People
Who kept bugging the judge to make a just decision until he made a just decision?
The persistent widow.
What is sung during the Easter Vigil?
The Exsultet
A solemn prayer of request is sometimes called a ____
petition
Why did Job get punished
God wanted to see if he was trustworthy
Who's faith was tested when they were struck by misfortune after misfortune?
Job
For 17 years St. Monica prayed for her son's conversion to the Christian faith. This is an example of ________ in prayer.
persistence
Who asked that convents and monasteries be opened to the Jews during WWII?
Pope Pius XII
Who saved the king
Mordecai
Who was Esther's relative (adoptive father?)
Mordecai
Queen Ester's poem "Give me courage, Lord" is an example of what type of prayer?
A prayer of supplication
Who did Ester marry?
King Xerxes
Esther prayed because she had ____________ that God could really answer her
persistence
Who was a young Jewish woman who had to plead for the lives of her people?
Esther
What parable teaches about persistence in prayer?
The parable of the persistent widow
Praising God before asking God for something is a ____________ custom.
Jewish
True or false: the exsultet is prayed alone.
False.
Who wanted to kill all the Jews in Persia?
Haman
What Hebrew song means "That would have been enough!"
Dayenu
Who neither feared god nor respected man?
The judge (from the parable)
What does Dayenu mean?
“That would have been enough!”