Ch. 3 and 4 Randle Flashcards
What is the paschal mystery?
Christ’s work for our redemption consisting of: he Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension
What’s Sanctifying Grace?
the free and unmerited favor of God dispensed through the sacraments to save us from sin.
Who’s Elizabeth?
Mary’s cousin, John the Baptist’s mom, Zechariah’s wife
What’s the Incarnation?
Jesus becoming man; “the word became flesh”
What’s atonement?
Making up for sin; penance
AGONY IN THE GARDEN
The mental, moral, and physical agony suffered by Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
ASCENSION
Forty days after his Resurrection, the entry of Christ’s humanity into divine glory
CRUCIFIXION
A form of execution in which the prisoner is nailed or otherwise affixed to a cross and left to die of asphyxiation
DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Fifty days after Passover, the Apostles, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and other disciples were gathered in the Upper Room during the Jewish Feast of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and was given to the Church
LAST SUPPER
The Passover meal Christ and his Apostles celebrated before his arrest
RESURRECTION
The bodily rising of Christ from the dead, as he had foretold, on the third day after his Death on the Cross and burial in the tomb
PASSION
The suffering of Christ leading up to his Death
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
The pious practice of meditating upon Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection
TEMPTATIONS IN THE DESERT
Following the Baptism of Christ by St. John, Christ fasted and prayed in the wilderness for forty days. During this time, he was tempted by Satan
TRANSFIGURATION
The divine glory of Christ was manifested to Sts. Peter, James, and John on Mt. Tabor
