Midterm Flashcards

1
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Sacramentality

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SEEING
-made to point to something invisible
-God can be seen in and through all physical and tangible things

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2
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Mediation

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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

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communion

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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

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4
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The theological foci of catholicism

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Sacramentality, Mediation, and Communion

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5
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Liturgical Year

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attempt at organizing time around the principle of the paschal mystery

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6
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gospels

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are not liturgical accounts, just based on memories and traditions

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7
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3 alike gospels

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Matthew, Mark, Luke
-all seen together and relate to each other

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8
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Gospel least like the others

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John
- sees Jesus like God, like a King

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9
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Liturgy of the Word

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God reveals himself to the faithful and we are called to listen attentively

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10
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Scripture

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-the book of readings used at mass
-the readings are fixed, year after year they are the same

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11
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What does the first reading always correspond with?

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The Gospel

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12
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What is the psalm chosen to correspond with?

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The first reading

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13
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What does the second reading follow?

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a semi-continuous sequence, may or may not connect thematically

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14
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The Paschal Mystery

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God saves

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15
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3 types of paschal mystery

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God Mystery, Christ Mystery, Liturgical Mystery

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16
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God Mystery

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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

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17
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Christ Mystery

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-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

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18
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Liturgical Mystery

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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

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19
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Sunday

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-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

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20
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First Sunday of Advent

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-1st Sunday of the Liturgical Year
-establishes the tone for the eternity of the Liturgical Year
-Jesus teaching about the coming reign of God

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21
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When is the first Sunday of Advent?

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Sunday closest to November 30 (4 Sundays before December 25)

22
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First and Second Sundays of Advent

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focus on the coming of Christ at the end of time

23
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Second Sunday of Advent

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John the Baptist teaching about the coming reign of God

24
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Third Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday

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-begins a transition focusing on John the Baptist foretelling the coming of Christ
-from waiting for the future coming of Christ…towards celebrating the past (historical) coming of Christ

25
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Fourth Sunday of Advent

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-shift in the tone of the season from waiting and preparing for the second coming to waiting and preparing to celebrate the historical coming of Christ at his birth
-use of “O Antiphons” from December 17-24

26
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What does the season of Advent focus on?

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preparing for the coming of Christ: past, future, and present

27
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What does the season of Christmas focus on?

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the incarnation of God in Christ (and his revelation to humanity): present, past, and future

28
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incarnation

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being made flesh

29
Q

When is the Octave from?

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December 25-Jan 1

30
Q

Significance of the Shepards

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Shepards = David = Israel

31
Q

Infancy Narratives

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share a focus on presenting Jesus as the embodiment of Israel’s history

32
Q

Significance of the Census

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around the time of Jesus’ birth, leads to a revolution, and destroys the Temple

33
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Significance of the Manger

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-meant to evoke God’s complaint against Israel in Isaiah, not a sign of poverty
-placed where animals eat, double meaning (communion)

34
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Significance of the Angels

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Angels proclaim with known song, Luke says that when we worship, it’s like going to the manger again, acknowledging Christ’s presence

35
Q

What is each day of the octave considered to be?

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A different “version” of the source feast

36
Q

How is God made flesh in Solemnity of the Nativity (Dec 25)?

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Jesus Christ

37
Q

How is God made flesh in the Feast of St. Stephen (Dec 26)?

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Martyrs

38
Q

How is God made flesh in Feast of St. John (Dec 27)?

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Evangelizers

39
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How is God made flesh in Feast of Holy Innocents (Dec 28)?

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The Helpless

40
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How is God made flesh in Feast of the Holy Family (Sunday after Dec 25)?

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Disciples

41
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How is God made flesh in the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Jan 1)?

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Through human beings

42
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The Liturgical Year is not simply about remembering things that happened in the past…

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The past is remembered in order that it might inform how we look at the present as we await the future

43
Q

What does vocation mean? How does the chosen liturgical season/feast connect to this definition?

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vocation is your calling in life

44
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What are the 4 occasions that the Bible is proclaimed within the Liturgy of the Word on Sundays?

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The First Reading, the Responsorial Psalm, the Second Reading, and the Gospel

45
Q

What Gospel is most similar to Mark?

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Matthew

46
Q

What Gospel account is Luke? (Letter)

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C

47
Q

What Gospel account is Mark? (Letter)

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B

48
Q

What Gospel account is Matthew? (Letter)

A

A

49
Q

What are the 4 ways Christ is present in the Liturgy?

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-In the bread and wine
-In the priest who presides
-In the word that is proclaimed
-In the gathered worshiping assembly

50
Q

True or False: Sunday is best understood as being the Sabbath?

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False

51
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When does advent end?

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December 24