Easter is the source and summit of all other feasts within the liturgical year.  All other feasts must be seen in light of Easter and all other feasts prepare us to experience Easter in its fullness.  Many of us behave as though the high point of our lives is in Lent, but we are Easter people and we must understand the meaning of this great feast and how it applies to our everyday lives.  The following quiz will help us evaluate whether we appreciate Easter and whether we live the Easter mystery.

1.  When does the Easter Season end?

a)     Easter Sunday    b)  The Feast of Pentecost    c)  The Sunday after Easter    d)  The Feast of The Trinity

2. Easter always falls on a Sunday?

a)     True      b)  False

3. Each Sunday celebrates Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection?

a)     True    b)   False

4. In Scripture, the first person to see the Resurrected Jesus was _____________?

a)   Mary Magdalene    b) John the Baptist    c) Peter     d)   A shepherd

5. In the Apostles’ Creed we profess the resurrection of the __________?

a)     Soul    b)  Body    c)  Apostles

6. The Paschal candle is only lit during the Easter Season?

a)      True      b)  False

7. What does the Paschal candle signify?

a)      It symbolises the light of Christ    b)   It beautifies the church    c)   It is a symbol of the priest

8. The Resurrection marked a new _________________?

a)     Covenant    b)    Calendar Year   c)   Resolve    d)   Nation

9. When do/will we experience the Resurrection?

a)     We experience the Resurrection every day in our lives as we triumph over darkness and sin.

b)    We will experience the Resurrection when we die.

c)     We experience the Resurrection every single moment of our lives and its grace empowers us as we journey through life and we will experience the Resurrection of the Body in the fullness of time when Jesus comes again, both in our new immortal bodies and as the mystical body of Christ.

1. What is the Liturgical colour of the Easter Season?

a)     green     b)  purple     c)   red   d)   white

The Easter Season is filled with the graces of new life, new creation and new beginnings.  Easter fills us with hope and it is important that we enter into the season understanding its great value to our life’s situations.

– Taken from Catechist Magazine, April/May 2014.

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