Ash Wednesday Crossword

PALM
GOOD
MOURNING AND
The ashes used in this ceremony are made by burning the remains of the palms blessed on the Palm Sunday of the previous year. PALM
Ash Wednesday occurs forty days before Good Friday. GOOD
Abstinence is required during Ash Wednesday.
Fasting is required during Ash Wednesday.
The signing is done with ashes because ashes are a biblical symbol of mourning and penance. MOURNING AND
The priest, dipping his thumb into ashes previously blessed, marks the forehead with the Sign of the Cross.
Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation.
The minister or priest marks each worshipper on the forehead, and says remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return, or a similar phrase based on God's sentence on Adam in Genesis 3:19.
The ashes also symbolize death and so remind us of our mortality.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent.
Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church, and they help us develop a spirit of humility and sacrifice.
It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday, through which we attain redemption.
The ashes used in this ceremony are made by burning the remains of the palms blessed on the ____ ______ of the previous year.
Ash Wednesday occurs forty days before ____ ______.
__________ is required during Ash Wednesday.
_______ is required during Ash Wednesday.
The signing is done with ashes because ashes are a biblical symbol of mourning and _______.
The priest, dipping his thumb into ashes previously blessed, marks the forehead with the Sign of the _____.
Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of __________.
The minister or priest marks each worshipper on the forehead, and says remember you are ____ and unto ____ you shall return, or a similar phrase based on God's sentence on Adam in Genesis 3:19.
The ashes also symbolize death and so remind us of our _________.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of ____.
Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church, and they help us develop a spirit of humility and _________.
It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection on ______ ______, through which we attain redemption.