Easter Crossword (longer)
Across
- 2. We celebrate this Feast forty days after Jesus’ Resurrection.
- 4. He denied Jesus three times after Jesus' arrest.
- 6. This was rolled away when the women came to see Jesus’ grave.
- 12. Sometimes called "Apostle to the Apostles", she is listed in all four Gospels as the first witness to the Resurrection.
- 13. The time from sundown Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Sunday is known as the ___ in the Roman church.
- 15. He arranged for Jesus' burial.
- 16. What do we call the day Jesus was crucified?
- 17. From the Greek word for “Passover”, this word describes the Feast of the Resurrection and the season of its celebration; it also describes the Mystery of Jesus’ Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
- 19. The ___ was the most powerful example of God’s forgiving love.
- 20. Pontius Pilate released him instead of Jesus.
- 22. What city was Simon, the one who carried Jesus' Cross, from?
- 25. Fifty days after Jesus’ Resurrection, the Apostles received the _____.
- 26. He betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
Down
- 1. Easter Sunday is the celebration of Jesus Christ's ___.
- 3. After the Last Supper, Jesus and His disciples went to this garden.
- 5. On Holy Thursday Jesus instituted the Sacrament of the ___.
- 7. He doubted the Resurrection until he saw Jesus in person.
- 8. This was empty on Easter morning.
- 9. He was the Roman governor who permitted Jesus’ crucifixion.
- 10. The western Christian devotion “Stations of the Cross” traditionally has how many stations?
- 11. The Resurrection took place on “the ___ day of the week.”
- 14. Before His own death and Resurrection, Jesus raised this person who had been dead for four days.
- 15. On Palm Sunday Jesus entered the city of ___.
- 18. The women brought these to Jesus’ tomb.
- 21. At the Last Supper, Jesus took bread and said “This is my ___”
- 23. In Luke's Gospel, Jesus appeared to two disciples on the road to ___.
- 24. The Paschal or Easter season lasts until which Feast?