The Sacrament of Christian Initiation in which we are first joined to Jesus Christ, become members of the Church and are reborn as God's adopted children
What is Baptism
100
Freely choosing to do what we know is against God's will or freely choosing not to do something we know God wants us to do.
What is sin?
100
The solemn agreement that God entered into with people, promising that he would be their God and they were to be his chosen people.
What is Covenant?
100
A season of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning 'coming".
What is Advent?
200
Sayings or teachings of Jesus that are found in the Sermon on the Mount that describe both the qualities and actiosn of those people blessed by God.
What are the Beatitudes
200
The sacrament of Christian Initiation in which we share in the Paschal Mystery of Christ, receive the Body and Blood of Christ, and are joined most fully to Christ and to the Church, the Body of Christ
What is the Eucharist
200
The telling of sins to a priest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
What is Confession?
200
The laws of the Covenant of God revealed to Moses and the Israelities on Mount Sinai.
What are the Ten Commandments?
200
A statement of belief, a profession of faith.
What is a Creed?
300
A word that translates the Hebrew word 'Adonai, which the Israelites used for God; a title for Jesus that states he is truly God.
What is Lord
300
The Sacrament at the Service of Communion that unites a baptized man and a baptized woman in a lifelong bond or covenant of faithful love to serve the Church as a sign of Christ love for the Church
What is Matrimony
300
A sin less serious than a mortal sin, a sin that does not have all the three things necessary for a sin to be mortal.
What is Venial Sin?
300
The first four books of the New Testament that pass on the faith of the Apostles and the early Church about the life, death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ.
What are the Gospels?
300
A formal letter found in the New Testament and used as the second reading at Sunday Mass.
What is an Epistle?
400
From the Latin word meaning 'putting on flesh', to have a real body, the Son of God 'putting on flesh' or becoming human while keeping his dignity as God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity
What is the Incarnation
400
The Sacrament of Healing through which we receive God's forgiveness through the ministry of the priest for sins committed after Baptism
What is Penance/ or Reconciliation?
400
The sin of Adam and Eve by which they and all people lost the state of original holiness, and death, evil and suffering entered the world.
What is Original Sin?
400
People chosen by God the speak in his name.
What are the Prophets?
400
The work of the Church, the People of God, of worshiping him through which Jesus Christ continues the work of Redemption in, with, and through the Chruch.
What is Liturgy?
500
The 'passing over' of Jesus from life through death into new and glorious life, the Passion, death, Resurrection and glorious Ascension of Jesus.
What is the Pascal Mystery
500
The Sacrament of Christian Initiation that strengthens the graces of Baptism and in which our new life in Christ is sealed by the gift of the Holy Spirit.
What is Confirmation?
500
Sorrow for sins, which includes the desire to make up for the harm our sin has caused.
What is Contrition?
500
A prayer song found in the Old Testament Book of Psalms or the Psalter.
What are the Psalms?
500
The feast and holy day on which the Church celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit on the disciples.