It's the initialism for "Order of Christian Initiation of Adults"
What is OCIA?
It's the season that we are currently experiencing
What is ORDINARY TIME?
We consider mass to be the ______ and _____ of our faith.
What is 'SOURCE' and 'SUMMIT' of our faith?
What size of faith does Jesus tell us will suffice to move mountains?
What is the size of a 'MUSTARD SEED'?
This is what we call 'one God in three divine persons'.
What is the Trinity?
When meditating on the life of Christ OR praying a divine mercy, this 'item' has beads to aide us in ordering our prayers and meditations
What is a ROSARY?
This is the shortest liturgical season of the liturgical year.
What is the Triduum?
We believe that Christ is made present for us in the Eucharist (Christ's body, blood, soul, and divinity). The loving and mysterious transformation of the elements is called ___________.
What is TRANSUBSTANTIATION?
"_____ is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen."
What is FAITH? (Hebrews 11:1)
This person in the Trinity is the Creator.
Who is God, the Father?
The Eucharist is secured and reserved in this place within a Church sanctuary
What is the TABERNACLE?
This is the color is worn during lent by Priests
Purple
At the end of mass, a priest or a deacon will say one of four things: (a) Go forth, the Mass has ended, (b) Go and announce the gospel of the Lord, (c) Go in peace, glorying the Lord by your life, or (d) Go in peace.
What is the response of the laity to any of these dismissal communications?
What is "THANKS BE TO GOD"?
In regards to 'faith', we value the intellect. God gave us minds. We believe that faith and ______ coexist .
What is REASON? (OR SCIENCE is also a correct answer)
This person of the Trinity is God, the Redeemer.
Who is Jesus Christ? (The son)
Fill in the blank. As Catholics, we do not 'worship' the Blessed Mother, rather we ________ her.
What is VENERATE or GIVE SPECIAL HONOR to?
This season is where we prepare our hearts for Christ's coming
What is ADVENT?
Mass. is divided into two parts. The Liturgy of the ______ and the Liturgy of the ______.
What is 'WORD' and 'EUCHARIST'?
This is the prayer that our Lord, Himself taught us.
What is the LORD'S PRAYER? (Or aka The Our Father)
This person of the holy trinity is the sanctifier.
Who is the Holy Spirt?
True or false
Catholics believe that saints themselves have special powers
What is FALSE?
(Saints do not have 'special powers'. God alone has divine power. The Saints are exemplary in their allowing the POWER of God to work through them.)
This season marks the beginning of our liturgical year, as Catholics.
What is the season of Advent?
True or false
Mass is only offered on Sundays.
What is 'FALSE'?
Which of the following is NOT true...
(a) By making the sign of the cross, we are invoking the name of God
(b) By making the sign of the cross, we are proclaiming our faith in one God, via the Trinity
(c) By making the sign of the cross, we are demonstrating that our prayers are more holy than the prayers of those who do not make the sign of the cross
(d) The sign of the cross on it's own is a prayer
What is (c)?
True or false- Without God's direct revelation of the Trinity, the central mystery of the faith is unknowable.
What is TRUE?