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According to Canon Law what is the normal age a member in the church starts to sustain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Friday's during lent, and Good Friday.
What is age 14
100
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become ___________.’” (Matthew 4:1-25)
What is loaves of bread
100
This breakfast food is eaten by over 10 countries globally on Fat Tuesday.
What is Pancakes
100
In the 12th century, it was decreed that ashes distributed for Ash Wednesday would be from burned…..?
What is palms
100
Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “lencten” which means….
What is Spring
200
When fasting how many full meals and small meals are you suppose to have?
What is 1 full meal and 2 small meals equaling less than one full meal.
200
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have ________. “ (John 3:16)
What is eternal life
200
This Country's celebration also includes an Easter Bunny and kids who decorate Easter eggs.
What is Germany
200
Lent developed as a time when members of the church prayed for catechumens preparing for…
What is baptism
200
The Spanish and Italian words for lent, “cuaresma” and “quaresima” come from the Latin word “quadragesima” which means…
What is forty days
300
Church Law requires the observance of ____ and ____ during the Lenten Journey.
What is Absistence and Fasting
300
“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have _____ ____ _____.” (Matthew 6:16-18)
What is received their reward
300
In Spain on Holy Thursday this _____celebration harks back to the Black Death in the 14th Century. (It involves five people dressed as skeletons touring the town and scaring many in their path.)
What is "Dance of Death" Danza de la Muerte
300
In the end of the ____th century, Pope Urban II called for the general use of ashes on the day that we now call Ash Wednesday.
What is 11
300
The Thursday before Good Friday is known as ____ Thursday for this religious rite that happened at Last Supper.
What is Maundy
400
When fasting what do you conceal.
What is the act of fasting---> “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen” Matthew 6:16-18
400
Where are the instances that the number 40 is mentioned in the bible?
What is 1) Moses stayed on Mount Sinai preparing to receive the 10 commandments for 40 days and 40 nights, without eating any food or drinking any water (Ex 34:28) 2) Elijah walked 40 days and 40 nights to the mountain of the Lord, Mount Sinai (I Kgs 19:8). 3) And most importantly, Jesus fasted and prayed for 40 days and 40 nights in the desert
400
In Florence Italy during Easter Parades this thing is exploded to ensure a good harvest.
What is a cart
400
The practice of a 40 day fast before Easter was established by the ______ in AD 325.
What is Council Nicaea
400
The fourth Sunday in lent is referred to as ____ Sunday.
What is Laetare