History
This is the approximate year which Christ was born.
What is (anywhere between) 7 BC - 6 AD?
A last gasp play in football where the quarterback desperately throws the ball to the endzone trying to get a last-second touchdown.
What is a Hail Mary?
The name of Jesus that means "God [is] with us."
What is Emmanuel?
We light the pink/rose-colored candle on this week of Advent.
What is 3rd?
True or False: Advent marks the end of the church/liturgical year.
False.
This is the Saint who became the historical basis for the character of 'Santa Claus'.
Who is St. Nicholas?
This is the prayer that comes from the words of the Angel Gabriel to Mary during the Annunciation.
What is the Hail Mary?
This is the meaning of the word 'Advent'.
What is coming; arrival?
This is the meaning of the color purple/violet which we wear during the Advent season.
What is penance/conversion/preparation/expectation
(also kingship/royalty)
True or False: The Lord forced/pressured Mary to say 'yes' to being the Mother of God.
False.
Joseph, Mary's husband, drew his family lineage from this famous King of Israel.
Who is King David?
The mysteries of the rosary which include the Annunciation and the Birth of Jesus are from this 'set' or 'category' of mysteries.
What are the joyful mysteries?
This is what the Advent candles symbolize when they are lit.
These are the meanings of why the Advent wreath is a circle and why it is green.
Circle = eternity (of God/his salvation)
Green = vitality/new life/hope
True or False: St. Joseph (the husband of Mary) is understood to be the literal/biological father of Jesus.
False
(if it were true, let's just say we'd have problems...)
This is the name of the ruler who was named the king of Judea and who felt threatened by the news of Christ's birth.
Who is King Herod?
This part or song in mass comes from the angels proclaiming the birth of Christ to the shepherds.
What is the Gloria?
While the 'first coming' of Christ means his birth, this is what we mean when we talk about Christ's 'second coming'.
What is when Christ comes at the end of time?
(also final judgement, end of the world)
This is what the three gifts of the wise men symbolize.
Gold: kingship
Frankincense: divinity/holiness/offering sacrifice
Myrrh: foreshadowing of Christ's death
True or False: Jesus did not exist at all before his Incarnation/conception.
False!
While the abbreviation "B.C." stands for "before Christ", this is the actual meaning of the words "A.D."
What is "anno Domini"? (Year of the Lord)
This is the long prayer that Mary made right after the angel Gabriel appeared to her to announce that she would be bear Jesus.
What is the Canticle of Mary/Magnificat?
Mary's role in salvation history was to make up for the faults of this person in the Bible.
Who is Eve?
This is the name of the Sunday on which we light the 'pink' Advent candle
What is Gaudete Sunday? (meaning rejoice [in a more external sense])
True or False: The Immaculate Conception means when Mary (not Jesus) was conceived without original sin.
True!