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| What are the five sections of the Liturgical Year? | 1) Advent 2) Christmas and Epiphany 3) Lent 4) Easter 5) Ordinary time |
| What is advent? | Starts 4 Sundays before Christmas Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus and look forward to the Second Coming |
| What does Epiphany mean and what does it celebrate? | The word means 'appearance' The festival is held on the 6th January and remembers when the Magi came to visit Jesus |
| What is Lent and what does it remember? | 40 day period before Easter. They remember the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness after his Baptism. |
| What are works of mercy? | Things that people do to help those in need |
| What is 'The passion'? | This is used to describe Jesus' suffering before he died. |
| What is the Paschal candle? | Lit on Holy Saturday to symbolise the light of Christ's resurrection |
| What is remembered during advent? | The coming of Jesus into the world and Jesus coming again at the end of time to judge the living and the dead. |
| What is remembered at Christmas? | The incarnation of Jesus becoming human |
| How is advent celebrated? | Lighting a candle every Sunday on the advent wreath. Each candle represents a different virtue which the coming of Jesus will bring. Christians also prepare spiritually through prayers, readings and receiving confession |
| How is Christmas celebrated and what do these celebrations represent? | Giving presents represents God's gift of a son. Midnight mass shows how Jesus brought light into the dark. Special meal with the family show their love to one another. |
| What do the ashes on Ash Wednesday symbolise? | Repentance - that Christians are sorry and do not want to sin. |
| What may Christians do during Lent? | Pray - To help them get closer to God Fasting - To remind them what the important things are in life. Works of Mercy - Helping those in need like Jesus taught them. |
| What is remembered on Palm Sunday? | Jesus arrived into Jerusalem on a donkey. People spread their cloaks on the ground and waved palms in the air. |
| How is Palm Sunday remembered? | A special mass which begins with blessing of palms. Many Christians see the event as the first one leading up to Jesus' death |
| What is remembered on Maundy Thursday? | The day of Jesus' Last Supper. Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus' arrest |
| How is Maundy Thursday remembered? | There is a special mass where the Priest washes the feet of 12 parishioners feet to symbolise what Jesus did for his disciples. Reenactment of the Last Supper "Do this in memory of me" Side Chapel set out for prayer to remember Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. |
| What is remembered on Good Friday? | The day Jesus was crucified |
| How is Good Friday remembered? | There is a mass at 3pm (the time Jesus died) There are readings telling the story of Jesus' crucifixion. There is the adoration of the cross where Christians kiss the feet of Jesus on the cross to show they accept Jesus dies to save our sins. |
| What is remembered on Holy Saturday and how is it remembered? | Jesus is dead. The Church is bare and there is no decoration. No sacraments can be received this day. |
| What is remembered on Easter Sunday? | Jesus' resurrection |
| How is Easter Sunday remembered? | Midnight Mass where candles are used to show light overcoming darkness just like Jesus overcame death. Every member is given a candle lit from the paschal candle to show the spreading of Christianity. Readings in the mass tell the story of resurrection. People renew their Baptismal promises |
| When does the Ascension take place and what does it remember? | Takes place 40 days after the resurrection. This is where Jesus ascended into heaven body and soul. |
| When does Pentecost take place and what does it remember? | 50 days after the resurrection Thought of as the birthday of the church. Where the Holy Spirit comes to the Apostles in a special way |
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