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What does the Catholic Church say about music?

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It is good to use because it praises God

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Why do the Catholic Church teach music is good?

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  • Unites people
  • Helps them feel more involved in worship
  • Heightens solemness/joyous nature of how music feels
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How did bishops at the Second Vatican Council stress benefits of using music in worship?

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“Sacred music is…more holy…as it is connected with liturgical action…”

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Why is music used in Catholic worship?

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To sing parts of the liturgy

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What is the liturgy?

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Practices & rituals that happen during the communal worship of God

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Name three types of music used in the Catholic liturgy

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  • Psalms
  • Plainchant
  • Traditional hymns
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What are Psalms?

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  • Poetry from book of Psalms in OT
  • important part of Divine Office
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Why are psalms used in worship?

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  • Centre around praise of God
  • Talks about the joy of praising God through song
  • covers a wide range of human experiences & emotions
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What is Plainchant?

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  • ancient form of music
  • unaccompanied
  • limited range of notes
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Why is Plainchant used in worship?

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  • Catholic Church considers it ideal for mass use
  • ‘specially suited to the Roman liturgy’ (Concilium 116)
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What are traditional hymns?

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  • religious songs that praise God
  • used by generations
  • accompanied
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Why are traditional hymns used in worship?

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  • helps people to feel involved
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What are acclamations?

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Certain parts of the Mass which highlight the praise and celebration of God

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What helps to praise God in different ways & are set to music?

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  • Gloria
  • Sanctus
  • Alleluia
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What is the Gloria?

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  • hymn to praise God’s glory & goodness
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When is the Gloria used?

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  • used near beginning of Mass
  • not used in sorrowful seasons (Advent, Lent)
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What is the Alleluia?

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  • Hebrew word meaning ‘praise God’
  • a hymn of joy and triumph praising God
  • announces presence of Christ
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When is Alleluia used?

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  • introduces Gospel (presence of Christ)
  • sung three times during Easter to announce resurrection
  • not used at Lent
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What is Sanctus?

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  • Latin word ‘holy’
  • hymn to praise God’s holiness
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When in Sanctus used?

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  • before Eucharistic Prayer
  • not used in sorrowful seasons (Advent, Lent)
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What is the benefit of a complex music setting?

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  • reflects God’s glory & greatness
  • E.g. settings of the Gloria
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What is the benefit of a simple music setting?

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  • allows whole congregation to join in
  • E.g. simple plainchant version of Alleluia is sung
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What is the benefit of a modern music setting?

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  • appeals to youth
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What is the Triune God?

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Christians believe there is one God who is also three persons

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How does Deuteronomy 6:4 stress there is only one God?

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“the Lord alone”

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What is the Holy Spirit in Matt 3?

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  • Love that unites Father and Son
  • Dove from God the Father to Jesus
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Who is the Father in Matt 3?

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‘voice from heaven’

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What is Jesus’ baptism in Matt 3?

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When God reveals himself as the Trinity

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How does Galatians 4:6 help to explain the relationship between the Trinity & a Christian?

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“…because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts…”

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What is the Nicene Creed?

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  • Statement of faith about what Catholics believe
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What does the Nicene Creed explain?

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the nature of the Trinity and how the three Persons relate to each other

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What does Gen 1:1-3 show?

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how all three Persons shared in the act of creation

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How does the Nicene Creed teach that God the Father is creator of all things?

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“I believe in…the Father…maker of heaven & earth”

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How does the Nicene Creed teach that God the Son is eternal?

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“born of the Father before all ages”

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How does the Nicene Creed teach that God the Holy Spirit gives life to all things?

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“I believe in the…Lord, the giver of life”

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How does Gen 1:1-3 teach that the Father created the universe?

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“God created the heavens”

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How does Gen 1:1-3 teach that the Holy Spirit was involved in the creation of the universe?

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“wind [spirit] from God”

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How does Gen 1:1-3 teach that God created the universe with the power of his Word (Son of God)?

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“Let there be light”

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What does the love of the Trinity strengthen?

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Work of the Catholic Church

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What does the love of the Trinity inspire?

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Christians to share God’s love with others

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How does the Catholic Church aim to share God’s love?

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Through mission & evangelism

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How does belief in the Trinity influence Christians?

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  • Holy Spirit is love of Father & Son
  • Enters people’s lives as grace
  • Inspires them to show love to others
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Give a quote to show that love of the Trinity supports the Church’s work in the world & inspires Christians to help others

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“…activity of the Church is…love that seeks the…good of man” - Deus Caritas Est 19

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What does mission involve?

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Sending out people to help others

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What is an example of the Church’s missions in action?

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Missionaries sent out by the Church to work with people in poverty, by providing education or medical care

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How does mission share God’s love?

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  • Missionaries want to share the love of God through their actions
  • They believe they should love others as God loves them
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What commandment dictates the mission of the Church?

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‘those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also” - John 4

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What does evangelism involve?

