Cartwright 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 (Lk 1: 38).

Question 1

Elizabeth

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Genealogy

Answer 2

From the Greek for “tracing of descent”; the study of ancestry or a list of someone’s ancestors. Sts. Matthew and Luke contain genealogies of Christ in their Gospels.

Question 3

Incarnation

Answer 3

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 and became man.

Question 4

Mary

Answer 4

The Mother of Jesus. The Blessed Virgin Mary’s greatest privilege is her divine Motherhood and, hence, her title Bearer of God, or Mother of God.

Question 5

Visitation

Answer 5

The Blessed Virgin Mary visited her kinswoman St. Elizabeth (cf. Lk 1: 39-80). St. Elizabeth’s greeting, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!” forms part of the Hail Mary. St. Elizabeth went on to call the Blessed Virgin Mary “mother of my Lord.”

Question 6

Anna

Answer 6

The prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented in the Temple. Anna, or Ann, is also the name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Question 7

Magi

Answer 7

The wise men described in Matthew 2. They came from the East (likely Persia) to adore the newborn King of the Jews and brought him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Tradition has given them the names Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar.

Question 8

Nativity

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Presentation

Answer 9

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Lk 2: 22-40) was performed in obedience to the Mosaic Law, which required the offering of the firstborn male, as well as the ritual purification of the mother, forty days after childbirth. Commemorated February 2, it is sometimes called Candlemas and, in the extraordinary form of the Latin Rite, marks the end of the Christmas season

Question 10

Simeon

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Virgin Birth

Answer 11

The Blessed Virgin Mary conceived Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. She, therefore, was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus Christ. The Virgin Birth is also an implicit proclamation of the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Question 12

Atonement

Answer 12

Reparation for an offense through a voluntary action that expiates the injustice done.

Question 13

Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity

Answer 13

The Blessed Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—are present in the soul from the moment of Baptism and remain as long as that soul is in a state of grace.

Question 14

Justification

Answer 14

Being made right with God. It is a free and undeserved gift of God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Question 15

Sanctifying Grace

Answer 15

The free and unmerited favor of God dispensed through the sacraments. This grace heals human nature, which has been wounded by sin, giving man a share in the divine life, which is infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit.