Preparation
The first step in making a great Reconciliation is:
a. confessing your sins
b. absolution
c. examining your conscience
c. examining your conscience
This is a short prayer we pray promising to try not to sin again.
a. Hail Mary
b. Our Father
c. absolution
c. absolution
The word "contrition" means ________.
a. to be joyful
b. to be sad
c. to be sorry
c. to be sorry
You can confess your sins to a _______.
a. priest only
b. priest or deacon
c. anyone
a. priest only
The best way to begin each day is by being _______.
a. grumpy
b. sleepy
c. grateful
c. grateful
This is a spiritual exercise designed to help us remember when we were and when we were not the best-version-of-ourselves.
a. absolution
b. penance
c. examining your conscience
c. examining your conscience
The gentle voice inside you that encourages you to do good and avoid evil is called_____.
a. free will
b. conscience
c. decision making
b. conscience
a. examining our conscience
b. absolution
c. confesssion
b. absolution
True or False:
The priest may tell your parents what you told him in confession.
false! He cannot tell anyone.
True or False:
God does not abandon us when we sin.
True! God is always calling to us, pleading with us, to return to him and his ways.
This is when we say sorry to God by confessing our sins to him through the priest.
a. penance
b. examination of conscience
c. confession
c. confession
The second step of a great Reconciliation is _____.
a. examination of conscience
b. penance
c. we confess our sins
c. we confess our sins
At the moment the priest is extending his hands over you during absolution, Jesus is pouring his ______ upon you.
a. grace
b. holy water
c. holy oil
a. grace
A conversation with God is called______.
prayer
a. the pope
b. the trinity
c. Sacrament
c. Sacrament
The priest will ask you to spend some time in prayer or to do a kind deed for somebody. This is called ____.
a. penance
b. contrition
c. confession
a. penance
When you go to confession you will sit______.
a. in a room by yourself
b. in a chair across from the priest
c. near all your friends so they can hear what you tell the priest
b. in a chair across from the priest
Three ways to become the best-version-of-yourself are:
a. pray, sing, listen to the radio
b. watch youtube, Netflix, and play Fortnite
c. daily prayer, Sunday Mass, and regular Reconciliation
c. daily prayer, Sunday Mass, and regular Reconciliation
What other names is the Sacrament of Reconciliation known by?
Sacrament of conversion, Confession or Penance
What are the sacraments you only receive once?
a. baptism, confirmation, and holy orders.
b. baptism, eucharist, and reconciliation
c
baptism, confirmation, and holy orders
The priest will then extend his hand over your head and pray a very special prayer. Acting as God's representative, he will forgive your sins! This is called____.
a. penance
b. examination of conscience
c. absolution
c. absolution
The third step of Reconciliation is ________.
a. absolution
b. examining our conscience
c. receiving our penance from the priest
c. receiving our penance from the priest
You can also receive the sacrament of Reconciliation behind a _______.
a. car
b. screen
c. tree
b. screen
How often should you go to confession? It is recommended that you go _____.
a. once a year
b. right away for mortal sins and monthly for venial
c. right away for mortal sins and never for venial sins
b. right away for mortal sins and monthly for venial
How can mortal sin be forgiven?
a. through the sacrament of Reconciliation
b. through the prayer at the beginning of Mass
c. by just asking for forgiveness
a. through the sacrament of Reconciliation