Alvarez Chapter 3

Question 0

Fiat

Answer 0

Latin for “let it be done.” This was the Blessed Virgin Mary’s response to God’s plan of redemption; it was her consent to become the Mother of God

Question 1

Anna

Answer 1

The prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented in the Temple. Anna, or Ann

Question 2

Incarnation

Answer 2

From the Latin for “to become flesh”; the mystery of the hypostatic union of the divine and human natures in the one divine Person of the Word, Jesus Christ. To bring about man’s salvation, the Son of God was made flesh (cf. Jn 1:14) and became man.

Question 3

Annunciation

Answer 3

The visit of the Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary to inform her she would be the Mother of the Savior, commemorated on March 25. Having given her consent to God’s word, the Blessed Virgin Mary became the Mother of God the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit

Question 4

Elizabeth

Answer 4

The wife of St. Zechariah, mother of St. John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Question 5

Simeon

Answer 5

St. Simeon recognized Jesus as the Christ at the Presentation in the Temple.

Question 6

Redemption

Answer 6

Jesus Christ, through his sacrificial Death on the Cross, set man free from the slavery of sin.

Question 7

Nativity

Answer 7

The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in Bethlehem as well as the events surrounding his Birth.

Question 8

Visitation

Answer 8

The Blessed Virgin Mary visited her kinswoman St. Elizabeth

Question 9

Gabriel

Answer 9

One of the Archangels named in Sacred Scripture and the special messenger of God to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Annunciation