Lent

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Across
  1. 2. when people in the church began observing 40 days of fasting
  2. 10. where the priest puts the ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass
  3. 11. an act of penance and sacrifice where people do not eat meat
  4. 12. giving of one's _ includes volunteering
  5. 13. Jesus spent 40 days in the _ , so we spend 40 days in Lent
  6. 14. and be faithful to the _
  7. 16. can be accomplished through giving of time, talent, or treasure
  8. 18. the beginning of lent
  9. 22. every Sunday represents Jesus' Resurrection and is celebrated as
  10. 23. asked God to rescue Israel as they repented with sackcloth and ashes
  11. 25. the amount of days in lent
  12. 26. we are members of the Body of Christ - symbolized by the cross
  13. 28. the first person to compare people to ashes
  14. 29. giving one's _ includes a monetary donation
  15. 30. a reminder of a call to penance - that we are all sinners and need to be forgiven
  16. 31. turn away from _
Down
  1. 1. those seeking entrance into the Church
  2. 3. raising the heart and mind to God
  3. 4. the age at which abstinence becomes expected
  4. 5. the age at which Catholics are expected to begin fasting
  5. 6. the amount of days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday
  6. 7. where we see the use of ashes as an ancient practice of repentance
  7. 8. a season for _ preparation - those preparing to enter the Church
  8. 9. the day of abstaining from meat during Lent
  9. 10. cleanses our bodies and and prepares us to pray more deeply
  10. 15. a shortened form of the word lengthen
  11. 17. the day not included when counting the days of lent
  12. 19. enhances our hunger for God
  13. 20. you are dust and to dust you shall _
  14. 21. encourages people to use sackcloth and ashes as a form of repentance
  15. 24. giving of one's _ includes helping by doing something that you are good at
  16. 26. the movement away from sin and toward Jesus
  17. 27. humans are creatures of the _