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FALL
WINTER
SPRING
LENT
LENTEN
SEASON
 WHAT IS LENT?
• Commemoration of Jesus’ passion,
death and resurrection
• 40-day season of prayer, fasting and
almsgiving
• Lent is a journey towards the glory
of God
• Lent = springtime = begin/renew
 WHY 40 DAYS?
• “kuwaresma” = quadragesima
• traditional number in the bible
⚬ Moses stayed in Egypt for 40 yrs
⚬ Israelites were in the desert for 40
yrs
⚬ Noah’s ark 40 days of rain
⚬ Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 40 days
⚬ Jesus fasted in the desert for 40
days
 FASTING VS
ABSTINENCE
• Fasting - one meal a day, and two smaller
meals which if added together would not
exceed one full meal
• Abstinence - refraining from eating meat
 LENT
VS
HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK
TRADITIONS
PALM SUNDAY
 PALM SUNDAY
• called Passion Sunday, is the final
Sunday of Lent and the start of the
Holy Week
• triumphant arrival of Jesus Christ into
Jerusalem as Savior and King
PASYON / PABASA
PASYON / PABASA
• Poem or religious writings that is being sung
about the story of Jesus’s Christ’s passion
and death
• For some, this begins on Palm Sunday
afternoon and continues persistently (24
hours a day) until the book is done.
PENITENSYA
 PENITENSYA
• Penitents who walks in the streets
or carry a wooden cross as a form
of repentance for their sins
SENAKULO
 SENAKULO
• Senakulo was derived from the
Spanish word cenáculo which means
the “place where Jesus Christ
celebrated the Last Supper with his
disciples.”
• play depicting the life and passion of
Jesus Christ.
VISITA IGLESIA
VISITA IGLESIA
• A tradition that takes place on Maundy
Thursday and Good Friday, during which one
visits at least seven different churches,
ideally with his or her family.
• The goal of Visita Iglesia is to pay respect
to the Blessed Sacrament and to seek
atonement for one’s sins.