SACRAMENTS
The first Sacrament of Initiation, when water is used to wash a person clean of original sin.
Baptism
He taught us the Our Father.
Jesus
This is Jesus' Mother.
Mary
The person who presides over (says) the Mass.
Priest
The place that holds holy water and where babies are baptized.
The color the priest wears in Ordinary Time.
Green
This Sacrament takes place between a man and a woman.
Matrimony (or Marriage)
Recite the Hail Mary.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
This carpenter was Jesus' earthly father.
Joseph
This is when the priest and servers walk down the aisle toward the altar at the beginning of the Mass.
Procession
The table where the bread and wine are consecrated (blessed) and become the Body and Blood of Christ.
Altar
The season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that helps us prepare for Easter.
Lent
People who are ill can receive this Sacrament.
Anointing of the Sick
Recite the Our Father.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Jesus was born here.
In a stable in Bethlehem
This is when we shake each others' hands and say to each other, "Peace be with you."
The Sign of Peace
The cup that holds the Precious Blood.
Chalice
This season is lasts four weeks and helps us prepare for Jesus' birth.
Advent
In this Sacrament, a person tells their sins to God, and the priest offers God's forgiveness.
Reconciliation (also known as Confession or Penance)
We pray the Prayer of Sorrow during this Sacrament.
Reconciliation (or Penance or Confession)
Jesus was raised in this faith.
Jewish
The part of the Mass when gifts of bread and wine, and sometimes food for the poor, are brought up to the altar.
Offertory
A cross that has Jesus' body hanging on it.
Crucifix
The 3 days of the Triduum.
Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter
The Sacrament during which a single lay man becomes a priest, or a married or single lay man becomes a deacon.
Holy Orders
This prayer we say at Mass begins with these words: "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth."
The Creed (OR Profession of Faith OR Nicene Creed)
We receive Jesus' Body and Blood every time we receive this Sacrament.
Eucharist (or Communion)
Name the parts of the Mass.
2 parts: Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist;
OR 4 parts: Opening Rites, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, Closing Rites
The special box - sometimes wood, sometimes gold - where Jesus (the consecrated host) is kept.
Tabernacle
Advent and Lent