RE106- Prelims Flashcards
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God in his trustworthiness goes to man as he reveals and communicates his
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goodness
wisdom
power
love
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man in trust, respond to God as He accept and relies God’s
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goodness
wisdom
power
love
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by accepting, living, and adopting love, he finds:
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meaning
direction
courage
security
strength
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God in his trustworthiness goes to man as he reveals and communicates his goodness, wisdom, power, and love in Christ who is the fill manifestation of God’s:
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ideas
values
ways
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__ always precedes, accompanies, and completes all actions of man in his faith- relationship
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god’s grace
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our response to god’s call and revelation
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faith
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total faith involves these three (3)
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believing- understanding
trusting- valuing
doing- living
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three (3) dimensions of faith
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cognitive (ideas, truth, doctrine)
affective (process of valuing, drawing out the value from the experience)
behavior (living out)
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process of valuing, drawing out the value from the experience
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affective- dimension of faith
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six (6) paradoxes of faith
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- certain but obscure
- reasonable but goes beyond reason
- act but also a process
- gift but also doing
- free but morally obliging
- personal act (ecclesial and communitarian)
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- believes, acts and trusts
- this trusting faith is nurtured through Prayer and worship.
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authentic faith
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seven (7) characteristics of christian faith:
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- total and absolute
- trinitarian
- maturing
- missionary
- informed
- communitarian
- inculturated
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persons who responds in faith must respond fully, no excuses, no ifs and buts.
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total and absolute
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This total and unconditional commitment is manifested by Jesus Christ especially in His Passion, Death and Resurrection.
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total and absolute
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adherence to the Triune God revealed through Jesus Christ our lord, it entails a personal relationship with Him, through Him and to the Father.
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faith is trinitarian
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A decision to commit oneself to Him and to follow His ways.
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faith is trinitarian
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- drives us to share the good news of God’s salvation with others
- impels us to mission and evangelize
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missionary
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- accept the challenge of being a missionary
- remains in the level of infancy cannot face up to the challenges of spreading God’s word
- must mature into a dynamic, living and life-giving.
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mature faith
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TRUE/ FALSE: Faith can only grow to infancy and thus become missionary in
love.
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FALSE (infancy- maturity)
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- without love, faith means nothing
- our desire to grow in our knowledge of Jesus is fired by love we have for God and our neighbor.
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loving faith
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means a faith that is transmitted and expressed through our culture or cultures.
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inculturated faith
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TRUE/ FALSE: Faith as mature means that as people, we possess particular ways of thinking, feeling and behaving.
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FALSE (faith as mature- inculturated faith)
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three (3) basic values undergird this “fuller life”:
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- maturity
- freedom
- spiritual joy
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assuming responsibilities that go with believing and loving.
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maturity
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frees us from the clutches of sin, gives us courage to say no to the many enticements that enslave us.
freedom
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responding to God’s invitation to share in His life, faith frees us and in this genuine freedom, we find joy.
spiritual joy
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Vision of USI
Universidad de Sta. Isabel de Naga, Inc. is an empowering Christ- centered Vincentian learning institution.
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four (4) core values of USI
1. respect
2. simplicity
3. service
4. vincentian excellence
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- upholding human dignity
- providing a safe learning environment through holistic development
- reverence for God's creation towards an integral ecology
respect
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A lifestyle that witnesses the truth, integrity, honesty, transparency in relationships, and living with real needs.
simplicity
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expression of love, compassion, and solidarity with persons living in poverty situations through shared social responsibility
service
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Having analytical, technical, and social skills, innovative and creative mind, resiliency, and agility to the emerging realities.
vincentian excellence
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graduate attributes
christ-centered
charitable
competent
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indicators of christ- centered:
- sees christ in persons and events
- participate in the mission of jesus
- makes decisions with prayer and discernment
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indicators of charitable:
- share talent and time without expecting anything in return
- appreciate and affirm efforts of others
- empathizes with other people's feelings and situations
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indicators of competent:
- shows firmness in managing conflict
- manifest critical and analytical stance in dealing with social issues
- exhibits mastery of self with with
- proficient and creative
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seeks to invite modern man and culture into a relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church.
new evangelization
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strives to engage our culture and to help us draw our inspiration from the Gospel.
new evangelization
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calls all catholics first to be evangelized and in turn to evangelize
new evangelization
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New Evangelization focuses specifically on __ that have Catholic roots
christian communities
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a call to each person to deepen their r own faith, have confidence in the Gospel, and possess a willingness to share the Gospel
new evangelization
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TRUE/ FALSE: new evangelization is a public encounter with the person of jesus, which brings peace and joy
FALSE (public- personal)
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provides the lens through which people experience the Church and world around them.
