7th Religion Chapter 24 Flashcards
How does God call you to become like his Son?
Through the ordinary events of your life
God calls you to what?
A particular vocation
You and every Christian have received one universal call from God when?
At Baptism
What is your call to develop your talents so you can serve God and others better?
Your call to holiness
Your call to holiness is also a call to what?
Witness God’s love
What does Emmanuel mean?
God with us
What is meant to lead us to be holy and to share in Jesus’ mission?
Every vocation
God calls some people to the __________. They can be involved in a wide range of activities and can spend their lives in service to others.
Single life - unmarried
Single people become ______ of God’s love.
signs
Some single people chose to live a vowed life as members of ___________; where they live consecrated lives of prayer and service while keeping their jobs in the world.
Secular institutes
God calls most people to a lifelong commitment as _________.
Husband or wife in marriage
If you love a person deeply, you might make a ______.
Covenant
What is a binding and solemn promise or vow?
Covenant
The Church celebrates marriage as something ______.
Holy
Who represents Jesus as he witnesses the couple’s vows in the presence of the believing community?
The Priest
The man and woman act as ________ of the sacrament to each other.
ministers
What binds the man and woman in a lifelong partnership?
Their vows
Through the ________, Jesus enables married couples to remain faithful to their wedding promises.
Sacrament of Matrimony
What is symbolized by their rings they give each other?
Faithfulness or fidelity
Christian marriage is founded on what?
The sacredness of human life and the family
What are the supreme gift of God offers to married people - a sign of their love?
Children
How does the family participates in the life and mission of Jesus?
By being king, priest and prophet
God calls some men through the Church to an _________ for the life and growth of the community.
Ordained ministry of service
Through what do these men become deacons, priests or bishops forever?
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
Who assists the bishops and priests in teaching, preaching, celebrating the liturgy and caring for those in need?
Deacon
Every priest is first a what?
Deacon
What are the requirements for a permanent deacon?
Must be a least 35 years old and many of them are married.
Who works with the bishop in bring Jesus to the world through word, sacraments, and service?
Priest
Who is ordained by another with the laying on of hands?
Bishop
Who is responsible for the People of God and in addition to exercising his priestly duties, he shepherds the people in a diocese, teaching sanctifying, and governing them?
Bishop
Who tries to proclaim the Word by his life as well as by his words?
Priest
Who also call us to be reconciled to God and to others, forgives sins, and administers other sacraments?
Priest
God calls some people to dedicate their lives to service as what?
Members of religious communities
Who are called to be signs of Christ’s love and his kingdom in a special way?
Those who chose religious life
What are the three vows religious usually make?
- Chastity
- Poverty
- Obedience
What is being unmarried and chaste for the sake of the kingdom?
Chastity
What is living a simple lifestyle and giving up control of material possessions?
Poverty
What is listening to God particularly as he speaks through superiors?
Obedience
To hear God’s call, we need to develop what?
The skill of listening
Who do we need to listen to hear God’s call?
To God, ourselves, and others
What is the universal call that all Christians receive from God?
All Christians receive the universal call to holiness
What is meant by a vocation?
A vocation is a call from God to a particular way of life in which a person can share Christ’s mission and reach holiness.
What is the love between a married couple a sign of?>
The love between a married couple is a sign of Christ’s love for his Church and his union with it.
What is the mission of bishops, priests, and deacons?
The mission of bishops, priests, and deacons is to give Jesus Christ to the world through word, sacrament, and service.
What are the three vows that most religious make?
Religious usually make vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience.
Gods calls all Christians to be _______.
Holy
Single people who live a vowed life belong to _________.
Secular institutes
The _______ is the minister of the Sacrament of Matrimony for the bride.
Groom
The marriage vows bind a couple to each other in lifelong _______.
fidelity
By the vow of ________, religious promise to remain unmarried and chaste.
Chastity
A ______ has the fullness of priesthood.
Bishop
An ordained man who assists the bishops and priests is a _________.
Deacon
A priest’s greatest privilege is to preside at the _______.
Eucharist
The power of priesthood is passed on from a bishop by the laying on of ______.
hands
Christians must be Christ for the world in whatever ______ they follow.
Vocation
Three things all religious have in common are:
Prayer, Christ, Vows?
Two things Christian marriage is founded on: the sacredness of:
Human life and family
Three things a bishop does:
Teach, govern, sanctify
Three roles of a priest:
Leader, mediator, servant
