Relationship
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that, "God, infinitely perfect and blessed in Himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in His own blessed ____." (CCC 1)
What is Life?
This first act of disobedience broke the original harmony between humanity and God.
What is original sin?
This sacrament restores us to grace when we’ve committed mortal sin.
What is Confession (Reconciliation)?
This former persecutor of Christians became a key apostle after encountering Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus
Who is St. Paul?
Mary's Latin response to the Annunciation given to her by the angel Gabriel.
What is Fiat?
According to 1 John 4:8, Gods very nature is ____.
What is Love?
This term describes the inclination to sin that remains in human nature even after Baptism.
What is concupiscence?
This act of the priest, in the person of Christ, absolves sin.
What is absolution?
This woman had been afflicted by seven demons but became a devout follower of Christ after and the first to witness His resurrection.
Who is Mary Magdalene?
The Church teaches that this gift allows humans to freely choose to respond to God’s love.
What is Free Will?
This is considered the first step in entering into a relationship with God, making one a member of the Church.
What is Baptism?
Man’s disobedience in the Garden stemmed from this temptation, the desire to “be like God, without God.”
What is the sin of Pride?
Jesus uses this parable in Luke’s Gospel to show how God always welcomes sinners back into relationship.
What is the Parable of the Prodigal Son?
Curtis Martin loves to use the image given to us by the Church Fathers depicting our re-creation in Christ. The analogy of a cold steel bar being placed into ____.
what is a Fire?
The Catholic Church teaches that this figure is the perfect model of human response to God.
Who is Mary?
In Exodus 3, God reveals His name and mission to this man, showing that God calls individuals into a personal relationship and mission.
Who is Moses?
This prophet was commanded to marry an unfaithful wife as a symbol of Israel’s rebellion against God.
Who is Hosea?
Jesus restored the relationship between humanity and God through this central event.
What is the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ?
This Saint was physically transformed by the blood and water from Christ's side after piercing our Lord with a lance.
Who is St. Longinus
This term refers to God’s free and undeserved help that allows humans to respond to His call.
What is Grace?
This term describes the ultimate goal of human life: to see God face to face and share fully in His divine life.
What is the Beatific Vision?
As a consequence of the first disobedience, in the garden, Adam and Eve immediately lose the grace of ______ _______.
What is original holiness?
Moses raised up this image before the Israelites in the Old Testament that prefigures Christ being raised on the Cross.
What is a Bronze serpent?
St. Paul tells us in his second letter to the Corinthians, chapter 3:18, "And we all with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord are being changed into his likeness from one _________________________.
What is "one degree of glory to another;"?
These two apostles, one who betrayed and one who denied, both failed Jesus—but only one was transformed by repentance and forgiveness.
Who are Peter and Judas Iscariot?