Terms & Titles
This term means "Scripture alone."
Sola Scriptura
The Church’s official, public, communal prayer.
Liturgy
These seven efficacious signs of God’s grace were instituted by Christ.
Sacraments
This is the work of salvation accomplished by Jesus through his Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
Paschal Mystery
The visit of the Magi and the Revelation of the Savior to the Gentiles is celebrated on this feast day.
Epiphany
An established form of words and actions for a ceremony that is repeated often.
Ritual
A word, object, or gesture that refers to a specific thing or action.
Sign
his event commemorates the night the Lord spared the firstborn sons of the Israelites.
Passover
This Latin term refers to the central mystery of the Christian faith: that God is a union of three Divine Persons.
Trinity
This term describes an intermediate state, phase, or condition.
Liminal
This free and undeserved gift is God’s loving and active presence in our lives.
Grace
The process by which we are "brought back" from slavery to sin into a right relationship with God.
Redemption
From the Latin meaning "to hand on," this refers to passing on the Gospel message.
Tradition
The official, nonsacramental daily prayer of the Catholic Church.
Liturgy of the Hours
This Latin phrase means "by the work worked."
Ex Opere Operato
A prayer asking that God care for a particular person, place, or activity.
Blessing
Consisting of all bishops in communion with the Pope, this is the Church’s living teaching office
Magisterium
Wordless prayer where one is fully focused on the presence of God, often called "resting in God."
Contemplation
An object or action that points to a deeper reality, leading us to look beyond our senses.
Symbol
The reality that all Sacraments signify and make present the work of Christ through grace.
Sacramental Economy