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Do Catholics worship The Virgin Mary?
No, Catholics only worship God. Catholics venerate the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ.
What is the meaning of the word Catholic?
Do Catholics believe in three Gods; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit?
Who established the Catholic Church?
The Catholic Church was established by Jesus and teaches with his authority.
What are the four pillars of a relationship with God?
The Creed, the sacraments, the moral life, and prayer.
Note that the Church plays an important role in establishing this relationship.
What are the two forms of God’s Revelations?
The Scriptures and the Church’s living Tradition.
What does having faith mean?
What are the ten Commandments? Bonus points if you can list at least 3.
The ten commandments are a special expression of natural law made known to us by God's Revelation and by human reason. They guide us in making choices that allow us to live as God wants us to live.
The Commandments:
1. I am the LORD your God. You shall not have strange gods before me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.
4. Honor your father and your mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
Why are the Commandments important?
What is the Creed?
What are the Beatitudes?
The Beatitudes are the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon of the Mount. (Matthew 5:3-10)
Jesus teaches us that if we live according to the Beatitudes, we will live a happy Christian live. The Beatitudes fulfill God's promises made to Abraham and his descendants and describe the rewards that will be ours as loyal followers of Christ.
What are the three parts that compose the Catholic Church?
What are prayers and what are the different kinds of prayer?
The way we use to communicate with God and grow in faith. It honors God's majesty. Acknowledges God as the Creator and source of all good.
Catholics recognize five main forms of praying:
Blessing and Adoration - Recognizing God's greatness. Can be silent in a personal reflection, or can be communal
Petition - Asking God for personal needs
Intersession - Asking God's help for others
Thanksgiving - Expressing gratitude for God's gifts
Praise - Glorifying God for who he is. An act of pure love and reverence. Focused entirely on God.
What is the Holy Mass?
The Holy Mass is the most beautiful and complete prayer of worship of Almighty God. The first Mass was celebrated by Jesus himself in the Last Supper. In the modern Mass the Priest acts in “persona Christi” and celebrates the Last Supper, the Lord’s passion, death, and resurrection.
Recite the "Hail Mary" Prayer
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Who “Baptized” Jesus?
Jesus ‘cousin, Saint John the Baptist. Note that this Baptism was not a sacrament, like your own Baptism into the Church. This is because Jesus had no need for Baptism or forgiveness as he was without sin.
What are Sacraments?
A sacrament is the visible, physical, and even material form of an invisible reality. For example, in Baptism, the form is water, but the inner reality is cleansing from the stain of original sin. In the Eucharist, the form is bread and wine, but the invisible reality is Christ’s Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.
What are the 7 Sacraments?
There are seven sacraments, and most practicing Catholics will receive most of these sacraments throughout their lives. The sacraments fall into three basic groupings:
Sacraments of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation)
Sacraments of Healing (Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick)
Sacraments of Service (Matrimony, Holy Orders)
How does the Catholic Church receive its authority?
The Church receives authority from God to guide his people.
To begin, God has all the authority, God gave authority to his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus gave authority to the Church through Peter, the first Pope - and through Peter, through his papal successors.
What are the four parts of the Mass?
In the Roman Rite, the Mass is made up of two principal parts: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. It begins with the Introductory Rites and ends with the Concluding Rites.
What is the Sacrament of Baptism?
Baptism is the first Sacrament that Catholics receive.
In Baptism we are born into new life in Christ. Baptism takes away the Original Sin and makes us members of the Church.
What are the two main parts of the Bible and what is each part covers?
BONUS - What is the relationship between the two parts?
Sacred Scripture is the Bible, which is composed of the Old and New Testaments.
The Old Testament cis the story of the Jewish people and covers from the time of the creation of the world leading up to the birth of Jesus.
The New Testament covers the period from Jesus' birth through the establishment of the early Church.
In what parts of the Bible we find the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes?
The Ten Commandments are found in the Old Testament in the book of Exodus. God gives the commandments to Moses.
The Beatitudes are found in the New Testament in Jesus' Sermon of the Mount. (Matthew 5:3-10)
What is the Golden Rule found in Matthew 7:12?
"So in everything, do to others what you would have the do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."
Treating others with the same respect and kindness that you would like to receive.
What is the Holy Trinity? Which person of the Holy Trinity came to be first?
The Holy Trinity is the doctrine that describes ONE God in three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three persons are coeternal (do not have a beginning nor an end) and consubstantial, meaning they share the same divine essence while being distinct from one another.