Lent Baiscs
This season is 40 days long (not counting Sundays) and helps Christians prepare for Easter.
what is Lent?
A popular practice during Lent is to give money or help to people in need; another name for this is ______.
What is almsgiving?
The Transfiguration happened on a high place where Jesus' face and clothing became bright and shining. This is called a ______.
What is a mountain (or hill)?
Before his public ministry began, Jesus spent 40 days in this quiet place where he prayed and was tempted.
What is the desert?
The Transfiguration helped the disciples see Jesus' glory and reminded them he was sent from here.
What is heaven?
On Ash Wednesday, many people receive this on their forehead made from burned palm branches.
What are ashes (or an ash cross)?
Many people fast during Lent; fasting usually means eating less at certain times and remembering who?
Who is Jesus?
At the Transfiguration, two important figures from the Hebrew Scriptures appeared with Jesus: one is Moses and the other is this prophet.
Who is Elijah?
Lent helps Christians remember Jesus' time of prayer and struggle before he began teaching. This time included facing these.
What are temptations?
During Lent, people often do small acts of kindness. Another word for sharing and helping others is ______.
What is charity?
During Lent, many people choose to give something up or do more of this helpful behavior.
response: What is prayer (or fasting or almsgiving)?
A purple color is often used in churches during Lent because it symbolizes this two-word idea.
What is repentance and preparation? (Accept: repentance or penance)
Three of Jesus' followers went up the mountain and saw the Transfiguration. Name one of them.
Who is Peter?
(James or John also work)
On Good Friday, Christians remember the day Jesus did this to save people.
What is dying on the cross?
What is glory?
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on this holy day that remembers Jesus' resurrection.
What is Easter?
The palms used on Palm Sunday from the previous year are saved, burned, and used for this first day of Lent.
What is Ash Wednesday?
During the Transfiguration, a voice from heaven spoke and said these words about Jesus: "This is my Son, whom I love; listen to him." Who did the voice come from?
Who is God?
After Lent ends on Easter, the Church celebrates how many days of Easter season, starting Easter Sunday?
What is fifty days (the Easter season lasts fifty days until Pentecost)?
When someone resists a temptation and chooses what is right, they are showing this virtue.
what is courage?
These Sundays are not counted in the 40 days of Lenten fasting; they are times of joy even during Lent.
what are Sundays
This special meal on Holy Thursday remembers Jesus sharing bread and wine with his friends before he was arrested.
What is the Last Supper?
The Transfiguration shows that Jesus is both human and this other thing, because he glowed with a heavenly brightness.
Who is God?
Lent focuses on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving; these three help Christians grow in this kind of relationship.
What is relationship with God?
Lent invites people to turn back to God and change their hearts. The single-word name for this change is ______.
What is conversion?