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Religion Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blessed trinity | the three persons in one god: god the father god the son god the holy spirit |
| Jesus mission | to share the life of god with all people and to save them from sin |
| Kindom of God | the power of Gods love active in our lives and the world |
| Apostles | men chosen by Jesus to share in his mission in a special way |
| Church | all those who beleive in Jesus Christ have bee baptized in him and follow his teachings |
| liturgy | the official public prayer of the Church |
| evangelization | proclaming the Good News of Christ by what we say and do |
| Paschal Mystery | Christs suffering, death, Ressurection from the dead, and Assention into Heaven |
| Last Judgement | Jesus Christ coming at the end of time to judge all people |
| Corporal Works of Mercy | Acts of love that help us care for the physical and material needs of others |
| Spirital Works of mercy | acts of love that helps us care for the needs of peoples hearts, minds, and souls |
| sacrament | an effective sign given to us by Jessus through which we share in Gods life |
| sanctifying grace | the gift of sharing in Gods life that we recive in the sacrements |
| Christian Initiation | the process of becoming a member of the Church through the sacraments of baptism confirmation and Eucharist |
| Common Vocation | the call to holiness and evangelization that all Christians share |
| holiness | sharing in Gods goodness and responding to his love by the way we live; our holiness comes through grace |
| Baptism | the sacrament in whitch we are freed from sin, become children of God, and are welcomed into the Church |
| Incarnation | the truth that the son of God became man |
| Salvation | the forgivness of sins and the restoring of friendship with God |
| Prophet | someone who speaks on the behalf of God, defends the truth, and works for justice |
| eternal life | living with god forever |
| saints | followers of Christ who lived lives of holiness on earth and now share in eternal life with god in heaven |
| catechumenate | a period of formation of Christian initiation that includes prayer liturgy, religious instruction and service to othes |
| Sacred Chrism | perfumed oil blessed by the bishop |
| gifts of the Holy Spirit | wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord |
| Passover | the feast on which Jewish People remember the miraculous way that God saved them from death and slavery in ancient Egypt |
| Eucharist | the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ; Jesus is truly present under the appearances of bread and wine |
| sacrifice | a gift offered to God by a priest in the name of all people |
| Real Prescence | Jesus really and truly present in the Euchaist |
| Introductory rites | the mass that unites us as a community; it prepares us to hear gods word and to celebrate the Euchaist |
| Liturgy of the Word | the part of the mass in which we listen and respond to Gods Word |
| Liturgy of the Euchaist | the pat of mass in which the death and Resurrection of Christ are made pesent |
| sacraments | blessings, actions, and objects that help us respond to Gods grace received in the sacaments |
| conscience | our ability to know the difference between good and bad |