All About the Bible
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A former shepherd, he defeated Goliath in battle and was later king in Israel for a total of 40 years. He also gets a cool reference in "Las Mañanitas."🎂
Who is David? (el Rey David)
As the name implies, the Holy Trinity is one God in ___ Persons.
What is three (3)?
This gentle saint lived centuries before the Salesians were formed, but the Salesian congregation is named after him. His feast day is January 24th.
(Hint: it's not Don Bosco)
Who is St. Francis? (de Sales)
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Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist are called the Sacraments of ___.
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What is Initiation?
The disciples asked Jesus how to pray, and this is the prayer Jesus taught them.
What is the Our Father?
In this final book of the New Testament, the devil is vanquished forever; Christ reigns eternally. There is a new Heaven and a new Earth.
What is Revelation? (aka Apocalypse or Apocalipsis)
This Person of the Trinity is often referred to as the Creator, always near to us. Certainly not a frail, old man or a cosmic genie!
Who is God the Father?
This young saint, a student of Don Bosco, loved confession, Communion, and "being a saint now, not later." His feast day is May 6th.
Who is St. Dominic Savio?
(Santo Domingo Savio)
This sacrament cleans away our original sin and makes us a son or daughter of God.
What is Baptism?
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Christmas time in the Catholic Church begins as soon as this liturgical season is over. It lasts for about 4 weeks and is the beginning of the liturgical year.
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What is Advent?
This man is described in Exodus as "God's friend." He led the Israelites across the Red Sea and out of slavery.
Who is Moses?
This Person of the Blessed Trinity came down from heaven and became man. Pretty humble for a divine being!
Who is Jesus Christ? (aka God the Son)
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This Cyber-apostle teen saw the Eucharist as his "Highway to Heaven." He always spoke well of Don Bosco, and his feast day is October 12th.
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Who is St. Carlo Acutis?
A man and a woman unite in a lifelong covenant of love. Jaruwat and Ellen are a great example of this sacrament!
What is matrimony? (aka marriage)
The Pope (currently Pope Leo XIV) is the direct successor of this apostle, who once denied Jesus three times.
Who is Peter? (aka Simon Peter)
The Gospel is really 1, but these are the 4 spiritually-inspired accounts of the Good News of Jesus Christ. (You need all 4.)
What are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? (aka the Gospel according to...)
This Person of the Most Holy Trinity is known as the Paraclete. It means an "advocate" or "helper," who is at our side always.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
She was Don Bosco's mother and cared for many of the boys in Don Bosco's oratory. Her feast day is Nov. 25th and she is affectionately known as "Mamma ___."
Who is Margaret?
In this sacrament our personal sins are taken away, those wrongs we have committed after our Baptism. Think act of contrition followed by absolution!
What is Reconciliation? (aka Confession or Penance)
The three theological virtues of Faith, ___, and Charity (or Love) connect us directly to God.
What is Hope?
The shortest verse in the entire Bible is from John 11:35, and it says, simply, that "Jesus ___."
What is "wept"?
This Person of the Holy Trinity is the Head of the Church. All of us, as baptized sons of God, make up the Body.👨👩👧👦
Who is Jesus Christ?
This brave teenage girl from Chile attended a Salesian school, offered her own suffering to save her mother's soul, and died with heroic virtue at age 13. Her feast day is January 22nd.
Who is Blessed Laura Vicuña?
These 2 sacraments are known as the Sacraments of Healing. (You need both.)
What are Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick? (Reconciliation = Confession = Penance)
The 4 "marks" of the Church are that it is One, ___, Catholic, and ___. (You need both.)
What are Holy and Apostolic?