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Desert Season!
Desert Season!
TWO PARTER:
1. What Church season are we in? (+ 50pts)
2. The day it begins is called: (+ 50pts)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
BONUS: Which word is never sung/said during Mass during Lent? (+50pts)
1. LENT!
2. ASH WEDNESDAY!
Bonus: Alleluia. (+50pts)
I was a missionary teacher the year after I graduated from college. At that time, I was doing all of the “good kid” things on the surface, but my life was very, very far from Christ. When I finally returned to Confession, the priest simply gave me something like “one Hail Mary” as my penance.
I stopped. “Um, Father? Did you hear everything I said ? ”
“Yes, I did.”
“Don’t you think I should get a bigger penance than that? ”
He looked at me with great love and said, “No. That small penance is all that I’m asking of you.” He hesitated and then continued, “But you should know ... I will be FASTING for you for the next thirty days.”
I was stunned. I didn’t know what to do.He told me that the Catechism teaches that the priest must do penance for all those who come to him for Confession. And here he was, embracing a severe penance for all of my sins. I never forgot it.
Priests get to see firsthand how the Cross of Christ can break into people’s lives and melt the hardest hearts. We offer consolation to those devastated by their sins and strength to those who want to give up on God or on life. People who have been abandoned, abused, and rejected, even by their own friends and family, encounter the Christ who reminds them that they are worth dying for... so they can go out and start living.
I don’t remember the sin ... I remember the win.
Whenever someone comes to Confession, I see a person who is deeply loved by God telling God that they love him back. That’s it, and that’s all.
MERCY BONUS (automatic points!)
"The priest stands in judgment of no one. In the confessional, the only thing I have to offer is mercy. Whether you have confessed a particular sin for the first time or if this is the twelve thousandth time, every Confession is a win for Jesus. And I get to be there, standing in for Jesus... I get to sit and watch Jesus win his children back all day. It’s actually pretty awesome, if you think about it."
What does Fr. Mike say is looking at God and saying, "God I know what you want me to do, but I'm going to do what I want to do"
SIN
BONUS POINTS (+50pts)
Do priests go to Confession? (Y/N)
What is another name for the Sacrament of Confession?
Penance refers to our repentance, sorrow and resolution to amend our life with God’s help. Reconciliation refers to the goal of the celebration by which the sinner is reconciled to God and the Church. Confession refers to the act by which we tell our sins to the priest.
The ritual for the sacrament is called the Rite of Penance, but is fitting to refer to it with any of these titles. In fact, the Catechism refers to it also as “the Sacrament of Conversion” and the “Sacrament of Forgiveness.”
(see CCC 1423-1424).
To which Saint did Jesus say, "Behold, your Mother?" as He hung on the Cross?
(and to whom He spoke of when He told Mary, "Behold, your son!")
St. John "the Beloved Disciple"
a.k.a.
St. John the Evangelist.
He was one of the 12 Apostles.
This is the final week of Lent that begins on Palm Sunday (when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a colt and people shouted 'HOSANNA!' whilst laying palms and their cloaks on the ground before Him) and ends on Holy Saturday (the day Jesus was laid in the Sepulcher)
HOLY WEEK
Jesus appeared to this person after His resurrection.
(See: John 20:11-18)
St. Mary Magdalene
_________ assures us that a priest would never reveal confessed sins
THE SEAL OF CONFESSION.
"If a priest ever said what he heard you say in confession he would be AUTOMATICALLY excommunicated from the Catholic Church. That's how seriously the Church takes your privacy."
- Fr. Mike Schmitz
The church distinguishes between private and public sin because some sin only affects us personally (T/F)
FALSE!
(1 Corinthians 12:24-27)
"...But God has so arranged the body... that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it... you are the body of Christ and individually members of it."
In the month of March is dedicated this Saint. Tomorrow is the Church celebrates this Saint! 🥳
-One of the devotions to this Saint involves putting prayer intentions below a statue of [this Saint] napping. 🥱😴💤💤💤
-[this Saint] is Patron of a happy (and holy) death.
-St. Teresa of Avila famously said, "Jesus never refuses [this Saint] anything."
SAINT JOSEPH!
Jesus fasted in the desert for 40 Days. Long before Him, Moses did the same (3 times!).
How long did the Israelites stay in the desert?
(A) 40 Days (C) 40 years
(B) 50 Days (D) 12 weeks
(C) 40 YEARS!
"God is ___ and in Him there is no _____"
(Answer can be found in 1 John 1:5-10)
(Note: This text cannot be found in the Gospels, but it is written by the same author as the Gospel of John. You have 2 minutes. Ready... set... SEARCH!)
"God is light and in Him there is no darkness"
For a sin to be mortal, how many conditions must be met?
BONUS POINTS if you can name them!
(+100 each)
THREE!
