Name Changes
God renamed Abram to this, meaning "Father of many nations" Gen 17:5
Abraham
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the Most High will overshadow you." - LK 1:35
Gabriel
Another name for the 10 Commandments
Decalogue
Mighty man Samson tore one up with his bare hands. -Judges 14:6
Lion
A special star led a royal trio to this town, whose name fittingly means "House of Bread"
Bethleham
God changed Jacob's name to this after a wrestling match (He strives with God) Gen 32:28
Israel
"Why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me" LK 1:43
Elizabeth
One way to keep the first commandment is to practice this virtue, "the confident expectation of divine blessing and the beatific vision of God." CCC 1996
Hope
Jesus told a parable in which he likened the Kingdom of Heaven to a seed from this tree. MT 13:31-32
Mustard
Nathaniel is being a bit of a bigot when he rhetorically asks, "Can anything good come out of (this place)?" JN 1:46
Moses renamed his right-hand man this meaning "Yahweh Saves". Num 13:16 (It stuck; check your Bible Table of Contents)
Joshua
"Do whatever he tells you." JN 2:5
Mary (the Mother of God)
This sin, making a promise under oath without any intention of keeping it, breaks the second commandment.
Perjury
Swine
A wedding celebration in this town is spared being cut short by divine intervention. JN 2:1-11
Cana
Simon Bar-Jona became "the Rock" - MT 16:18
Peter
"Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of Eternal Life." JN 6:68
Peter
We keep the Lord's day on Sunday (the 8th day) not Saturday, to celebrate this.
Christ's Resurrection
Jesus curses this tree for bearing no fruit. MT 21:19
Fig
Jesus astonishes his disciples when they find him speaking beside a well to a woman from this region. JN 4:4-27
Samaria
In Hebrew, its' Saul, but we call him this, from the Latinization of his name. Acts 13:9
Paul
"What is Truth?"
Pilate
Honor your parents! JP II in Familiaris Consortio called the Christian Family this.
Domestic Church
Garden herb of the mind family used for ceremonial cleansing of people and houses; mentioned in the Asperges prayer at the beginning of an extraordinary high mass
Hyssop
Hebrew for the "place of a skull," site of our redemption. MK 19:17
Golgotha