Jesus is the Way
The truth that the Son of God became man
Incarnation
The freedom that comes from living and trusting God and respecting all people
peace
The freedom to decide when and how to act
The ability to know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong
conscience
The person seeking forgiveness during Confession
penitent
Those who said yes to Jesus' call to follow him
disciples
The teachings of Jesus that describe the way to live as his disciples
Beatitudes
a thought, word, action or inaction against God's law
sin
The act of determining whether the choices we have made showed love for God, ourselves, and others
Examination of Conscience
Part of Confession in which we express that we're sorry
Contrition
the Three Divine Persons in One God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Blessed Trinity
The power of God's love active in the world today.
Kingdom of God
An attraction to choose sin
temptation
A story told by Jesus that teaches a lesson
parable
Part of Confession in which we are given a prayer or action to help make up for our sins
penance
The first sin committed by the first human beings
Original Sin
Respecting the rights of others and giving them what is rightfully theirs.
A very SERIOUS sin that BREAKS a person's friendship with God
mortal sin
The community of people who are BAPTIZED and are called to follow Jesus
The Church
Part of Confession in which we 100% receive God's forgiveness through the priest.
Absolution
A title given to Jesus because he died and rose from the dead to save us from sin
Savior
the gift of God's life in us
grace
A less serious sin that hurts a person's friendship with God
venial sin
The parable about a father's forgiveness and taking his son back no matter what.
Prodigal Son
Parable in which Jesus teaches us that God rejoices more over one sinner who repents that over all righteous people who have no need to.
Parable of the 99 Sheep