Salvation History
The Liturgy
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Other Vocabulary
100

God making Himself known to us. 

What is divine revelation?

100

The second major part of the Mass, it comprises the preparation of gifts, the Eucharistic prayer, and the rite of Holy Communion. 

What is the Liturgy of the Eucharist?

100

The gift helps you recognize the greatness of God and your dependence on him. It leads you to marvel at God's incredible love for you.

What is Wonder and Awe?

100

• I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve. • You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. • Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day. • Honor your father and your mother. • You shall not kill. • You shall not commit adultery. • You shall not steal. • You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. • You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. • You shall not covet y

What are the 10 Commandments?

100

A grave offense against God that separates us from God's grace and leads to eternal death

What is mortal sin?

200

The sin of first human beings who disobeyed God and lost their original relationship with God. 

What is original sin?

200

This word also means "thanksgiving."

What is Eucharist?

200

The sacrament by which one becomes a member of the Church and a new creature in Christ.

What is Baptism?

200

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself."

What is the Greatest Commandment?

200

A less serious and reparable by charity. It damages our relationship with God but doesn't destroy it.

What is a venial sin?
300

A sacred promise between God and humans. 

What is a covenant?

300

Feast days in the liturgical year on which, in addition to Sundays, Catholics are obligated to participate in the Eucharist.

What are holy days of obligation?

300

Counsel (Right Judgment), Courage(Fortitude), Fear of the Lord (Wonder and Awe), Knowledge, Piety (Reverence), Understanding, Wisdom

What are the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit?

300

To feed the hungry; To give drink to the thirsty; To clothe the naked; To harbour the harbourless; To visit the sick; To ransom the captive; To bury the dead.

What are the Corporal Works of Mercy?

300

The first major part of the Mass, it comprises three scriptural readings, a responsorial psalm, a homily, the Nicene Creed, and petitions.

What is the Liturgy of the Word?

400

The father or leader of a tribe, clan or tradition. Examples are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

What is a patriarch?

400

In the sacrament of the Eucharist, this is the name given to the action of changing the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

What is transubstantiation? 

400

Sacred signs (such as holy water and a crucifix) that bear some resemblance to the sacraments, but which do not carry the guarantee of God's grace associated with the seven sacraments

What are sacramentals?

400

faith -- hope -- charity

What are the theological virtues?

400

In this form of prayer, as we “hear” it over and over, meditate upon it, and contemplate it, the Word of God takes flesh in us. We become one with Christ. We experience this wonderful union with God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

What is Lectio Divina?

500

A person God chooses to speak God's message of salvation. 

Who is a prophet?

500

An official profession of faith used in the Church's liturgy.

What is a creed?

500

Through an outpouring of the special gifts of the Holy Spirit, the sacrament completes the grace of Baptism by "sealing" the baptized person's union with Christ and by equipping that person for active participation in the life of the Church.

What is Confirmation?

500

The Life and Dignity of the Human Person • The Call to Family, Community and Participation • Solidarity • The Dignity of Work • Rights and Responsibilities • Option for the Poor and Vulnerable • Caring for God’s Creation

What is Catholic Social Teaching?

500

The term given the entire process of God's plan of salvation by which God saved humanity from sin and through Jesus' life, death, Resurrection, and Ascension into glory.

What is the Paschal Mystery?

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