Liturgical Calendar

2. How many liturgical seasons are there in a liturgical year.
4. It is the holiest time of the liturgical year, the faithful gather to relive the final week of our Lord's life.
6. This color represents hope and it is used in Ordinary Time.
10. The number of cycles for Sunday readings are:
11. It is to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit.
12. It celebrates the many ways that Christ made Himself known to the world.
15. Which religious symbol is associated with Christmas?
17. It is the season that begins the Church year.
18. This color is used during the liturgical year to signify penance and humility.
19. It is a Christian observance that lasts for 40 days.

1. It is a day of repentance and self-examination and it reaches its peak in Holy Week, the commemoration of our Lord's passion and death.
3. Birth of Jesus.
5. It is to be found in the institution by Christ of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and the Sacraments, as well as in His example and precepts concerning the necessity and mode of prayer.
7. The resurrection of Jesus and the new life we have in Jesus Christ.
8. How long does lent last?
9. Which liturgical season is the shortest?
13. What type of liturgical calendar does the entire Church is required to follow?
14. This color represents charity and it is used on Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, Good Friday, on Pentecost Sunday, on celebrations of the Lord’s Passion, on ‘birthday’ Feasts of the Apostles and Evangelists, and on celebrations of martyred Saints.
16. As different colors are associated with different liturgical seasons of the church year, which color is used during Christmas?
18. Advent is associated with purple and what other color?