A Lenten Vocabulary

3. number of days of Lent, not counting Sundays
7. the season of Lent is to prepare for this most important day in the Christian calendar
8. the other pillar of lent besides giving and fasting
9. another word for almsgiving
11. during Lent, this refers to the practice of refraining from meat on Ash Wednesday and every Friday
13. the first day of Lent (2 words)
15. a season of repentance and renewal
16. this McDonald's sandwich was created in order to retain Catholic customers during the lenten season (hyphenated)
18. Jesus said we should do our giving, praying and fasting in this way (Matt 6 1:-18)
19. the most well-known (and most commonly misunderstood) practice associated with Lent
20. the color of the lenten season
21. these are made by burning the palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday
22. Lent officially ends on ____ Thursday (comes from the word for “command” or “mandate”)

1. the two “obligatory” days for fasting and abstaining from meat in the catholic tradition are Ash Wednesday and this day (2 words)
2. ashes are placed on the worshipper’s forehead in this shape
4. putting ashes on our forehead reminds us that we came from this and will return to it (Gen 3:19)
5. the lenten tradition began in the 4th century as a time of preparation for new converts to receive this sacrament
6. The word “lent” comes from an old word for this season, when the days begin to lengthen
10. sharing with the poor as an act of penance
12. this day of the week is not counted as part of Lent
14. the season of lent reflects the 40 days Jesus spent in the ________
17. the outward expression of internal repentance
20. we fast during lent as a reminder of Jesus’ ______ (another word for suffering)