Across
- 3. The joining, at the end of time, of the bodies of the saved with their souls in heaven, at which point they will participate bodily in a face-to-face encounter with God withing the marriage of Christ and the Church.
- 4. cleanses us from sins through Christ's loving mercy.
- 5. "all knowing," a quality of God, meaning the God knows everything there is to know
- 8. "the body's capacity of expressing love, that love precisely in which the person becomes a gift and fulfills the very meaning of his being and existence."
- 9. The ransom of humanity from the slavery of sin to a new life of freedom through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross.
- 11. The period of human history between the Fall of Adam and the end of time, where man struggles against concupiscence to love as God does.
- 13. To pay off a debt through the exchange of something of equal or greater value than the debt owed.
- 14. A compulsive and frequent habit of seeking sexual pleasures, including fornication/intercourse and other sexual behaviors.
- 15. The final reality of man's existence, when Christ returns and our bodies are raised.
Down
- 1. The final stage of our perfection, achieved in the resurrection at the end of time, where we'll be freed from any tensions between the flesh and the spirit within ourselves.
- 2. The daily hope of victory over sin which is available to us through Christ, who helps us overcome "evil with good."
- 6. The perfected state of the resurrected body as it will be at the end of time.
- 7. "marriage-like," "marital," or "spousal"
- 10. The period of man's existence as God created him prior to original sin.
- 12. In prayer, we have communion with the saints in heaven, who intercede for us before God.