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Preaching the good news about Jesus to other people (evangelists)

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What does Mark 1:9-11 describe?

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Jesus’ baptism

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What does Mark 1:9-11 confirm?

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That early Christians understood the role of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as separate yet united

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What is Mark 1:9-11 similar to?

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Matt 3’s account (e.g. Dove)

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What does Mark 1:9-11 show that the Trinity was involved in?

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salvation brought about by Jesus’ life, death & resurrection

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Who were the two Christian theologians who wrote about the Trinity?

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  • St Augustine
  • Catherine LaCugna
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What did St Augustine focus on?

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The relationship within the Trinity, and how it can be understood through the concept of love

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What did LaCugna focus on?

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how the Trinity is revealed to humans as God’s attempt to redeem them

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Give a quote that shows how St Augustine explained that love needs three things (Trinity) to exist

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“True love is: a trinity of lover, beloved and the love that binds them together”

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What did LaCugna teach about the Trinity?

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  • Son is eternally from Father
  • Holy Spirit (love) unites Father & Son -> gifted to believers -> flows into whole of creation
  • Therefore everything brought back to God
  • Son brings redemption and saves humanity
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What is the Magisterium?

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  • authority the Pope & Bishops have to shape the Catholic Church’s teachings, which comes from the authority of the twelve apostles
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What happened at the councils of Nicaea & Constantinople?

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  • Magisterium confirmed the Catholic Church’s beliefs about the Trinity
  • In particular that each person is fully God
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Explain the authority of the Magisterium

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  • Jesus’ closest followers -> 12 apostles
  • Bishop -> chosen for an area by apostle -> became by ceremony of laying on of hands -> apostolic authority
  • After apostle leader Peter died in Rome -> unbroken succession of Bishops of Rome
  • Pope (Bishop of Rome) -> church head
  • Pope & bishops -> magisterium
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What is a Council?

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  • Declarations of faith infallible (without error)
  • When the Pope & Bishops gather together to discuss & make decisions about important issues for the Church
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Why was the Council of Nicaea called?

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Bishops wanted to discuss the idea of Arius’s teaching that only God the Father was eternal, not God the Son

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What was the outcome at the Council of Nicaea?

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  • Son eternally begotten from the Father
  • Father & Son co-exist
  • both equal & of same nature
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Why was the Council of Constantinople called?

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Further disputes about the nature of the Trinity, including the nature of Jesus, led the bishops to call a second Council to reaffirm Catholic beliefs

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What was the outcome of the Council of Constantinople?

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  • Holy Spirit is third person of Trinity & fully God
  • Jesus is both fully God & fully human
66
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Which denominations reject the idea of baptism?

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  • Quakers
  • Salvation Army
67
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What is baptism a sign of?

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  • Initiation
  • Through which a person becomes a member of the Church & a child of God
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What is the significance of Matthew 28:19?

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  • Jesus ordered his apostiles to baptise all of his followers
  • Jesus himself was baptised by John the Baptist
69
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What happens through baptism?

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  • a person enters the life of the Trinity
  • they become a child of the Father, join in w/ Jesus’ death & are filled w/ the Holy Spirit
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What is the symbolism of baptism?

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  • early Church -> totally submerged under water (today water poured over heads) -> symbol of joining Jesus in the tomb after he died -> person commits their life to God in the same way
  • rising out of water symbolises joining in w/ Jesus’s resurrection, to begin a new life as a Christian
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What is the symbolism of water in baptism?

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Holy Spirit

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Why is baptism important?

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  • for most Christians it is the sacrament
    or sign of initiation through which a person becomes a member of the Church, a child of God
  • Christians join in with Jesus’ death and resurrection, to share in Christ’s victory over the power of sin and death
  • it cleanses a person of all their sins
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How does the Catholic Church describe prayer?

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‘raising the heart and mind to God’

74
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What is the significance of traditional prayer?

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it has set words that have been used by generations of believers

75
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Why do people prefer traditional prayer?

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familiar words help to open up to presence of God

76
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What is the significance of spontaneous prayer?

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made up in the moment

77
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Why do people prefer spontaneous prayer?

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feels like a more personal & sincere way of communicating w/ God

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What is prayer?

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  • highest form of prayer is Jesus offering himself to the Father on the cross
  • when a person opens up to God & communicates w/ him, listening for his answer
  • “When a person prays, he enters into a living relationshop with God” Youcat 469
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What are postures?

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Particular positions of the body

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What is the significance of posture?

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  • assists prayer
  • helps to show intention behind prayer
81
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What is the signifcance of kneeling?

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  • sign of humility
  • shows the person acknowledges God’s authority & submits to his will
  • a position asking for forgiveness
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What is the significance of genuflecting?

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  • sign of respect
  • Catholics may genuflect when they enter church or pass the tabernacle to acknowledge Christ’s presence
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What is the significance of prostrating?

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  • sign of total humility & submission to God
  • position pleading for help & mercy
  • shows the person has given themselves up for God

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