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- 5. The virtues of faith, hope, and charity that are given to Christians by God.
- 11. The liturgical celebration and memorial of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross and His Resurrection from the dead.
- 13. A title of Mary that describes her motherhood of Jesus, who is fully man and fully God.
- 14. “Three in one.” God is three Persons in one God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
- 16. Serious sin that we choose to commit even though we know it is wrong.
- 18. The ability to choose freely how we act.
- 19. The spiritual part of who we are that allows us to communicate with God.
- 23. Forty days after His Resurrection, Jesus went up to, or ascended into, Heaven in His glorified body.
- 24. A sign of God’s grace that gives the grace that it signifies.
- 25. In this part of the Mass, the Scriptures are proclaimed and the priest teaches us in his homily.
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- 1. The Sacrament in which we receive the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine.
- 2. A priest who is in charge of a parish church.
- 3. A habit of doing what is good. We build these through our own efforts and with God’s grace.
- 4. The liturgical season in which we prepare ourselves for the Incarnation of the Son of God at Christmas.
- 6. A calendar that charts the various seasons, remembrances, feasts, and celebrations in the life of the Church over the course of a year.
- 7. The voice of God within our hearts that helps us know right and wrong.
- 8. A prayerful review of what we have done and what we have failed to do that helps us to think about whether we have broken one of the Ten Commandments, or hurt God, His Church, other people, or ourselves.
- 9. The first Sacrament of Initiation. In this sacrament we are born into new life in Jesus.
- 10. A short story that uses characters or situations that we can relate to in order to teach us a deeper lesson.Jesus taught using these stories.
- 12. The second part of the Mass, in which we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in Holy Communion.
- 15. The Sacrament in which we confess our sins when we are truly sorry for them and receive forgiveness from God through a priest.
- 17. Twelve men whom Jesus called to follow Him during His earthly life and who continued His work after His Death and Resurrection
- 20. Also called the Our Father, it is the prayer given to us by Christ when He taught us in the Gospels to pray.
- 21. Means “good news” in English and refers to the good news of salvation offered through faith in Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church.
- 22. The liturgical season in which we focus on the Paschal Mystery — Jesus’ Passion, Death, and Resurrection, and how He redeemed us.
