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True or False: Only the bride is mentioned by her name in the nuptial blessing at a wedding liturgy, while the man goes unnamed.
True. The man is 'dying' to himself and, like Christ, lives to serve his bride.
This saint was burned at the stake by her own countrymen
St. Joan of Arc
True.
Name four Holy Days of Obligation
Christmas, Immaculate Conception, Assumption, Mary Mother of God, All Saints, Ascension
Father's
The three goods of marriage are:
permanence, fidelity and children
This saint died at 26 and her prayer was quoted in the catechism in full before she was even canonized
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity (French; 1880-1906)
O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me forget myself entirely so to establish myself in you, unmovable and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing be able to trouble my peace or make me leave you, O my unchanging God, but may each minute bring me more deeply into your mystery! Grant my soul peace. Make it your heaven, your beloved dwelling and the place of your rest. May I never abandon you there, but may I be there, whole and entire, completely vigilant in my faith, entirely adoring, and wholly given over to your creative action.
True or False: a man who is not a priest can be elected pope.
True. In fact, any baptized Catholic male is canonically eligible to be elected. Of course, he'd then have to be ordained a deacon, a priest and a bishop. The pope is always the Bishop of Rome.
True or False: a lay person can read the Gospel at Mass
False. Jesus himself proclaims the Gospel, His Good News. Only an ordained cleric can act in Christ's name and proclaim the Gospel.
God's ordering of all things, that includes and allows for our true freedom, is called
Providence
False. Rings are always exchanged.
This saint's mother attended her canonization Mass in 1950, 48 years after her daughter was murdered
St. Maria Goretti (1890-1902)
What's the youngest age you can be ordained a priest? Youngest age you can be a deacon?
The priesthood is not to be conferred except on those who have completed the twenty-fifth year of age and possess sufficient maturity; an interval of at least six months is to be observed between the diaconate and the priesthood. Those destined to the priesthood are to be admitted to the order of deacon only after completing the twenty-third year of age.
Pope Francis said homilies should be this long...
10 minutes
This saint began the practice of holding World Youth Days around the world
John Paul II
True or False: there must be at least two witnesses at a wedding, in addition to the priest or deacon presiding
True. And those witnesses don't need to be Catholic
This saint is responsible for the largest Church in Canada, St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal
St. Andre Bessette
What is the name of the group of priests for a diocese?
Presbyterate
The only day in the whole year when the Roman Missal tells the priest to preach briefly
Palm Sunday
The prayers for the Mass are almost all directed to whom?
The prayers for the Mass are almost all prayed in what person and number?
The Father
First person plural (We, our, etc.)...except the institution narrative: "This is my body..."
Explain the customs of las arras or el lazo at a Latin American wedding.
Las arras: coins exchanged representing the sharing of all things
El laz: the couple is literally tied together (often looks like a massive rosary)
Name two sets of married saints
Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin
Sts. Joachim and Anne
True or False: a bishop can remove a priest's faculties to hear confessions, preach, or celebrate Mass in public?
True!
This saint will be canonized this summer and made a website detailing Eucharistic miracles
Carlo Acutis
Father Fisher is the historical expert on Catholic martyrs from what century and location?