pilgrimage + lourdes + the rosary Flashcards

1
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what is a pilgrimage?

A

a journey to a holy place

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why do many catholics go on pilgrimages?

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it is a way of becoming closer to god

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what does the Catholic Church recognise sites of pilgrimages as?

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among the most appropriate places for prayer

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4
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what can going on a pilgrimage help?

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to help strengthen their faith

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5
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what can going on a pilgrimage share?

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to share the experience and their faith with other believers

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what can going on a pilgrimage do for prayers?

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to pray for the sick
to pray for something special

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what can going on a pilgrimage be as a way of?

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thanking god

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what can going on a pilgrimage do to seek?

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physical, spiritual or emotional healing

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what can going on a pilgrimage make you do?

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do a penitential act as a reflection of sorrow for sin

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penitential

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showing that you are sorry, especially in a formal religious way, for wrong things that you have done

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how can going to a group of pilgrimage help?

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may help an individual to feel part of the church community

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12
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what do pilgrims do?

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pray together
feel supported by each other

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13
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how can going on a pilgrimage help believers?

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to reflect on their life’s journey

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what is going on a pilgrimage an opportunity for?

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to take time out and focus on their journey to god

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15
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what is the pilgrimage journey often of?

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self-discovery

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who goes on a pilgrimage?

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those who are sick
very few come back cured however they may come back feeling at peace and able toaccept and cope with the problems they face

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how can going on a pilgrimage help people to learn?

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to learn how to value the role of god in their lives in a new way

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18
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what are many places of a pilgrimage dedicated to?

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Mary, whom catholics call our lady

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19
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what are the most popular of the shrines in Europe?

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Lourdes, France

20
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why are shrines in specific places?

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most are in places where people have claimed to see visions of Mary

21
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why do catholics often pray to Mary at site of pilgrimages?

A

believe that she can pray to god on their behalf

22
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who had visions of Mary?

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a young girl called Bernadette Soubirous in 1858

23
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what did the person who claimed to had visions of Mary said?

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that Mary told her to dig for a spring which is believed to have healing qualities which many pilgrims bathe there which now thousands of pilgrims go to pray at the grotto

24
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why do large number of young people volunteer as helpers?

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to help for the sick and disabled pilgrims which can a life changing expereience

25
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what is going to the pilgrimage a practical way of?

A

that ordinary people can respond to the mystery of suffering

26
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what will catholics take part in the Lourdes?

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various activities to help them overcome suffering

27
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activities in Lourdes
1. why do they visit the stations of the cross?
2. why do they visit the grotto?
3. why do they have baths and holy water?
4. why do they have a statue of the Virgin Mary?
5. why do they do a torchlight procession?

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  1. to reflect on the suffering of Jesus
  2. where Mary is believed to have appeared to Bernadette
  3. many believe the water has miraculous healing properties
  4. acts as a mediator and takes prayers to god
  5. where pilgrims prayer together asking god to remove their suffering
28
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what does popular piety mean?

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forms of worship or prayer that are inspired by the tradition of the Church

29
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what is a rosary?

A

a series of beads

30
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why do catholics use the rosary?

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to help them concentrate during
prayers

31
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what can the rosary be said as?

A

an individual or in a group

32
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what does each bead represent?

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a prayer

33
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how are the beads arranged?

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a sequence of one ‘Our Father’, ten ‘Hail Marys’ and one ‘Glory Be’

34
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what can most catholics do with the rosary?

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can recite these prayers from memory

35
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how can catholics think deeply with the rosary?

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The fact that they do not need to concentrate on what words to say

36
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what is each sequence of beads from the rosary called?

A

a decade

37
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what will a set of rosary usually have (rosary)?

A

5 decades

38
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what do catholics do as you progress the decades (rosary)?

A

reflect on some of the important events in the life of Jesus and of Mary. It is a form of meditation

39
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from the rosary, what are the events called?

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mysteries, group of five

40
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what are the 5 joyful mysteries?

A
  1. The Annunciation
  2. Mary’s visit to Elizabeth
  3. The birth of Jesus
  4. The presentation of the baby Jesus in the temple
  5. The finding of Jesus in the temple
41
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annunciation

A

the time when the angel Gabriel visited the Blessed Virgin Mary to tell her that she would be the mother of the savior

42
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mary’s visit to elizabeth

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The visit also shows Elizabeth’s faith. The Bible tells us Elizabeth was overjoyed when she became pregnant, but when her unborn child leaped, and she herself was filled with the Holy Spirit in the presence of Mary and her unborn savior, she didn’t just marvel at this

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how did the birth of jesus happen?

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Jesus’ parents were called Mary and Joseph, who were engaged at the time of his birth. According to the Bible, the birth of Jesus was a virgin birth by the action of the Holy Spirit.

44
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The presentation of the baby Jesus in the temple

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According to the gospel, Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after his birth to complete Mary’s ritual purification after childbirth, and to perform the redemption of the firstborn, in obedience to the Law of Moses

45
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The finding of Jesus in the temple

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After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions; and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers” (Lk 2:41-47).