Across
- 1. Sacrament of Reconciliation or any act of self-denial
- 5. Marian Devotion
- 8. Ancient hymn of praise chanted at the Easter Vigil
- 9. The suffering and death of Christ
- 10. Acclamation of joy omitted throughout Lent
- 11. Old Testament readings proclaimed at the Easter Vigil
- 13. Forehead marks of repentance placed on the first day of Lent
- 15. Easter the solemn Holy Saturday night liturgy
- 16. Great feast celebrating Christ’s rising from the dead
- 17. So be it
- 20. The three holiest days from Holy Thursday to Easter Vigil
- 22. Another name for the sacrament of Penance
- 23. Day of the Crucifixion
- 24. Sacrament traditionally received by adults at the Easter Vigil
Down
- 1. Communicating with God
- 2. The week leading up to Easter
- 3. Image Christ venerated on Good Friday
- 4. Begins Holy Week
- 6. Vestment worn by the deacon who chants the Exultet
- 7. Forty-day season of prayer fasting and almsgiving
- 9. Liturgical color of Lent
- 12. The Paschal one blessed and lit at the Easter Vigil
- 13. Giving to the poor
- 14. Abstaining from food
- 18. “remember you must die” a Lenten meditation
- 19. Bodily rising of Christ
- 21. Relating to Easter as in the Mystery