Happy Easter, Heraldites! I have a special quiz that will take us through Holy Week and straight into joyous Eastertide. My warmest wishes and prayers of light and love to you all as we celebrate our risen Lord!
1) Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday, which is marked by Catholics on April 9 this year, commemorates Jesus’ entrance into which city?
- a) Jerusalem
- b) Nazareth
- c) Tel Aviv
- d) Bethlehem
2) Other religions
What is the name of the Jewish festival, this year celebrated April 10-11, that marks the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and liberation from slavery?
- a) Passover
- b) Hanukah
- c) Yom Kippur
- d) Shabbat
3) Devotions
What is the Thirteenth Station of the Cross?
- a) Jesus is nailed to the cross
- b) Jesus dies on the cross
- c) Jesus is taken down from the cross
- d) Jesus is laid in the tomb
4) More devotions
What is the Fifth Sorrowful Mystery of the rosary?
- a) The agony in the garden
- b) The crowning of Jesus with thorns
- c) The carrying of the cross
- d) The crucifixion
5) Liturgy
Which of the following liturgical customs traditionally happens on Holy Thursday?
- a) Veneration of the cross
- b) Washing of the feet
- c) Procession of light
- d) Blessing of the Paschal Candle
6) Church in Hawaii
Before receiving its own parish status in 1986, Resurrection of the Lord was a Catholic mission community on Oahu under the auspices of which parish?
- a) St. John Apostle and Evangelist, Mililani
- b) St. Elizabeth, Aiea
- c) St. Joseph, Waipahu
- d) Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pearl City
7) Easter
What is the latest possible date for Easter to be celebrated in the Western/Gregorian calendar? (Hint: Last time it happened was 1943.)
- a) April 16
- b) April 20
- c) April 25
- d) May 1
Answers: 1) a, 2) a, 3) c, 4) d, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c
