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Lent and Holy Week

• By Katherine Powers

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The Gift of Forgiveness

• Jesus knew we would need forgiveness
• When we sin our relationship with God is weakened
  
• The sacrament known as reconciliation (penance)
  gives us forgiveness from God
• We are reconciled when we confess our sins and we
  are brought back to the Church and God
• We need to feel sorry for our sins to be forgiven
  by a priest
• This sacrament can be called conversion or being
  changed

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• Penance heals us from guilt and sin
• Priests will give us penance to help avoid sin in
  the future
• The six weeks before Easter (Lent) we are asked
  to repent our sins

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Seeking God's Mercy

• Lent is a time of penance and conversion
• We are called to repent our sins and turn back to
  God
• Reconciliation is Jesus special gift to the
  Church

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Lent is a Time of Preparation

• People used numbers as symbols
• Jewish people use the number forty to represent
  a long period of time
• 40 is important in both Testaments
• Exodus says the Israelites wondered for 40 years
  before finding the promised land
• There faith had strengthened after this
• Jesus prayed, fasted, and avoided temptation in
  the desert for 40 days

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• When Jesus returned home he was changed
• Lent prepares us for Easter
• During Lent the Scripture readings have the
  number 40 in them

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Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind

• Jesus confronts a man born blind
• Jesus spits in the dirt and rubs the mud on the
  mans eyes
• The man washed in the Pool of Siloam
• The man could see
• This happened on the Sabbath so people took the
  man to the Pharisees
• The man told the Pharisees the man who healed him
  was a prophet

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Laetare Sunday (rose Sunday)

• 4th Sunday in Lent (1/2 way over)
• Means rejoice
• The priests wear pink
• The Pope blesses the Golden Rose
• The Golden Rose is a thanks from the Pope to a
  very holy person
• In some countries it is known as mothering
  Sunday. A day to spend with family
• We grow more aware of Eater

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• Celebrating Our Salvation
• Holy week is the center of our lives as
  Christians
• God sent his son to die on the cross
• This is the belief at the heat of Christianity

• A Walk Through Holy Week
• During Holy week we remember the passion, Death,
  and resurrection of Jesus

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Passion Sunday

• Most Catholics refer to this day as Palm
  Sunday. On Palm Sunday we recall Jesus entry to
  Jerusalem by waving palm branches and singing
  Hosanna.
• (pg 342)

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Holy Thursday

• Holy Thursday evening is when we celebrate the
  Mass of the Lords Supper. On the night before
  He died, Jesus gave us the gift of Himself in the
  Eucharist.
• (pg 342)

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Good Friday

• The day we recall Jesus suffering and Death
  on the cross is called good not because Jesus
  suffered and died, but because his suffering and
  Death brought about Gods gift of resurrection
  and new life. (pg 342)

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Holy Saturday

• The morning and afternoon of this day in Holy
  Week is filled with silence and waiting. We
  recall Jesus time spent in the tomb and Gods
  promise of resurrection. The evening of the
  Easter Vigil is considered the holiest night of
  the year.

• At the Easter Vigil Mass, we praise and thank
  God for raising Jesus from the dead to a new
  life. It is also a time when we welcome new
  members into the church. (pg 342)

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Tre Ore

• On good Friday Catholics spend between the
  hours of noon and 3 praying and remembering
  Jesus. A priest in Peru thought we should
  remember the last 7 statements by Jesus.
• Father, forgive them they know not what they do
  (Luke 2334)
• To Mary Women, behold, your son To His
  disciple Behold, your mother (John 1926-27)
• I thirst (John 1928)
• Today you will be with me in Paradise (Luke
  2343)
• My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
  (Mark 1534)
• It is finished (John 1930)
• Father, into your hand I commend my sprit
  (Luke 2346)

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Lent and Holy Week review

• Do not look back at previous slides

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• Who knew we would need forgiveness?
• Jesus
• Penance is also known as
• Reconciliation
• When we confess our sins we are brought back to
  ______ and______.
• The Church and God
• How do we need to feel about our sins when we
  confess to a priest?
• Sorry

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• Jewish people used what number to represent a
  long period of time?
• Forty
• What book said the Israelites traveled for 40
  years before finding the promised land?
• Exodus
• Jesus was what when He came back from the 40 days
  in the desert?
• A changed person
• During Lent we hear scripture readings with what
  in them?
• The number 40

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• Jesus told the blind man to wash in what?
• The pool of Siloam
• Laetare Sunday is also known as
• Rose Sunday
• Laetare means what?
• Rejoice!
• The priests wear what color?
• Pink
• Who is the golden rose given to?
• A very holy person

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• What is Passion Sunday?
• Answers may vary
• What is Holy Thursday?
• Answers may vary
• What is Good Friday?
• Answers may vary
• What is Holy Saturday?
• Answers may vary

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Match the saying from Jesus to the matching Bible
verse

• Father, forgive them, they know not what they
  do
• (to Mary) Woman, behold your son (to the
  disciple) Behold, your mother
• I thirst
• Today you will be with me in Paradise
• My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
• It is finished
• Father, into your hands I commend my sprit

• John 1926-27
• John 1928
• Luke 2343
• Luke 2346
• Luke 2334
• John 1930
• Mark 1534

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Match the saying from Jesus to the matching Bible
verse (answers)

• Father, forgive them they know not what they do
  (Luke 2334)
• To Mary Women, behold, your son To His
  disciple Behold, your mother (John 1926-27)
• I thirst (John 1928)
• Today you will be with me in Paradise (Luke
  2343)
• My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
  (Mark 1534)
• It is finished (John 1930)
• Father, into your hand I commend my sprit
  (Luke 2346)