Personal Devotions
This newest (from John Paul II in 2002) set of Rosary Mysteries is prayed exclusively on Thursday.
What are the Luminous Mysteries?
The flat-palmed Sign of the Cross signifies these 5 things.
What are the wounds of Jesus?
This non-Hellenic country actually hosted the most amount of Olympic Games on record.
What is the United States of America? (8)
The virtues of View, Resolve, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness, and Concentration are commonly associated with their number in this religion born from just east of the Indus Valley.
What is Buddhism?
This contemporary skeptical philosopher famously got Jordan Peterson to admit that he'd believe in the Resurrection as caught on a hypothetical Panasonic video camera.
Who is Alex O'Connor?
This "Eastern rosary" standardly comes with 33, 50, or 100 knots.
What is a prayer rope/kombouskini/chotki?
The priests had to by in large memorize the liturgy before this major Church Council that smacked around a handful of delinquent Western European Catholics.
What is the Council of Trent?
Fredric Baur, the inventor of the container for these crispy delights, had his ashes partially buried in a can of these.
What are Pringles?
This is the name for the main Hindu religious texts.
What are the Vedas?
This tough-to-read 18th century German philosopher's town considered his daily walk to be a standard measurement of time. Talk about precision!
Who is Immanuel Kant?
This privilege, instituted by apparition of Mary that gifted the brown scapular, guarantees the liberation of the wearer's soul from Purgatory the next Saturday.
What is the Sabbatine Privilege?
DAILY DOUBLE: This used to be blessed and given to catechumens on the tongue to "preserve them from corruption."
What is salt?
This bottom-dwelling sea creature has 3 hearts but 2 of them stop when swimming.
What is an octopus?
This Arabic term refers to a pilgrimage one makes at least once in their lifetime to a particular site with a lot of square feet.
What is Hajj?
This 11th century English bishop coined God as “that which none greater can be thought.”
Who is St. Anselm of Canterbury?
The Devotion to the ______ Wound of Christ, a daily prayer traditionally associated with St. Bernard of Clairvaux, highlights a supposedly "hidden" wound He had during the Crucifixion.
What is the Shoulder?
You've seen it, you've watched the priest use it. This glass object is used by the priest/altar server during every Roman Mass for the washing of the presider's hands.
What is a cruet?
The dot over characters, such as "i" and "j," have this name.
What is a "tittle"?
This unpronounceable name for God in Judaism is referred to as this because of its four letters.
What is the "tetragrammaton"?
This well-spoken 20th century philosopher (whose arguments are now used all over the online sphere) classically made his position on religion clear with his work Why I Am Not A Christian.
Who is Bertrand Russell?
These 15 yearlong meditations of Christ's Passion were instituted through the revelations of this Scandinavian saint.
Who is St. Birgitta/Bridget of Sweden?
"THE DOORS, THE DOORS, IN WISDOM, LET US BE ATTENTIVE!" is a phrase from the Eastern Byzantine liturgy (though it has similar roots in others) that signified this ancient practice from the early centuries.
What is the Dismissal of the Catechumens?
This lengthy river that runs through Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine was targeted by the Russians in recent conflicts and is named after this midway city.
What is the Dnieper River?
You might see plenty of birds make their homes in this traditional Shintō archway.
What is an お鳥居 ("otorii") gate?
Martin Heidegger fans are stereotypically fretting about this political view he held that changes outsiders' views on his work.
What is Nazism?