Sacraments and Church Life
The first Sacrament of Initiation, in which we are born into new life in Jesus and need to go to Heaven.
What is Baptism?
A formal prayer telling God we are sorry for our sins, asking for His forgiveness, and asking for His help to do better.
What is an Act of Contrition?
A person sent out as a representative of Jesus. Jesus chose twelve men to be His apostles.
What is an Apostle?
A term used to describe the Catholic Church, made up of the People of God.
What is the Body of Christ?
The third Person of the Holy Trinity, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Sacrament of Initiation that strengthens the outpouring of the Holy Spirit received in Baptism.
What is Confirmation?
The prayer Jesus gave to His apostles during the Sermon on the Mount.
What is the Lord's Prayer?
A student or follower of Jesus. All Christians are His disciples today.
What is a Disciple?
Jesus’ teaching to love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.
What is the Great Commandments?
The liturgical celebration and memorial of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross and Resurrection from the dead.
What is the Mass?
The Sacrament in which we receive the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine.
What is the Eucharist?
The Theological Virtue by which we desire the Kingdom of God and eternal life, and trust in God’s promises.
What is Hope?
All the members of Christ and His Church: those on earth, in Purgatory, and in Heaven.
What is the Communion of Saints?
Wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord.
What are the Gifts of the Holy Spirit?
The belief that Mary was taken up into Heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life.
What is the Assumption of Mary?
The belief that Mary was taken up into Heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life.
What is the Assumption of Mary?
A special prayer in which we reflect on important events in the lives of Jesus and Mary, using a string of beads.
What is the Rosary?
A holy person who is in the presence of God in Heaven.
What is a Saint?
The first sin of Adam and Eve that brought pain, suffering, and death into the world.
What is Original Sin?
Jesus’ teaching to love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.
What is the Great Commandments?
A sign of God’s grace that gives the grace it signifies. Jesus founded seven Sacraments.
What is a Sacrament?
A habit of doing what is good, built through our own efforts and with God’s grace.
What is a Virtue?
A title given to Jesus that describes His sacrifice to free us from sin.
Who is the Lamb of God?
Sacred signs of God’s grace, like blessings, medals, crosses, scapulars, and rosaries.
What are Sacramentals?
Sacred signs of God’s grace, like blessings, medals, crosses, scapulars, and rosaries.
What are Sacramentals?