Midterm Flashcards
Sacramentality
SEEING
-made to point to something invisible
-God can be seen in and through all physical and tangible things
Mediation
EXPERIENCING
-makes what is symbolized, real
-makes the presence of God effective
-attempts to show us the events to make them real
-real, but indirect, experience of God through the different things that signify God
communion
COMMUNION
-because God isn’t seen or experienced except through things, my relationship with God is communal
-God can be seen through the things God loves
-reminds us of the life of Jesus, to help share what it means to be Christian
-God draws people into unity in and through their unity with others
The theological foci of catholicism
Sacramentality, Mediation, and Communion
Liturgical Year
attempt at organizing time around the principle of the paschal mystery
gospels
are not liturgical accounts, just based on memories and traditions
3 alike gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke
-all seen together and relate to each other
Gospel least like the others
John
- sees Jesus like God, like a King
Liturgy of the Word
God reveals himself to the faithful and we are called to listen attentively
Scripture
-the book of readings used at mass
-the readings are fixed, year after year they are the same
What does the first reading always correspond with?
The Gospel
What is the psalm chosen to correspond with?
The first reading
What does the second reading follow?
a semi-continuous sequence, may or may not connect thematically
The Paschal Mystery
God saves
3 types of paschal mystery
God Mystery, Christ Mystery, Liturgical Mystery
God Mystery
How God has desired to save humanity from the very beginning of time (even before the birth of Jesus)
-God’s overall plan to save creation
Christ Mystery
-How Jesus Christ, through his death, resurrection, and ascension, accomplishes God’s plan of salvation. His entire life (and death) shows what it means to live out salvation
-All created things will pass away, but God is immortal
Liturgical Mystery
How we remember and celebrate God’s plan to save and the presence of Christ among us in the past and in the present, in hope for the future. How we are encouraged to live our lives modeled on the life of Christ.
-God desires that we choose
Sunday
-1st day of the week
-day of the resurrection
-day of the gift of the holy spirit
-eighth day as well
-day of the church and mass
-day to care about people, ourselves, and others
First Sunday of Advent
-1st Sunday of the Liturgical Year
-establishes the tone for the eternity of the Liturgical Year
-Jesus teaching about the coming reign of God