Lesson 6 - Better to Give Than to Receive

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Across
  1. 2. fasting is an important ____________________ tool that helps us grow closer to God
  2. 5. The ________________________ Fast lasts 25 days in December and remembers the Birth of our Lord, ending with the feast of Christmas
  3. 6. Fasting distances us from ____________
  4. 7. We fast on ______________________, to ask St. Mary for her intercession
  5. 11. There are 5 ______________________ or obligatory fasts in our church
  6. 12. St. ______________________________ says that says, “The fast should be kept not by the mouth alone but also by the eye, the ear, the feet, the hands and all the members of the body.”
Down
  1. 1. The ____________________________, is a 50 day fast that prepares us for Holy Week and the Resurrection of our Lord. We end the fast with the Feast of Resurrection or Easter.
  2. 3. We fast on _______________________ to remember the Crucifixion of our Lord
  3. 4. The _____________________ Fast lasts 3 days and is meant to prepare us for Great Lent. We remember the story of Jonah
  4. 8. The _______________________________ Fast is a 15 day fast in August to remember the falling asleep of St. Mary
  5. 9. The _____________________________________________ Fast is a 13 day fast in June to remember the _________________________ and ends with the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
  6. 10. St. Mary the ____________________, or Mother of God