Sacraments Flashcards
Advent
The four-week liturgical season, during which Christians prepare themselves for the celebration of Christmas
Christmas
The feast day on which Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, also refers to the liturgical season that immediately follows Christmas Day
Eastern Catholic Churches
The twenty-one Churches of the East, with their own theological, liturgical and administrative traditions, in union with the universal Catholic Church and her head, the Bishop of Rome
Epiphany
A feast day celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant of Jesus and the Revelation of the Savior to the Gentiles. Originally celebrated on the twelfth day of Christmas (Jan 6). Epiphany is now celebrated on the Sunday between Jan 2 and Jan 8.
Icon
greek word meaning “to resemble” a pictorial representation of image of a religious figure or event typically painted on a wooden panel and used in the prayer and worship of Eastern Christmas
Lent
Traditionally, the span of forty days (except Sundays) between Ash Wednesdays and Easter Sunday. In the official Church calendar, Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday evening with the celebration of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. It is officially follows by the Triduum, the three days of the Lord’s Passion, death and Resurrection. Lent is the season during which believers focus on conversion, turning towards God more completely in their lives
Liminal
of, relating to, or being an immediate state, phase, or condition. A liminal experience is one of being between one significant moment and another; a threshold experience; for example the time of engagement before marriage
Liturgical Year
The Church’s annual cycle of religious feasts and seasons that forms the context for the Church’s worship. During the liturgical year, we remember and celebrate God the Father’s saving plan as it is reveal through the life of his son, Jesus Christ
Liturgy
The Church’s official, public, communal prayer. It is God’s work, in which the People of God participate. The Church’s most important liturgy is the Eucharist of the Mass.
Magisterium
The Church’s living teaching office, which consists of all the bishops, in communion with the Pope
Ordinary Time
The time in the liturgical year that is not part of a special season like Advent, Christmas, Lent, or, Easter
Paschal Mystery
The work of Salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ mainly through his life, Passion, death, Resurrection and Ascension
Passover
The night the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites marked by the blood of the lamb and spared the first sons from death. It also is the feast that celebrates the deliverance of the Chosen People from bondage in Egypt and the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land
Pentecost
The biblical event following the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus at which the Holy Spirit was poured out on his disciples; in the Christian liturgical year, the feast fifty days after Easter on which the biblical event of Pentecost is recalled and celebrated
Ritual
The establishment form of the word, and actions that are repeated often. Action often have symbolic meaning
Tradition
The word (Latin “hand on”) refers to the process of passing on the Gospel message. Tradition, which began with the oral communication of the Gospel by the Apostles, was written down in the Scriptures, is handed down and lived out in the life of the Church, and in interpreted by the Magisterum under the guidance of the Holy Spirit
Triduum
The three days of the liturgical year begin with Mass of Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday and Evening prayer on Easter Sunday
Trinity
(Latin meaning “threefold”) referring to the central mystery of the Christian faith that God exists as a communion of three distinct and interrelated Divine persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The doctrine of the Trinity is a mystery that is inaccessible to human reason alone and is known through Divine Revelation.
World Youth Day
Instituted by Pope Saint Paul John II in 1985, World Youth Days are convocations of youth held in Rome and in several cities around the world to celebrate and encourage the participation of youth in life of the Church
