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Lent
Lent is a 40-day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter observed by the Christian faith. During Lent, observers typically choose something (food or behavior) to give up or fast from during the 40 days.
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What gate was used when Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday?
On Palm Sunday Jesus rode through the eastern gate of Jerusalem. The gate is sometimes called the Golden gate
I may not be Jewish, but suffice it to say, the answer is no. Lent is a Christian based event begun 40 days before Easter to represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where he was tempted by Satan. The purpose behind Lent is based on Christian doctrine and as the Jewish faith does not recognize Jesus as being the true messiah, they would not celebrate Lent...it's the same idea as to how they do not celebrate Christmas as that is a holiday centered around the birth of Jesus.
The previous answer is correct. Jews do not celebrate lent, except in some multi-faith households.
What prayer don't we say during lent?
During Lent, the Gloria and the Alleluia are not said or sung during the Mass. This is because Lent is meant to be a solemn time where we reflect on our sinfulness and how we can better ourselves. Both the Gloria and the Alleluia are joyful prayers. The Gloria is said on Holy Thursday, and then both the Gloria and the Alleluia are reinstated in the Mass on Easter Sunday.
What is the last week of the Lenten penitential season called?
I actually found this to be an interesting question. Researching it brought me facts that I have never read before. To answer your question, the last Sunday is known as "Passiontide".
What word is not allowed during lent?
Hallelujah because it is an expression of rejoicing. Lent is a season of personal reflection and repentence. It is a time in which we examine our conscience and take steps to get rid of the things that separate us from God. Lent is not a time for rejoicing. However, once Easter comes it is time to rejoice.
What is the advantage of lent?
The Catholic Church and many other Christians Churches follow the Biblical practice of Jesus Christ and the Jews in setting aside days where the entire Church fasts and prays as one in a attitude of constant renewal.
By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert and in spiritual preparation for the celebration of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection.
This season of penance is an intense moment of the Church's penitential practice and are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and charitable and missionary works.
The Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches also observe the season of Lent. Many modern Protestant Churches consider the observation of Lent to be a choice, rather than an obligation.
What oils are brought to the alter on holy Thursday?
There are three: Oil of Catechumens; oil of the sick; oil of chrism
After that day,it is the good Friday which means the good day for Jesus.
Lent recalls the 40 days Jesus fasted and prayed in the desert in preparation for His ministry. The 40-day season of lent is a time for us to take stock of the way we're living and set aside those things that distract us from having a deeper relationship with God. It is marked by greater prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for the celebration of Easter, and is a journey that follows the path of Jesus through His terrible suffering and death on the cross. These were great acts of love and forgiveness ending with the celebration of His glorious resurrection on Easter Sunday.
What age do you have to be to not eat meat during Lent on Ash Wednesday?
Catholics age 14 and up must refrain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.
No, lent is a Catholic tradition and Mormons are Christians!
Actually Catholics are Christians. Also Catholics along with a long line of other Christian Demoninations celebrate Lent. The Word Christian means follower of Christ and Catholics are definitely followers of Jesus Christ.
Both Catholics and Mormons are different denominations of Christianity. Catholics are not the only denomination who observes Lent, so it is conceivable that some Mormons would observe Lent (as many Lutherans, Methodists, and Anglicans do). However, most Mormons do not observe Lent, although they do celebrate Easter.
When does Holy Week start and end?
How do people celebrate holy Saturday?
Not sure what you mean by Easter Saturday, if you are referring to Holy Saturday: the Saturday before Easter, then that day is a day when you should be continuing the fast and abstinence from Good Friday, up until dark, when the Easter Vigil begins with the lighting of the Easter First, then the Exsultet
is sung, and all those readings from the Old Testament that trace salvation history are read - nine in all, only then the lights come on in the Church, and the Gloria is sung for the first time since Lent began - Alleluia, Christ is risen. Then, after the homily the people coming into the Church are baptized and confirmed, and then the Mass continues as normal.
The Holy week from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday is the most important week to Christians due to the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the core of Christianity. The theme of the death and resurrection of Christ is so central that it is part of the Nicene Creed as one's profession of Faith recited by many Christians both Catholic and Protestant alike.
