A special appreciation of the sacred in the world.
What is sacramental awareness?
100
To throw together.
What does the world symballein mean?
100
True
True of False: Not all actions are symbolic actions.
100
Symbolic actions that help us to express our beliefs,values and deepest concerns.
What are rituals?
100
Sacramental Awareness
The story of the mouse transforming into a eagle is meant to illustrate what aspect of Catholicism?
200
People are too busy, a great deal of pain and suffering exists in the world, people do not know where to look or what to look for.
Why are people dulled by the presence of the holy?
200
Symbols may have more than one meaning, what symbols stand for is connected to what they are , symbols evoke more than one kind of response from us.
What are the three distinctions that help you decide whether an object is a sign or symbol?
200
routine
Is brushing your teeth considered a ritual or a routine?
200
The creative, sustaining, and transforming self-gift of God that is always being offered to us.
What is grace?
200
The flame of hope
What does try story of Pope Paul VI illustrate?
300
Cultural symbols are understood in a particular culture and once they leave that culture they are not understood, while a universal symbol can be understood by people of many cultures
What is the difference between a cultural symbol and a universal symbol?
300
Rituals are usually playful activities
How can rituals be distinguished from routines?
300
Observable, physical realities that represent invisible qualities or elements.
What are symbols?
400
Listening and Responding.
What are two skills necessary for real communication and for sacramental awareness?
400
Universal; symbolizes spiritedness or destructiveness
Is fire a universal or cultural symbol?
400
Any object that represents something else.
What is a sign?
500
1) God acts and is present as grace 2) we respond to God's presence in faith and friendship
What are the two dimensions of a sacrament?
500
The seven sacraments
What are the most important symbol(s) of the Catholic Church?
500
Participation not observation.
What factor makes rituals actually "happen"?
500
Cultural symbols
What are symbols that are closely dependent on a specific situation, place or group?