Inside the Church
Pray It!
The Liturgical Year
Saints Alive
Parts of the Mass
100
The box where the consecrated host is kept.
What is the tabernacle
100
A famous prayer that begins "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace."
What is the Prayer of St. Francis?
100
A forty-day period of preparation that you must go through before you can celebrate Easter.
What is Lent?
100
The process you have to go through if you want to be considered a saint in the Catholic Church.
What is canonization?
100
The portion of the Mass that is responsible for getting the word out.
What is the liturgy of the Word?
200
Candles that you might have to pay to light and that are usually found on side altars.
What are votive candles?
200
Perhaps the most widely said prayer in the world, coming after the Great Amen at Mass.
What is The Lord's Prayer?
200
The season whose first Sunday marks a new year in the church.
What is Advent?
200
The woman who ranks number 1 when it comes to the saints (and churches named for her).
Who is Mary?
200
The liturgical season during which you'll hear no Gloria or Alleluia.
What is Lent?
300
The book that contains the readings for the Mass and is usually placed on the ambo.
What is the lectionary?
300
The prayer that a priest usually hears before absolution.
What is the Act of Contrition?
300
"The birthday of the church," occurring approximately fifty days after Easter.
What is Pentecost?
300
The saint you pray to if something's lost.
Who is St. Anthony?
300
the last part of the liturgy.
What is the concluding rite?
400
The vestment that marks deacons and priests, and is worn in two different ways to let you know which is which.
What is a stole?
400
The prayer form that features a monstrance, the Blessed Sacrament, and a blessing of the people gathered.
What is the Benediction?
400
The longest liturgical season, known by the wearing of the green.
What is Ordinary Time?
400
The feast that lets the church celebrate the saints as a group.
What is All Saints Day?
400
The Sunday reading during which the Old Testament is heard.
What is the first reading?
500
The part of the church where the altar is located.
What is the sanctuary?
500
The popular prayer form that is completed in five decades.
What is the rosary?
500
The three-day period beginning on Holy Thursday, continuing with Good Friday, and culminating at the Easter Vigil.
What is the Triduum?
500
The first American-born saint.
Who is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton?
500
The priest's prayer book during Mass.
What is the sacramentary?
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