Mokolo Chapter 3

Question 0

Atonement

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Annunciation

Answer 1

“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 2

Justification

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Fiat

Answer 3

“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 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

Genealogy

Answer 6

“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 7

Incarnation

Answer 7

“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 8

Sanctifying Grace

Answer 8

“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.”

Question 9

Virgin Birth

Answer 9

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 10

Magi

Answer 10

“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 11

Redemption

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Nativity

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Passion

Answer 13

“The suffering of Christ leading up to his Death.”

Question 14

Last Supper

Answer 14

“The Passover meal Christ and his Apostles celebrated before his arrest. Christ instituted the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Holy Orders at the Last Supper.”

Question 15

Suffering Servant

Answer 15

“In fulfillment of Isaiah 53, Christ, the Suffering Servant, suffered and died on the Cross to gain the redemption of mankind.”

Question 16

Crucifixion

Answer 16

“A form of execution in which the prisoner is nailed or otherwise affixed to a cross and left to die of asphyxiation.”

Question 17

Kenosis

Answer 17

“Greek for “emptying,” it refers to Christ having emptied himself by becoming man and taking on human nature (cf. Phil 2: 5-11).”

Question 18

Transfiguration

Answer 18

“The divine glory of Christ was manifested to Sts. Peter, James, and John on Mt. Tabor. While there, Christ spoke with Moses and Elijah and was called “Son” by a voice from Heaven”

Question 19

Temptation In the Desert

Answer 19

“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. Unlike our first parents and their descendants, Christ overcame the temptations of the Devil.”

Question 20

Stations of the Cross

Answer 20

“The pious practice of meditating upon Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. This may be done either by walking the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem or passing from one image to the next depicting Christ’s sufferings in a church.”

Question 21

Resurrection

Answer 21

“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. By virtue of his Resurrection, Christians have the hope of resurrection with Christ on the Last Day (cf. CCC 997).”

Question 22

Stations of the cross

Answer 22

“The pious practice of meditating upon Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. This may be done either by walking the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem or passing from one image to the next depicting Christ’s sufferings in a church.”

Question 23

Ascension

Answer 23

“Forty days after his Resurrection, the entry of Christ’s humanity into divine glory”

Question 24

Descent of the Holy Spirit

Answer 24

“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, which celebrates the giving of the Law to Moses on Mt. Sinai. The Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and was given to the Church. This event is considered the “birthday” of the Church.”

Question 25

Agony in the Garden

Answer 25

“The mental, moral, and physical agony suffered by Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, where he prayed after the Last Supper but before his arrest. He asked the Father, if possible, to remove the cup of his Passion and Death but the Father’s will be done”