Sacraments
The Catholic Church teaches that there are this many sacraments.
What is seven?
A priest wears this color on Pentecost and on the feasts of martyrs.
What is red?
Catholics are to fast from food and drink (except water and medicine) for this long before receiving Communion.
What is one hour?
Jesus gave this apostle “the keys of the kingdom”; he is counted as the first pope.
Who is St. Peter?
This is the Gospel that begins “In the beginning was the Word.”
What is John?
Also called Confession or Penance, this is one of the two sacraments of healing.
What is Reconciliation?
This season of joyful waiting uses violet vestments and a wreath of four candles.
What is Advent?
The priest does this on one knee toward the tabernacle as a sign of reverence for the Eucharist.
What is genuflect?
In 313 this Roman emperor legalized Christianity with the Edict of Milan.
Who is Constantine?
This Gospel has no infancy narrative at all.
What is Mark?
Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist together are called these.
What are the sacraments of initiation?
Rose appears only twice a year: Gaudete Sunday and this Sunday in Lent.
What is Laetare Sunday? (4th Sunday of Lent)
At this moment, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ.
What is the consecration?
Elected in 2025 and the first pope born in the United States, he took this name.
Who is Pope Leo XIV? (Robert Francis Prevost)
This is the Gospel with the story of the boy Jesus lost and found in the Temple.
What is Luke?
The way the Church communicates the fruits of Christ's Paschal mystery through the sacraments during liturgical celebrations, acting as a means of grace and salvation for believers. It is God's plan for dispensing grace through the material elements of the sacraments, which restore and nurture spiritual life.
What is Sacramental Economy?
In the United States, this metallic color may replace white, red, or green on more solemn occasions.
What is gold?
The two main parts of the Mass are the Liturgy of the Eucharist and this.
What is Liturgy of the Word?
This 16th-century council answered the Protestant Reformation and defined much of Catholic doctrine.
What is the Council of Trent?
This is the Gospel that recounts Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan.
What is Luke?
A priest or deacon witnesses this sacrament, but does not administer it.
What is Matrimony?
White vestments is the color for Christmas, Easter, and this kind of saint.
What is a Confessor of the Faith?
This first reading of Sunday Mass is usually taken from the Old Testament, except in Easter Time when it often comes from this New Testament book.
What is the Acts of the Apostles?
From 1309 to 1377, the popes lived in this French city instead of Rome.
What is Avignon?
This is the Gospel that recounts the visit of the Magi.
What is the Gospel of Matthew?