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Lent & Easter Sourcebook for Families

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THE OBSERVANCE OF LENT
The penitential season of Lent is the period of forty week-days beginning on Ash Wednesday. It is a season of the Church year that commemorates the forty days Jesus fasted and prayed in the wilderness before he began his public ministry of preaching for repentance. Six Sundays are within the season, the last, Passion Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week. Holy Thursday begins the Triduum (three days) before Easter day, which includes Good Friday and Holy Saturday....

Table of Contents

Introduction

Movable Feasts
Carnival - Mardi Gras

Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Fast
Fasting and Penance Today
Farewell to Alleluia and Gloria
Suggestions for families

Laetare Sunday / Passiontide

Passion Sunday
Blessed Palms, Palm Procession

Holy Week
Confession and the Easter Duty
The Triduum, Tenebrae

Holy Thursday
Family Activities

Christian Passover Seder
Preparing the Seder

The Stations of the Cross

Good Friday
Veneration of the Cross, The Reproaches
Ideas for Families

The Cross
The Sign of the Cross
Crosses and Symbols of Christ

Holy Saturday
Preparations for Easter, Customs

The Easter Vigil
The Water, The Light of Christ
A Family Easter Candle

Easter Day and Easter Season
Alleluia, The Lord's Day
Ideas for Family Easter Celebrations

Octave of Easter and Paschal Tide
Feast of the Ascension, Pentecost
Activities for Easter Week

Quem Queritis

Te Deum

Antiphons for Easter

Bibliography

Music Supplement


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