What is Lent?
A Anything that a person wants to borrow.
B A liturgical season of the year emphasizing penitence in preparation for Easter.
C A biblical time of 40 days and 40 nights with a lot of rain.
D A season relevant only to people who like fish.
How many days are there in the season of Lent?
A 40 days exclusive of Sundays
B 40 days inclusive of Sundays
C 6 days exclusive of Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
D I gave up counting days for Lent
Why do we call it “Ash Wednesday”?
A Originally it was known as Cash Wednesday and the Priest expected extra compensation for doing the service. Over the centuries the C fell away (but not the expectation)
B It is the first day of Lent. Ash represents repentance.
C It follows Fire Tuesday and is the inevitable result
D Both A and C
What biblical story is read on the first Sunday in Lent?
A Jonah spends 40 days eating fish
B The disciples give up listening to Jesus for Lent
C Jesus spends 40 days in the wilderness being tempted by the Devil
D John 21 wherein Jesus cooks fish at a Lenten Men’s Breakfast
Answers: (no peeking) B, A, B, C
Funny choices!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you.
ReplyDeleteI am a long lapsed Catholic, I pick- big fish sammiches on Friday, a pledge to abstain from something, immediate failure, followed by the burning shame of sin.
ReplyDeleteWhat is a Protestant but a long lapsed Catholic :) I had a Catholic secretary once who was truly enraged that on the Fridays in Lent the protestants took up all the seats in the fish fry restaurant. Why not in Lent vow to feel the burning shame of sin and then fail immediately? Does it work that way?
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