The Parables
What method of story telling did Jesus use to relate stories of religious significance to people’s everyday lives?
Parables
Where do Catholics most often go to form a community and pray?
The Church
What word is defined as an offering to God?
A Sacrifice
What it the first book of the Bible?
Genesis
What is the name of the blessed oil used by the bishop for anointing?
Chrism
What seed, mentioned throughout the Gospels, is the smallest of all of the seeds?
The Mustard Seed
What major religious holiday does Lent precede?
Easter
What are the Sacraments of Initiation?
Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist (Holy Communion)
Name the author of the Gospel?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Because Confirmation Seals you in the Spirit and leaves a permanent mark it is received how many times?
once
Which parable does Jesus use to describe receiving the Word of God and letting it take root in our life?
The parable of the sower
What word is classically defined as “A strong belief in someone or something”?
Faith
What is the center and focal point of the Church where Christ is made present under Sacramental signs in the Mass? Hint: It is the area where the Eucharistic sacrifice is made.
The Altar
The “Acts of the Apostles” describes what?
The beginning of Church
At the end of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus commissions his disciples to do what?
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the …., teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Name the three places in which the sower’s seeds fall in the parable of the sower.
Along the road (where they were crushed), on the rock (where they withered away with no moisture), among the thorns (where they were choked), and on good soil (where they grew wonderfully)
Which Church Season is the longest?
Ordinary Time
What do the Beatitudes represent for all of us?
The Beatitudes are a map of life, a series of directives helping us on our journey to be with God.
What does the word Gospel mean?
Good News
The Sacrament in which the Church most fully expresses its unity?
The Eucharist
What is the parable of the pearl, the parable of yeast, and the parable of the net all referring to?
Heaven
What is the literal definition of Sabbath?
To stop or to cease. (If someone says to rest, that is acceptable as well.)
What is the last Book in the Bible?
Revelation
How many books are there in the Bible?
73
Who was the first non-Italian pope since 1523?
Pope John Paul II (JP II was born in Poland.