Beginning of the liturgical year, signified by the color purple, four week period of waiting for the coming of Jesus
What is Advent
100
The teaching authority of the church composed by the bishops and pope
What is the magisterium
100
God's intervention in our daily lives
What are actual graces
100
Artistic expression of faith, Greek for image
What is icon
200
Days numbered with ordinal numbers, signified by the color green, celebrates Jesus' mission and time on earth.
What is Ordinary Time
200
The official, public, communal prayer of the Catholic Church coming from the word luetorgia meaning "the people's work"
What is liturgy
200
The Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ
What is the Paschal Mystery
200
Comes from repemptio meaning to buy back, Jesus brought this to humankind
What is redemption
200
The revelation of Jesus to the Gentiles, when the three kings saw Jesus
What is the Epiphany
300
Annual cycle of church events and feasts that celebrates Jesus' life.
What is the liturgical year
300
Grave God gives us to help restore human nature and fpfroe in friendship with him
What is sanctifying grace
300
Something with a definite meaning
What is a sign
400
Most solemn three days of liturgical year, contains Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Three days in preparation of Jesus' Resurrection on Easter Sunday
What is the Easter Triduum
400
A Catholic Sacrament that is the most key part of the faith that occurs at each liturgy
What is the Eucharist
500
Established words and actions in a ceremony that are usually repeated with symbolic meeting
What is the Ritual
500
Lifting ones mind and heart to god and is communication with God