Lesson 6 Trivia
The word "catholic" means...
Universal
This word literally means "coming." Also, it refers to the first four weeks of the Catholic liturgical year.
Advent
In this essential Sacrament, which cannot be repeated, the stain of both original sin and personal sin is washed away, and we are granted new life in Christ.
Baptism
This liturgical season is the most important. It celebrates the Lord's resurrection from the dead, and culminates in his Ascension to the Father and His sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church.
Easter
Who founded the Catholic Church?
Jesus Christ
What is a cradle Catholic?
Someone who was born into the Catholic faith.
This future saint was the cousin of Jesus. He leapt in his womb when Mary visited his mother Elizabeth and told her she was pregnant.
John the Baptist
Name both Sacraments of healing.
Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick
During this liturgical season, the priests and deacons wear green vestments.
Ordinary Time
Explain what it means to be a Catholic convert.
Someone who converts to Catholicism comes to the Catholic faith from another faith, or atheism or agnosticism. They were not born into the Catholic faith.
Name one of the four marks of the church.
One
Holy
Catholic
Apostolic
When this famous angel visited Mary to tell her she would be Jesus's mother, he said the following words: "Hail, full of grace. The Lord is with you."
Archangel Gabriel
Jesus instituted two Sacraments at the Last Supper. Name them.
the Eucharist and Holy Orders
During this liturgical season leading up to Easter, Catholics are urged to engage in prayer, fasting and almsgiving as they reflect on Jesus Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection.
Lent
Which of the original thirteen American colonies was established on land purchased from a native tribe as a safe haven for English Catholics?
Maryland
In what faith was St. Teresa Benedicta (also known as Edith Stein) originally raised?
Judaism
This powerful name for Jesus Christ is often used during Advent. It means "God with us" and expresses the mystery of the Incarnation.
Emmanuel
In each of the 7 Sacraments, we receive grace. What is grace?
Grace is a share in the divine life of God, a free gift of supernatural help given to us not because we deserve it, but because God loves us. (p. 238, Chosen)
This word refers to God coming in the flesh when the second person of the Trinity, the Son, took on human nature. He was truly man and truly God.
Incarnation
Catholic bishops today can trace their authority directly through time back to the original 12 apostles. What do we call this connected line that stretches back some 2,000-plus years?
Apostolic succession
Who was "the rock" to whom Jesus gave the keys to the kingdom, making him the head of the Catholic Church?
Peter
This name means "God saves."
Jesus
When we receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the priest asks us to recite this prayer.
Act of Contrition
What is the name for the Church's most sacred three-day celebration, beginning with the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, continuing through Good Friday and Holy Saturday, and concluding with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday.
The Triduum
or
the Easter Triduum (Triduum means "three days" in Latin)
When Jesus told his closest friends and followers to "go out and make disciples of all nations" just before he ascended to Heaven, we call that the...?
Great Commission