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What are beatitiudes?
Blessings found in both Matthew 5 and Luke 6 that summarize much of Jesus’ teaching about the Kingdom of God
What kind of gift is charity?
Charity is God’s gift, the gift that Paul called “God’s love poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 5.5) Charity means this selfless love. The outpouring of love without a desire for anything in return
What is the vocation of love?
marraige
When did Jesus first institute the sacrament of Holy Orders?
During the last supper
What do we bring to the table in our exchanges with God?
Our part of the exchange is to receive God's gifts, and to offer God in return the gift of praise and thanksgiving, to allow ourselves to be transformed by the love of God
What is charity?
The power of God’s love working through us. This love incorporates action on behalf of the needy.
What must we do with the spirituality of love?
This spirituality of love must permeate all our moral decisions and our search for the good
What sacrament do priests recieve before being able to celebrate the Eucharist?
Holy Orders
When are the sacraments Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders or Priesthood celebrated?
Holy Thursday
What gifts does God share with us?
God shares with us the gift of creation and even more the gift of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
What is liturgy?
In Christian tradition it means the participation of the People of God in the ‘work of God.’ The liturgy is the highest exchange or interaction between the work of God and our work. We call the actions in which this encounter occurs sacramental. The official worship of the Church are the Mass, Sacraments, Liturgy of the Hours. Devotional prayer, such as the Stations of the Cross and the Rosary, also contribute to moral living, as they flow out of liturgy and lead into it.
What is God's love?
We can say God’s love is “my love.” It is this love, this capacity to be loved and love, that is our greatest joy and happiness in life. This is the centerpiece of Christian spirituality.
What vocation are we all on with God?
Each of us is called by God to live a life of love in a unique and graced way. This vocation is itself a gift, and leads us to a life of generosity and ultimately happiness
What is sacred power?
Power that can come only from Christ himself through his Church
How does God show his desire to meet us?
Through liturgical encounters, God sends us an invitation to gather
What is spirituality?
The pattern of how faith is translated in action.
What are ethics and morality in liturgy?
In liturgy, ethics and morality are nourished and receive their highest motivation. Liturgy empowers us to act in accordance with the gifts of creation and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Ethical and moral actions become ways of giving thanks and praise, celebrations of the gift of God.
What are the 4 phrases in Luke's beatitudes that start with blessed?
Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God, Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be fille, Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh, and Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
What is the oringinal meaning of liturgy?
liturgy originally meant a public work or a service in the name of or on the behalf of the people.’
What do church documents on liturgy say?
our liturgy on earth is an anticipation of and participation in the heavenly liturgy. God’s interaction with us in the liturgy is a foretaste of our interaction in the fullness of life, in the resurrection
What is a vocation?
A calling to a state of life: marriage, ordained ministry, consecrated life, single state. It is a calling by God to live a life of love in a unique and graced way.
What are our 4 callings in regards to ethics in the beatitudes?
We are called to recognize that all is God’s gift, We are called to repent and believe the good news, We are called to live a life of praise and thanksgiving, and We are called to live generously
Which beatitudes adress The poor who are the real poor, those who have to “crouch” for their living (beggars)?
Luke
What are the 5 points of liturgy?
The liturgy achieves our salvation, The mystery of God’s love is made known through ritual, symbol, and word, God gathers us, God and creation exchange gifts, and Liturgy promotes moral living
What 5 materials symbolize the honour of our bodily personhood, and the spiritual and physical exchange and encounter?
water, oil, bread, and wine, all gifts of creation