Lent: Chapter 20

Lent is a season of ______ for the great celebration of Easter.

• preparation

• celebration

• forgiving

• giving up

During Lent the whole Church prepares for the great celebration of Christ’s Paschal Mystery in the ______.

• Holy Days

• Easter Triduum

• Eucharist

• Sacrfice

During Lent The whole Church thinks and prays about the new life Christ shares with us in _____.

• Eucharist

• Confirmation

• Baptism

• Prayer

The season of Lent begins on

• Fat Tuesday

• Holy Thursday

• Good Friday

• Ash Wednesday

We are marked on the forehead with ashes that are a sign of _____ for our sins.

• sorrow

• excitement

• hope

• prayer

We are marked on the forehead with ashes that are a sign of _____ of having life forever with God.

• sorrow

• excitement

• hope

• prayer

During Lent, we make a special effort to....

• pray, do penance, and do good works

• fast, be sorrowful, do nice things

• go to church only on Sundays

The season of Lent lasts for ______ days.

• 10

• 20

• 40

• 90

The Sunday before the Easter Triduum is known as Passion Sunday or _____.

• Good Sunday

• Palm Sunday

• Holy Sunday

• Easter

When we celebrate Palm Sunday, we do the following things EXCEPT

• recall Jesus' Passion- how he suffered, died, and was buried

• celebrate Jesus' joyous entrance into Jerusalem just days before he was to die

• get ashes on our foreheads to celebrate Jesus' death