On Palm Sunday Jesus had his triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem on a donkey and shortly afterward he was arrested, crucified on a cross, only to return from the dead on Easter Sunday. The telling of these events are covered in all four Gospels of the New Testament (Mat 21,26-28, Mark 11,14-16, Luke 19,22-24, and John 12,18-20).
Can you eat meat on Wednesday for Lent?
Yes. During lent Fridays are days of abstinence (no meat) and ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence.
Why can people not eat meat on Fridays?
Roman Catholic Answer
You don't eat meat on Good Friday because Good Friday commemorates the passion and death of Our Blessed Savior and Christians have refrained from meat on this day since the first century. For the past millenium, at least, it has been required by Church law. It is called Abstinence and is an act of penitence and physical mortification imposed by the Church for the health of souls.
It's been a very long Catholic tradition to not eat meat on Good Friday out of respect for the Crucifixion of the messiah, Jesus Christ.
Color of the fourth Sunday in Lent?
Purple The Catholic Church uses different colors for different seasons and occasions during the Liturgical year White (or Silver) represents light, innocence, purity, joy, triumph, and glory:
• Season of Christmas
• Season of Easter
• Feasts of the Lord, other than of His passion
• Feasts of Mary, the angels, and saints who were not martyrs
• All Saints (1 November)
• Feasts of the Apostles
• Nuptial Masses (Weddings)
• Masses for the dead (Requiem Masses) when the deceased is a baptized child who died before the age of reason Red represents the Passion, blood, fire, God's Love, martyrdom:
• Feasts of the Lord's passion, Blood, and Cross
• Feasts of the martyrs
• Palm Sunday
• Pentecost Green represents the Holy Ghost, life eternal, hope:
• Ordinary Time including
. • Time After Epiphany
. • Time After Pentecost Purple (or Violet) represents penance, humility, melancholy:
• Season of Advent
• Season of Lent
• Vigils except for Ascension and Pentecost
• Good Friday Black represents mourning and sorrow:
• All Souls Day
• Masses for the dead (Requiem Masses), except for baptized children who've died before the age of reason Rose represents joy:
• Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent)
• Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent)
If you are over 65 can you eat meat on Friday during lent?
Fasting if where you only have one full meal during the day. Current Church regulations stipulate that fasting is only required on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (although it is a healthy spiritual practice at other times, as well). The law of fast only binds through your 59th year. So, if you are over 60, you are not bound by Church law to fast (although you still may) but you are still bound by abstinence.
How is Lent connected to Jesus' forty days in the wilderness?
Mark 1:13 tells the story of Jesus going into the wilderness for forty days immediately after his baptism by John. He was ministered by angels, an allusion to Elijah (1 Kings 19:5-7) who was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days. There is no actual suggestion that Jesus fasted for this time, but those familiar with the story of Elijah are likely to have assumed he did do so. This brings into play another allusion, to Moses when (Exodus 34:28) he fasted for 40 days while he wrote the words of the Ten Commandments on tablets.
Matthew and Luke follow the allusion to Elijah in a subtly different way, taking the angel out of the gospel story and instead having Jesus fast for forty days, just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him. In this version, the further allusion to Exodus 34:28 is more readily recognised.
How is the date for Good Friday set?
Good Friday is always the Friday immediately before Easter. The date for Easter determines the date for Good Friday. Here is the formuala. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon, after the Vernal Equinox. This year (2008) it seems to come early because March 2oth is the Vernal Equinox and the full moon comes immediately after that.
What plant do palm Sunday branches come from?
From the trees just outside Jerusalem. It's called Palm Sunday because this is when the Jews laid palm leaves on the road as Jesus entered Jerusalem.
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Palm Sunday is a Christian feast which is the Sunday before Easter Sunday. It is also called Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. In many Christian churches on Palm Sunday Palm leaves, often tied into the shape of crosses are given out to everyone who attends. In some places, palm leaves are unobtainable, and other trees like box, yew, willow or other native trees have to be used instead. Th Sunday was sometimes called Yew Sunday if they were using yew trees or sometimes Branch Sunday.
On the first Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and people put their cloaks and Palm leaves on the ground, to make it more comfortabe to walk on, and waved them as he went past. that's my re homework. :)