new evangelization
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New Evangelization invites people to experience God’s love and mercy through these 3 sacraments:
eucharist
penance
reconciliation
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the essence of the church's identity
evangelization
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he reawakened the Church’s evangelizing mission
pope paul vi
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he championed the call for the new evangelization
blessed john paul ii
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he has reaffirmed the need for the In Go and Make Disciples:
pope benedict xvi
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Dioceses and parishes have already responded to the call of the New Evangelization by creating ____
evangelization formation programs
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this formation helps prepare parish leaders to initiate catechetical and reconciliation initiatives, which are meant to invite back to the faith and welcome our brothers and sisters who have been away.
evangelization formation programs
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basic elements of renewed evangelization
contextualized
see
judaeo- christian tradition
act
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the proclamation of the Good news is geared towards real people in their particular situation and context.
contextualized
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___ is the focus in which the Word of God is revealed.
concrete human situation
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critical analysis of the experience of a human reality by understanding its significance and by discovering the historical/structural causes of the identified problems.
see
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the analysis is carefully reflected upon and seen in the light of Scripture and the Christian tradition.
judaeo-christian tradition
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leads to the discovery of God at work in the life and struggles of the poor and of Jesus’ response to their cries during his time and of knowing the challenge that today’s followers of Jesus are enjoined to make.
judaeo-christian tradition
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a concrete plan of action that translates the Christian Message in terms of Christian Living and the transformation of persons, communities and social structures.
act
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four (4) practical strategies of evangelization
1. catholic tradition
2. re-activating inactive catholics
3. faith must be all pervasive
4. demonstrate your faith in public
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- know your religious heritage, enter into a densely textured and illuminating world of meaning
- enter into prayerful reading of the Bible
- learn the tradition of Catholic Christianity to be a better bearer of it to others.
catholic tradition
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an extremely smart, rich and profound tradition including the incomparable Scriptures, treasures of theology, spirituality, art architecture and the inspiring witness of the saints.
catholic tradition
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Evangelization can focus on conversion, someone who stopped attending mass or availing himself or herself of the sacraments.
re-activating inactive catholics
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- invading and influencing every dimension of our lives both public and private both the personal and professional
- our place and work and at the social gatherings, allow our catholic convictions to come to verbal expressions.
our faith must be all pervasive
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how to demonstrate faith in public
- pray in public
- give word of thanks
- unaffected prayer as powerful witness to others
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one of the five liturgical seasons in the liturgical year
lent
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people of god are called to commemorate and reflect on the lord's passion through spiritual prep, conversion, and penance
lent
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during lent, people of god are called to commemorate and reflect on the lord's passion through:
- spiritual preparation
- conversion
- penance
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this holy season is an invitation to renew our baptismal call and live out as sisters of christ
lent
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lent is a germanic word that means
spring season
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latin equivalent of lent
quadragesima- 40 days
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time of change and renewal
spring
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over life begins and grows again
winter
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a spiritual spring, a time for spiritual growth, and renewal
lent
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season of lent begins on
ash wednesday
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TRUE/ FALSE: catholics are the only ones celebrating ash wednesday
FALSE
celebrated by other christian denominations (lutherans, angelicans, and methodists)
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ashes were used as
sign of repentance (according to OT)
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ashes are public sign of our intent to
die to our wordly desires and live in christ
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ashes can also symbolize
grief/ grief for our sin
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as our head is being marked during ash wednesday the priest says:
"remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return"
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ashes comes from __
blessed palms used in palm sunday last year
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It is a day of universal fasting and abstinence in the Church.
ash wednesday
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- can eat one full meal
- from ages 18-60
fasting
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- abstain from eating meat
- from ages 14 and up
abstinence
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law of fasting
- regular meatless meal
- 2 small meatless meals that will not exceed the main meal
- no snacking between meals
- no meat
- fish and shellfish are allowed
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days to fast and abstain
ash wednesday
friday of passion of our lord
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days of abstinence
fridays in lent
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these are penitential days and times throughout church
all fridays through the year
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we commemorate god's immense love for us through his passion, death, and resurrection
holy week
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jesus' triumphal entry of into jerusalem
palm sunday
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mary anoints jesus with perfume, judas is scandalized and leaves
holy monday
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jesus predicts judas' betrayal and peter's triple denial
holy tuesday
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juda betrays jesus and hands him to chief priests
holy wednesday
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jesus gives the new commandment of live and institutes the sacraments of the holy eucharist and orders last supper
holy thursday
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passion and death of jesus christ
good friday
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contemplation of jesus in the tomb in silence and adoration. catholics strive for holiness
black saturday
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jesus triumphs over death, sin, and evil with resurrection
easter sunday
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the Council of Nicaea decreed that there must be uniform dates for Easter observances, and that the dates must not coincide with the ___
Jewish Passover
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two significant events in the bible:
OT- moses and the israelites crossing the read sea
NT- agony in the garden of gethsemane
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nine (9) practical tips for holy week
- be in state of grace (confess)
- say many acts of thanksgiving to jesus
- meditate on gospel passages
- attend holy week services
- visit the eucharistic jesus
- live a holy life (avoid sinning)
- say acts of love (contrition, atonement, and reparation of sins)
- performs works of mercy
- offer small daily sacrifices for conversion of sinner
