Sacraments Unit 2

Question 1

actual graces

Answer 1

God’s intention and support for us in the everyday moments of our lives. Actual graces are important for conversion and for continuing growth in holiness

Question 2

blessing

Answer 2

A prayer asking God to care for a particular person

Question 3

contemplation

Answer 3

A wordless prayer, another way of listening for God’s movements in our lives.

Question 4

efficacious

Answer 4

the power something holds to cause a desired effect. The Sacraments are efficacious in bringing about the spiritual reality they signify

Question 5

ex opero operato

Answer 5

The latin phrase that literally means “by the work worked” or accordingly to the Catechism, by the very fact of the actions being performed, indicating that Sacraments are efficacious

Question 6

freedom

Answer 6

the ability to choose for the good; in light of the Sacraments, true freedom comes from the positive response to God’s grace

Question 7

grace

Answer 7

The free and understand gift of God’s loving active presence in the universe and in our lives, empowering us to respond to his call and to live as his adopted sons and daughters; Grace restores our living communion with Holy trinity, lost through sin

Question 8

intercession

Answer 8

a prayer based on behalf of another person or group

Question 9

Liturgy of the House

Answer 9

Also known as the Divine Office, the official, public, daily, prayer of the Catholic Church. The Divine Office provides standard prayers, Scripture readings, and reflections at regular hours throughout the day

Question 10

meditation

Answer 10

a form of prayer involving a variety of methods and techniques in which one engages the mind, imagination, and emotions to focus on a particular truth, biblical theme, or other spiritual matter

Question 11

petition

Answer 11

a prayer form in which one asks God for help and forgiveness

Question 12

popular piety

Answer 12

Religious reverence or devotion of the people, including customs such as novenas (nine days of prayer), honoring or requesting the intercession of a particular saint, prating the Rosary, and so on

Question 13

praise

Answer 13

A prayer of acknowledgement that God is God, giving glory not for what he does, but simply because he is

Question 14

prayer

Answer 14

lifting up one’s mind and heart to God or the request of good things from him. The five forms of prayer are blessing, praise, petition, thanksgiving, and intercession. In prayer, we communicate with God in a relationship with love

Question 15

redemption

Answer 15

from the latin, redemptio, meaning “a buying back”; referring, in the Old Testament, to Yahweh’s deliverance of Israel and, in the New Testament, to Christ’s deliverance of all Christians from the forces of sin

Question 16

Sacrament

Answer 16

An efficacious and visible sign of God’s grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The Seven Sacraments are Baptism, the Eucharist, Conformation, Penance, and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Matrimony, and Holy Orders

Question 17

sacramental economy

Answer 17

the communication or dispensation of the fruits of Christ’s Paschal Mystery in the celebration of the Church’s sacramental liturgy

Question 18

sacramentals

Answer 18

sacred signs (such as holy water and a crucifix) that bear some resemblance to the Sacraments but that do not carry the guarantee of God’s grace associated with the Seven Sacraments

Question 19

sanctifying grace

Answer 19

The grace that heals our human nature wounded by sin and restores us to friendship with God by giving us a share in the divine life of the Trinity. It is a super-natural gift of God, infused into our souls by the Holy Spirit that continues the word of making us holy

Question 20

sign

Answer 20

A word, object, or gesture that refuses to a specific thing or action; however when used with regard to the Sacraments, the word sign becomes interchangeable with the word symbol

Question 21

symbol

Answer 21

an object or action that points us to another reality. It leads us to look beyond our senses to consider a deeper mystery

Question 22

thanksgiving

Answer 22

a prayer of gratitude for the gift of life and the gifts of life

Question 23

vocal prayer

Answer 23

uses words to speak to God. The words can be spoken loudly or silently and we can pray them alone or in a group

Question 24

walking ritual

Answer 24

Walking together, as in procession or pilgrimage, symbolic of the journey of life and our solidarity with others on this journey