Where is Africa (Northern Africa, present-day Algeria).
100
Should you pray to God to ask for forgiveness? Yes or no?
Yes. But that's just part of the answer. You need the sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation.
100
Venial sins are less serious, or more serious than mortal sins?
Less serious. Venial sins are not directed against the love of God. They don't destroy love of God and neighbor, but they are still wrong.
100
Jesus gave the Church the Sacrament of Penance in John 20:22-23. True or False?
True. ("Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." John 20:22-23.)
200
St. Monica's husband was a Christian. True or False?
False. He was a pagan.
200
All of us are in this together; this is known as the mystical ___ of Christ. (fill in blank)
Body
200
Mortal sins must be ____?
What is confessed (sacrament of penance/reconciliation)
200
Absolution is performed by ____?
Who is a PRIEST. (Through Absolution by the priest, God heals us and grants pardon for our sins.)
300
Saint Monica prayed daily for thirty years for her son ____?
Augustine. (Augustine wandered from the faith and committed mortal sin. He eventually returned to the faith and became a saint who's writings influenced millions.
300
My/your sin hurts us all. In reconciliation we seek forgiveness from the Church and the ____ of _____?
The BODY of CHRIST.
300
Baptism is the first sacrament of ______?
What is forgiveness. In baptism, Original Sin and all personal sins are forgiven.
300
After confessing, the priest typically asks us to perform an act of _____?
What is PENANCE (Praying an Act of Contrition is also an OK answer too).
400
Saint Monica was a nun, true or false.
False. She was a laywoman.
400
Who chooses to excommunicate us from the body of Christ (the Church)? A priest or ourselves?
Ourselves. We excommunicate ourselves from the church via our own actions.
400
To be mortal sin, sin must meet three conditions. Name the three: (hint, it must be ____ wrong, we must ____ it's ____ wrong, and we must ____ choose it.
It must be GRAVELY wrong, we must KNOW it's GRAVELY wrong, and we must FREELY choose it.
400
Celebrating Penance restores and strengthens the life of ____ with God, which sin has caused us to lose or weaken.