(1) Grave (Serious) matter +100pt
(2) Full Knowledge +100pt
(3) Full Consent +100pt
Fr. Mike explains that we should confess our sins in ____ & in kind
in NUMBER (quantity) and in KIND (type; name the sin).
i.e. I stole from the office 8 times over the past month.
I gossiped about my best friend.
I cheated on my homework A LOT (more than I can count) over the past year.
The name of the man who helped Jesus carry His Cross, the day He was crucified (also called "Good Friday")
His name can be found in three places:
- Matthew 27:32
- Mark 15:21
- Luke 23:26
Acceptable Answers:
- Simon
- Simon of Cyrene
- Simon the Cyrenian
________ is a pillar of Lent where we give aide to those in need (this can be through money or donating our time/talent/treasure).
BONUS: if you can name the other 2 pillars
(+50pt each)
ALMSGIVING
- Prayer (+50pt)
- Fasting (+50pt)
On Crucifixes, we see the letters INRI- what does this mean/What was the full text of what was put on the Cross above Jesus?
See: JOHN 19:14-20
You have 1 minute to find it in your Bibles and read it for the class.... ready, set, GO!
(14) It was preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!” (15) They cried out, “Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” (16) Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
So they took Jesus, (17) and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. (18) There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. (19) Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews.” (20) Now many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
_____ is the responsibility a person has for acts, thoughts, and omissions. For an action to be sinful, the sinner must (1) be aware that what he is doing is wrong and (2) freely choose to act.
CULPABILITY
If one doesn’t know it is wrong, or if coerced into doing what one knows is wrong, culpability is reduced.... this does not change the moral quality of the act, and its consequences are still in effect (see CCC 1754).
For example, being unaware that getting drunk is a sin will not prevent the body from experiencing the harmful physical effects of alcohol or prevent the harm that could come to oneself or others from driving while intoxicated.
Some actions are always objectively gravely sinful, regardless of the circumstances or one’s intentions, i.e. murder, adultery (see CCC 1756).
We have a duty to form our consciences according to the teachings of the Church. Otherwise, we can fall into culpable ignorance (“when someone 'takes little trouble to find out what is true and good, or when conscience is by degrees almost blinded through the habit of committing sin.’ In such cases, the person is culpable for the evil he commits”) (CCC 1791)
_________ is to reflect on one's life, and seeing where we have "missed the mark" (sinned; choosing what is contrary to what God wants for us; or ways we have separated ourselves from Him)
an EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
What is the name of the Saint who pierced the side of Christ, AFTER Jesus had already died?
SAINT LONGINUS
The Thursday before Jesus' Passion and death, He commemorated the ____ with His disciples. [This feast] commemorates the deliverance of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
Exodus 12:20-32
"...Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”
Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the [______] lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe.... When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway... he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down... When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ then tell them, ‘It is the ________ sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”
Then... the Israelites did just what the Lord commanded...
At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”
Acceptable Answers:
- The Passover
- The Passover meal
He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer..."
(Luke 22:15)
What is the NAME of the Solemnity the Church celebrates March 25th?
(You can look up Luke 1:26-35, 38 to help you.)
The Annunciation of the Lord! This day 9 months before Christmas!
This is the day the Church remembers the Archangel Gabriel came to Mary, and announced God's plan for her to be the Mother of Jesus, God's Son.
Mary accepted, saying: 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; may it be done to me according to thy word'
After Mary's FIAT ("yes"), Jesus came down from Heaven, conceived by the Holy Spirit, in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
The priest who hears our confession acts in persona Christi “in ... the person of Christ himself” (CCC 1548) and can help us in our battle against sin...
Before hearing confessions, the priest kisses a cross that is embroidered in the center of his purple ______ and then places the _____ around his neck, symbolically "putting on Christ." When he takes it off again, the burden of our sins remains in Christ, not with the priest-though in his office, he does penance for others in the name of Christ.
STOLE
(A) In confessing our sins, we don't need to regret them, but we do need to repent of them.
(B) In confessing our sins, we do need to regret them, but we don't need to repent of them.
(C) In confessing our sins, we do need to regret them, and we do need to repent of them.
(D) In confessing our sins, we don't need to regret them, and we don't need to repent of them. We just have to name the sins.
(A) In confessing our sins, we don't need to regret them, but we do need to repent of them.
That is the difference between Judas and Peter. Both men betrayed the Lord and regretted their sins, but only Peter had repentance. Judas did not turn to the Lord after he sinned.
St Patrick's feast was yesterday! ☘️
Which of these statements is false?
(A) St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland.
(B) He was Irish.
(C) He was a slave.
(D) He was a Bishop.
(B) He was Irish.
He was born in "Roman or sub-Roman Britain, likely in a place called Bannavem Taburniae" (near the modern-day border of England and Wales")