Lent

Black Saturday sometimes is used to refer to Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. It is rarely used, at least, in the United States.

The walls of the church and door are decorated with palm leaves and they distribute crosses.

In Christianity it is believed that Jesus was forced to carry his own crucifix in the day of his death which is commonly referred to as Good Friday.

Pagans do not observe Lent. Lent is a Christian practice. Modern pagans call Lent Lent, the same as we call Passover Passover, Ramadan Ramadan and Mothers' Day Mothers' day. Most pagans practice extreme religious tolerance, just because a religious or secular holiday is not "ours" does not mean we do not recognise it.

It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.

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In the Catholic Church, under the old Rubrics for the Mass up until the modifications of Paul VI after the Second Vatican Council all statues and pictures were to be covered for the last two weeks of Lent, there are several different theories as to where this came from, originally, penitents were expelled from the Church and not permitted back in until Easter, when this no longer became feasible, they resorted to the Hunger Cloth which completely veils the altar and sanctuary from the people for the whole of Lent. All that survives of those practices is the veiling of statues and other artwork for the last two weeks of Lent and it is not required. Regardless, the Crucifix was unveiled for Good Friday, and then re-veiled for Good Saturday. See the link below for a full explanation.

for me good opportunities are getting to go to got to dance live 2011 and i will get to do 3 or less dance classes because dancing is what i want to do as my career when i am older but i am still at school so i cant skip school because i only started secondary school last september.

jesus is awesome!!!!!!!!!

No I'm Roman Catholic so we go to chuch either Sunday morning or Saturday night. We only go Saturday nights if my family has something really important to do the next morning.

Lent is a period of abstinence in the 40 days before Easter, intended to focus the mind spiritually by denying ourselves the material.

The first way to "get off" is to simply not observe the ritual - nobody is going to imprison or execute you for not doing it. However many people find it useful to 'fast' as part of prayerful observance.

If you want to stay within the [church] law, it is useful to know that in church tradition, particularly observed in Catholic tradition, Sundays in Lent are not part of the fast - in fact you are called to feast on the sabbath so technically if you continue your abstinence on Sundays you are in breach of church law.

Lent is traditionally the forty days before Easter. Ash Wednesday to holy Saturday, Sundays (6) do not count in the count of forty days as they are celebrated for Jesus refusing the Devil's temptations. Answer: that last answer makes little sense to me. The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday which is 40 days before Easter. Easter is celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon of the vernal equinox. This year,2009, the first full moon of the vernal equinox occurred on Thursday, April 9th and therefore Easter was celebrated on Sunday, April 12th. Ash Wednesday was February 25th.

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The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday commemorates the institution of the Eucharist (Holy Communion) at the Last Supper. The word "maundy" comes from the Latin word mandatum (commandment) which is the first word that Jesus spoke to His apostles after He washed their feet (John 13:34):

• "Mandátum novum do vobis dicit Dóminus, ut diligátis ínvicem, sicut diléxi vos."

• "I give you a new commandment: Love one another as I have loved you." The biblical the events of the first Holy Thursday were:

• The eating of the Easter lamb or the paschal meal

• The washing of the disciple's feet

• The institution of the Most Holy Eucharist

. • The first Mass at which Jesus Christ is the eternal high priest

. • The first Communion of the apostles

. • The first conferring of Holy Orders

• The foretelling of Judas' betrayal and Peter's denials

• The farewell discourse and priestly prayer of Jesus

• The agony and capture of Jesus in the Garden of Olives

Easter Sunday is the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon date for the year. Easter Sunday, since 326 A.D., is always one of the 35 dates March 22 to April 25. Good Friday is due to fall on 23rd March again in the year 2035.

Easter Sunday is the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon date for the year. Easter Sunday, since 326 A.D., is always one of the 35 dates March 22 to April 25. Good Friday is due to fall on 23rd March again in the year 2035.

As early as the first century, the Church set aside every Friday as a special day of prayer and fasting. It was not until the fourth century, however, that the Church began observing the Friday before Easter as the day associated with the crucifixion of Christ. First called Holy or Great Friday by the Greek Church, the name "Good Friday" was adopted by the Roman Church around the sixth or seventh century.

There are two possible origins for the name "Good Friday". The first may have come from the Gallican Church in Gaul (modern-day France and Germany). The name "Gute Freitag" is Germanic in origin and literally means "good" or "holy" Friday. The second possibility is a variation on the name "God's Friday," where the word "good" was used to replace the word "God," which was often viewed as too holy for commoners to speak.

it started when he was just a baby

Christains usallu fast - or give up something ~ coffee, chocolate, pop/soda, candy, ice cream, chips, fries, ect.

It all started when Jesus was in the desert been tempted by the devil.

Ash Wednesday begins the seaon of Lent. Lent Lasts for 40 days, excluding Sundays (feast days). As Catholics, we place ashes on our foreheads to remind us that we are from dust we are made and dust we shall be. The ashes are created by burning the blessed palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday starts Holy Week at the end of Lent. Holy Thursday begins the Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter.

He considered it "worldly" and did not include it in the version of the Book of Common Prayer he prepared for Methodists in North America. Wesley did, however, practice and encourage fasting.

The English word "Lent" come from the Middle English word lenten and the Old English word lencten meaning the season of spring.

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I had the opportunity to meet Jo Ann several times in Holland Michigan in the late '80s. She and a friend, JoVay were involved in real estate and rented an apartment for me.

She told the story about being a waitress in California when Gould and Altman asked her to do this part & immediately after they did not have money to pay for their food.

A very nice lady.