Jesus made by allowing Himself to be killed.
What is a crucifix?
This is the final week of Lent that begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Saturday.
What is Holy Week?
An offense against God as well as against reason, truth, and conscience.
What is sin?
This is a pillar of Lent where we deny ourselves something we love, such as food.
What is fasting?
This carnival that takes place on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday to celebrate before the fasting and sacrifice of Lent.
What is Mardi Gras?
This image without the figure of Christ crucified--reminds Christians of Jesus' victory over death and the new life and hope this victory brings to believers.
What is a cross?
This is the day when we remember Jesus' death and crucifixion. We attend mass to listen to the Passion. On this day, Jesus was taken into Roman courts, before Pontius Pilate and Herod Antipas, who sent him back to the Jewish court. Roman soldiers took him to Golgotha, the place of the skull, where he was crucified.
What is Good Friday?
The loving act of God's forgiveness of sins and the restoration of friendship with him brought by Jesus.
What is salvation?
Catholics are expected to _____ on Ash Wednesday and every Friday during Lent. This means abstain from meat and on certain days, eat smaller meals.
What is fast?
This represents Jesus as "the Light of the World." Many churches extinguish these on their altars on Good Friday to show that Jesus' light has gone out. It is relit on Easter Sunday to represent Jesus' return to life.
What is a candle?
This is the day where Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt, accompanied by his disciples, while crowds of people covered the streets ahead of him with their cloaks and with palm branches.
What is Palm Sunday?
A gift from God that helps you know the difference between right and wrong helps you choose what is right.
What is conscience?
"By the sweat of your brow, you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for ____ you are and to ____ you will return." Genesis 3:19
What is dust?
This represents Jesus and relates His death to that of this sacrificed on the first Passover. Christians traditionally refer to Jesus as "the _____ of God."
What is the lamb?
On this day, Jesus washed the feet of the disciples and celebrated the Feast of the Passover, instituting the Sacrament of Holy Communion. After the supper, Jesus and his disciples went to Gethsemane to pray, where he was arrested by the Temple guard and taken to an illegal night session of the Jewish court, the Sanhedrin.
What is Holy Thursday?
The Israelites' journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the promised land, accomplished and directed by God.
What is the Exodus?
This is the symbol we wear to show our repentance of sin.
What is an ashen cross?
The large, pure white blossoms remind Christians of the pure new life that comes to them through the Resurrection of Jesus.
What is an Easter Lilly?
This is the day when Jesus' body was entombed. The most important time is at sundown when we recognize the Easter Vigil.
What is Holy Saturday?
The Jewish holy day that celebrates God's leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
What is the Passover?
This is the reading of the Bible where we hear about Jesus' conviction and crucifixion.
What is the Passion?