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Spring season
What is the meaning of the word "Lent"?
100
Ash Wednesday
What is the first day of Lent called?
100
Easter
What is the season after Lent?
100
40 days, not counting the Sundays
What is the length of Lent?
100
Charity
What is another word for "Almsgiving"?
200
Spiritual growth and renewal
What is Lent a time for?
200
The temptations of Jesus in the wilderness
What is the story read on the first Sunday in Lent?
200
Repentence and conversion
What is the first meaning of the ashes put on Christian's foreheads?
200
We are called to die to sin and to return to God
What is the SECOND meaning of the ashes placed on Christians' foreheads?
200
Life is fragile
What is the THIRD meaning of the ashes placed on Christians' foreheads?
300
Making amends.
What is the meaning of "penance"?
300
Fixing our relationship with God and neighbor.
What is an opportunity that Lent is meant for?
300
Collecting food cans and sponsoring a child
What are examples of almsgiving?
300
Prayers, fasting, and almsgiving
What are the three pillars of Lent?
300
Sundays are "mini-Easters"
What is the reason why Sundays are not counted during Lent?
400
Making up for what we did wrong.
What is the meaning for "making amends"?
400

Spend time alone with God, read the gospels,visualize what you are reading.

What is a way we can improve our prayer life during Lent?

400
The number of days Jesus spent in the wilderness.
What is the number 40?
400

The number of years Israel spent wandering from Egypt to the Promised Land?

What is the number 40?

400
Holy Week.
What is the climax of Lent?
500
A food that was often made and eaten during Lent during the medieval period.
What is the pretzel?
500

Maundy (Holy) Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday

What are the last 3 days of Lent called?

500

February 18, 2026

What is the first day of Lent this year?

500
No weddings or parties; only somber events allowed.
What are some rules/traditions during Lent during the medieval times?
500

This word is normally taken out of the Mass during the season of Lent.

What is "Alleluia"?