1. Say what it means! (a) Times of significance are _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ .
(b) Times of religious significance can be either (i) _______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ or (ii) _______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ .
(c) The Liturgical Year is ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ .
2. Crossword! 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 13 14
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Across 3. This is the name of the current, internationally recognised calendar.
5. A period of preparation for Muslims. 6. An Irish word meaning ‘compassion’. 10. The loss of a loved one. 14. A specific length of time. Each one contains times of religious significance.
16. Celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday. This is the last day of the Easter Season.
17. Unlike Christmas, this festival is a moveable feast.
Down 1. Our way of organising the year, by dividing it up into days, weeks and months.
2. The belief that God became a human being in Jesus Christ.
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4. A time to reflect on Jesus’s message about the Kingdom of God.
7. A time of preparation for Christmas. 8. A time of preparation for Easter. 9. The first day of the Christian week. 11. The name of an ancient pre-Christian goddess whose festival was held each year at the Spring Equinox.
12. In medieval times, this food item took on a new meaning, as it represented Jesus’s resurrection from the hard shell of his stone tomb.
13. To give up certain luxury items such as chocolate.
15. This is celebrated on 6 January. It recalls the visit of the Magi (i.e. the Wise Men) to the infant Jesus.
