It's All Greek to Me
This is the first announcement of the Good News in Genesis.
What is the protoevangelium?
Who is Lazarus?
"In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth..."
What is Genesis?
"as it was in the beginning"
What is the Glory Be?
This is the place where the sacrfice is offered.
What is the altar?
These are the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet that are also attributed to a title for God.
What is the Alpha and the Omega?
This is the man who sentenced Jesus to death.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
What is the Gospel of St. John?
"You expired Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls..."
What is the Divine Mercy chaplet?
This is the name of the priestly vestment.
What is a chasuble?
We use this Greek term during the Mass when we ask for the Lord (and Christ) to have mercy on us. No relation to the "Irving" variety.
Kyrie Elison
Jesus told the Pharisees & the Herodians to, "repay unto [this man] what belongs to him."
Who is Caesar?
"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked"
What is the book of Psalms?
"...save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of thy mercy."
What is the Fatima prayer?
This is the name of the typically gold box that the Eucharist is stored in.
What is a tabernacle?
These are the four letters which, in Greek, abbreviate the name of Jesus Christ. Using your hand for a blessing might help you remember.
What is IC XC?
This is the name of Mary's cousin whom she visited after becoming pregnant. Turns out, her cousin was pregnant too!
Who is Elizabeth?
"In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen."
What is the Acts of the Apostles?
"To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears."
What is the Hail Holy Queen?
This is the name of the book that the priest reads out of during Holy Mass. It is not explosive, though.
What is the Roman Missal?
This is the Greek word meaning, "how the house is ordered." We just use the word, "economy."
What is Oikosnomos?
This is the name of John the Baptist's father...although he couldn't speak it himself for about nine months.
"In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came and laid siege to Jerusalem."
What is the book of Daniel?
"In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good,
I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things."
What is the act of contrition?
This is the white cloth that is placed on top of the chalice during Mass, then taken off and laid down first before the Eucharistic sacrifice. It does not actually have any military rank, though.
What is the corporal?