Religion 12 Flashcards

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What are the four forms of prayer

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blessing, petition, intercession, thanksgiving and praise

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What does it mean to bless or blessing?

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To bless is to dedicate someone or something to God or to make something holy in God’s name

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What is a pray of Petition?

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Prayers of petition are prayers in which we ask something of God.

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What is the most important type of petition?

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asking for forgiveness

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What is an intersession?

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We ask for something on behalf of another person or a group of people?

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What is Thanksgiving?

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Prayers of thanksgiving show our graditude to God for all he has given use.

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What do we show gratitude for the most

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life, death and resurrection of Jesus. We do this when we pray the greatest prayer of the Church, the Eucharist

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What is a prayer of praise?

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We give glory to God for being God. These prayers do not involve our needs or gratitude. We praise God simply because he is God

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9
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What are the two types of prayer?

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Personal prayer and Communal prayer

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What is personal prayer

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prayer we do by ourselves

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What is communal prayer

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Prayer we pray as a community

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What is the Liturgy of the Hours?

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a public prayer of the church made up of psalms, readings, Church teachings, prayers and hymns.

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What are the two most important prayers of the Liturgy of the hours

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morning and evening prayer

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What are the four types of prayer for the Liturgy of the Hours?

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morning, daytime, evening and night; we pray all day to God

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When do we worship God in public ways?

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On Sunday at church.

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When are we obliged to participate in Mass?

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Sunday (or Saturday evening), holy days of obligations

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What are holy days of obligation?

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a day set apart to celebrate a special even in the life of Jesus, Mary or the saints.

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What are the Holy Days of Obligation

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Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God; Ascension; Assumption of Mary; All Saints Day; Immaculate Conception; Christmas

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What are sacramentals?

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blessings, actions, and objects that help us respond to God’s grace received in the sacraments

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What are examples of sacramentals?

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blessings of people, places, foods, and objects; objects such as rosaries, medals, crucifixes, blessed ashes, and blessed palms; actions such as making the Sign of the Cross and sprinkling blessed water

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What is the Church’s greatest act of worship?

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Mass

22
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How is Jesus’ presence in the Eucharist honored?

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the remaining hosts are put aside

23
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What is the Blessed Sacrament

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the remaining hosts

24
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What can you do with the Blessed Sacrament

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Give it to the sick and those unable to attend mass; pray before it

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What is the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

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The Blessed Sacrament is placed in a special holder called a monstrance and is presented for all to see.

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What is the Benediction

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a special ceremony when the community gathers to pray and to worship Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

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What are popular devotions

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prayer practices that are not part of the Church’s official public prayer or liturgy

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True or False - there are many popular devotions

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True

29
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What are three popular devotions

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novenas, STations of the Cross, and pilmgrimages

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What are novenas

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Special prayers or prayer services that occur nine times. It could be for nine days, nine weeks

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When can novenas occur

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They can be part of a feast day like Christmas

32
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What do stations of the cross focus our attention on

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The suffering and death of Jesus

33
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How many stations are there

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14

34
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Where do you go on pilgrimages

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To holy places, shrines, some are for the Blessed Mother