The Word Became Flesh
This act makes the invisible God visible to human beings, providing concrete means of accessing spiritual realities.
What is the Incarnation?
These are the two things human beings fear most.
What are death and being unloved?
The material sign used by Christ to reveal his presence, such as water, oil, or bread.
What is matter?
According to CCC #1131, these are defined as “efficacious signs of grace.”
What are sacraments?
This is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature and of eternal life.
What is grace?
This event, where the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles, marks when the Church was first made visible.
What is Pentecost?
This term is defined as the "power to know."
What is the intellect?
The words or formula said during a sacrament that communicate what God is doing.
What is form?
The word "Sacrament" comes from this Latin term, which was originally a legal term in ancient Rome.
What is sacramentum?
This type of grace makes us act and stays with us as long as it is needed, then goes away.
What is actual grace?
Because he is both God and man, Jesus is referred to by this title, as he reveals God in a way no one else can.
Who is the Sacrament of God?
This term is defined as the "power to choose."
What is the will?
The quality, character, or state of mind required to be prepared for an encounter with God during a sacrament.
What is disposition?
In Eastern Churches, sacraments are referred to by this term, derived from the Greek word mysterion.
What are mysteries?
This type of grace remains with us as long as we are not guilty of mortal sin.
What is sanctifying grace?
In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus promises to be with us always. This promise is carried out through this entity.
What is the Church?
This is the only creature on earth that God has willed for its own sake and is called to share in God's life.
What are human beings?
Defined as the public work or worship of the Church and participation in the "work of God."
What is liturgy?
This term describes sacraments because they don't just symbolize that divine life is given, but actually give it.
What is efficacious?
These are the primary ways we receive sanctifying grace.
What are the sacraments?
These are two of the four reasons for why God became man.
What are to save us by reconciling us with God, to let us know God's love, to be our model of holiness, or to make us partakers of the divine nature?
This reality describes both God and the destiny that God has for humanity.
What is an eternal exchange of love?
Latin phrase meaning "by the work worked," indicating a sacrament's power is not dependent on the personal holiness of the minister.
What is ex opere operato?
This is the primary purpose of the sacraments.
What is to sanctify us (or to make us more like God)?
This is the work of God making us holy as He is holy.
What is sanctification?