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A Preparation for Easter
Meaning and Significance of the Lenten Season
We Prepare for Easter
• I examine my conscience and probe for sins which need repentance. Then, I go to the Sacrament of Confession.
• I spend more time with Jesus praying– Walk with Jesus and Mama Mary: Meditate
on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.– Walk with Jesus on his way to Calvary:
Pray the stations of the Cross every Friday.
We Prepare for Easter
• I exercise works of mercy towards my neighbor
• I offer little sacrifices in union with those of Jesus especially by means of…
1. Abstinence
2. Fasting
3. Almsgiving
Eating during Lent
Fasting
Definition
Abstinence
Age Range
Requirements
Days Observed
• Not Eating meat products
18 – 59 years old 14 – 59 years old
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
Every Friday of Lent
Good Friday
What about them?
Eating Only 1 Full Meal A Day
2 small Meals
Persons Exempted from Fasting and Abstaining
• Those outside the age ranges given.
• Elderly who are too weary
• People with certain sickness
• People who do Heavy Manual Labor
Filipinos Say:
Ash Wednesday 40 Days
Palm Sunday
The Span of the Lenten Season
Kwaresma • meaning: Lent
• taken from the word “Kwarenta” or forty (40)
February 25, 2009
April 5, 2009
Time Lines
The Lenten Season and the Holy Week
Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday40 Days
Holy Week
Palm Sunday
• We Remember Jesus given a kingly welcome at the Gates of Jerusalem and people sang “Hosanna” waving Palm Branches.
Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday
Holy Wednesday
“Hosanna!”40 Days
Holy Week
Holy Wednesday
• Also Known as “Spy Day”• Judas agreed to deliver Jesus to his enemies in exchange
for money.
“Chat with the chief priestsA deal made to bring deathThirty-eight hundred bucks richer than beforePucker up and lay one on that CarpenterThey'll drag His beaten flesh awayand shame your face where it sitsRepentance stakes it's claimCoins returned and body hangedSuch is the result of betrayalPossessed by the devil himself.”
Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday
Holy Wednesday
Maundy/ Holy Thursday
Judas betrayed Jesus
“Hosanna!”40 Days
Holy Week
Maundy Thursday
• The Last Supper• Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.• Jesus left us an assurance of His Presence and
promised that He will never leave us whatever happens.
• He instituted the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist during the Last Supper.
• Visita Iglesia – In the Evening, families go from one church to another adoring and praying to Jesus in the blessed sacrament.
Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday
Holy Wednesday
Maundy/ Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Last Supper
Judas betrayed Jesus
“Hosanna!”40 Days
Holy Week
Good Friday
• The same people who shouted “HOSANNA” had him crucified.
• He was innocent.
• Jesus, God in the Flesh, suffered and died for the Sins of Humanity on the CROSS. (We venerate it.)
• He died so that we would have life.
• He was laid down in a tomb.
Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday
Holy Wednesday
Maundy/ Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Black Saturday
”Crucify Him!”
Last Supper
Judas betrayed Jesus
“Hosanna!”40 Days
Holy Week
Black Saturday
• Jesus fetched the souls (in Limbo) who awaited his coming.
• Like Jesus’ Disciples who anticipated His resurrection from the dead…
• …the people of God celebrate the Easter Vigil on the evening of Black Saturday.
The Paschal Triduum
• TRI-DUUM (3 days)
• The Last 3 Days of Holy Week
• The Holiest Days of the Liturgical Year.1. Maundy Thursday
2. Good Friday
3. Black Saturday
Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday
Holy Wednesday
Maundy/ Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Black Saturday
Easter Sunday Resurrection
Jesus fetched souls in Limbo
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
”Crucify Him!”
Last Supper
Judas betrayed Jesus
“Hosanna!”40 Days
Holy Week
Imagine We are Climbing up the Stairs
Palm Sunday
Holy Tuesday
Holy Wednesday
Holy Monday
As we go up, we draw closer to the much awaited DAY…
Palm Sunday
Holy Tuesday
Holy Wednesday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Black Saturday
Holy Monday
Our Destiny.
Palm Sunday
Holy Tuesday
Holy Wednesday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Black Saturday
Easter Sunday
Holy Monday
Holy
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Together with Christ
• We Suffer
• We Die
• We Rise Again to New Life...
…On Easter Sunday.
The End
Thank you for Your Attention
Make the most of this Lenten Season
God Bless and Happy Easter!!!
