Saintly Saints
December 6 is this jolly saints Feast Day. It is often celebrated by setting out your shoes or hanging a stocking
Who is St Nick?
This is the mystery and teaching of the 3 persons in one Godhead.
What is the Trinity
When a country or person has a special devotion or can relate to a particular saint, it is said to be their what
What is their Patron Saint
This is a special day in the Church, celebrated 50 days after Easter
What is Pentecost
This is why there are 6 candles around the tabernacle
Because 6 is incomplete, and the tabernacle makes 7
This most precious saint was celebrated on her Feast Day, Monday, Dec 8. It was a Holy Day of Obligation. What was the Feast?
What is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception?
The saints in Purgatory are also known as this
What is the Church Suffering
Those saints who have died faithfully and are in the presence of God, belong to this part of the Church
What is the Church Triumphant?
This Feast Day celebrates the Blessed Mother as being without original sin
What is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception?
This is what the 2 candles beside the ambo represent when the readings are proclaimed
The Old and New Testaments
Our Blessed Mother appeared to this young lady on several occasions and asked that a medal be made with her image. It was originally known as the medal of the Immaculate Conception, but became known as the Miraculous Medal
Who is St Catherine Laboure
All baptized people, even those who died faithful to their Baptismal promises are known as being a part of this
What is the Communion of Saints
The Church is considered to be what Body of Christ
What is the Mystical?
This feast day will be celebrated on December 12, is a huge celebration among the Hispanic community, and it celebrates the conversion of the Aztecs to Christianity due to the apparitions of the Blessed Mother to Juan Diego
What is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
This is why we use incense
To help our prayers ascend into Heaven/they rise up to Heaven on the smoke
In Lourdes France, Our Blessed Mother appeared to this peasant saint on 18 different occasions, eventually identifying herself as the Immaculate Conception.
Who is St Bernadette
This is what we call the condition of a saints body when it doesn't decompose (it remains intact)
What is incorrupt?
When people are pray for others or ask the Saints to pray for them, it is said to be this kind of prayer
What is intercessory prayer?
This feast doesn't occur on Christmas Day but earlier in December, though many incorrectly associate him with Christmas.
What is the Feast of St Nick?
This is why the priest always kisses the altar at the beginning and end of Mass
He's kissing the wounded side of Christ
Name 3 saints whose bodies have remained incorrupt
Who are St Catherine Laboure, St Bernadette, & Carlo Acutis (Other saints accepted as well, these are just 3 we've discussed)
These are the men from the first centuries of the Church, whose writings and teachings helped form the Traditions of the Church
Who are the Church Fathers?
When the Church officially recognizes the accomplishments of a deceased person, declaring they are in Heaven, they are said to be this
What is a canonized saint?
This will be celebrated this Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent. It is distinguished by its pink candle and vestments. It's Latin for rejoice.
What is Gaudete Sunday
This is what distinguishes a Catholic cross from a non-Catholic cross, also name what ours is called
What is the presence of the Corpus (body)on the cross, crucifix.