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Lent Season
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many Liturgical Seasons are there? | 5 |
| What is this Holy Season(Lent) an invitation for us to do? | to renew our baptismal call |
| What is the Germanic meaning of Lent? | spring season |
| What's the Latin equivalent of Lent? | 40 days |
| What is the spring season a time of? | change and renewal |
| When does Lent begin? | On Ash Wednesday |
| Are Catholics the only faith that celebrates Lent? | No, many more Christian faiths do |
| About how many Catholics receive ashes every year? | 1 billion |
| Why is it called Ash Wednesday? | Because on this day we are marked with ashes as a sign of conversion and penance |
| Where do the ashes come from? | left over palms from Palm Sunday last year |
| What are Sacramentals? | Things that remind us of our faith |
| What are ashes a symbol of? | repentance and conversion |
| What are the phrases used to impose the ashes? | "Turn away from sin and remain faithful to the gospel" and "You are dust and into dust you shall return" |
| What 4 things do these phrases mean? | Repentance, penance, reconciliation, and discipleship |
| What's Penance? | making ammends |
| What are amends? | Making up for what we've done wrong |
| What is Lent an opportunity to do? | to clean up the inner mess and fix our lives |
| What are the 3 pillars of Lent? | Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving |
| What's the difference between fasting and dieting? | Fasting is an expression of wholeheartedness and penance, and dieting is just something we do for cosmetic or health related reasons |
| What is a day of Abstinence? | a day that we don't eat meat |
| How old do you have to be to follow the rule of Abstinence? | 14 years old |
| How can we improve our prayer life during Lent? | Increase prayer, and the quality of our prayer experience |
| What's Almsgiving | Charity is love in action |
| What's charity? | a way to reach out to those in need |
| What do the ashes remind us of? | That we are called to die to sin and return to God wholeheartedly |
| How long is the season of Lent? | 40 days not counting Sundays |
| What's discipleship? | The process of learning to be a disciple |
| What does the word disciple mean? | "student" |
| What are some ways we learn to be like Christ? | study and follow Christs' teachings, and let His teachings effect us |
| What's the color of Lent? | the liturgical color of Lent is Purple |
| What is purple a symbol of? | penance |
| What story is always read the first Sunday of Lent? | the story of Jesus being tempted by the Devil in the desert |
| What are the 3 temptations? | pleasure, power, popularity |
| Why are Sundays during the Lenten season not counted? | Because Sunday is the day of resurrection |
| What's the climax of Lent? | Holy Week |
| When does Holy Week begin and end? | It starts on Palm Sunday and ends with the Holy Triddum |
| What does Triddum mean? | this means 3 days. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday |
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