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it is often said that the sacraments are blank since they cannot e fully explained and understood

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mysteries

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blank is a way of describing the way that jesus makes himself easily available to us through the sacraments and the liturgy

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sacramental economy

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blank is an efficacious sign. that means that he doesn’t simply point ot or reveal god’s love. jesus actually brings god’s love

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jesus

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blank refers to the life and sacrificial death of jesus who lived and died to redeem us

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paschal mystery

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the quality of blank relates to the fact that there is a unity of belief and organization throughout the whole church

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one

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the church is blank because the pope and bishops of the church are the successors of the first apostles and followers of Jesus Christ

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apostolic

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the church is blank because the Holy Spirit dwells and works through the church and the people of god

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holy

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the church is blank because its mission is for everyone in every part of the world

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catholic

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concern for others especially when the suffer from war or disaster

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solidarity

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the unity of all the faithful

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communion of saints

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makes us members of the church and the people of god

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baptism

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feeds us with the body and blood of Jesus Christ

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eucharist

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gives us special strength from the Holy Spirit to defend our faith

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confirmation

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Holy Spirit, also known as the advocate, defender, and consoler

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Paraclete

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recovering ownership or setting free; a ransoming

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redemption

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bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to others

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evangelization

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church members who share in christ’s priesthood through baptism and confirmation

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common priesthood

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3 day long liturgy that celebrates the paschal mystery of jesus

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easter Tritium

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the liturgical year; an arrangement of the celebration of major events in the life of christ in advent, christmas, lent, easter, and ordinary time

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church year

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doctrine that jesus is truly present in the eucharistic bread and wine

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real presence

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teaching on the mass’s scripture readings by a bishop, priest, or deacon

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homily

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divine, life-giving actions that originate with god

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blessings

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unbroken chain of authority connecting the pope and bishops with the apostles of jesus

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apostolic succession

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expresses the changing of bread and wine into the reality of the risen and glorified body and blood of Jesus Christ

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transubstantiation

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the tabernacle, the receptacle where the eucharist is placed in a church is modeled after a blank

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tent

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the traditional words said for each sacrament are called the blank of the sacrament

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form

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the blank is a sacred image of christ, the blessed virgin, or the saints produced in sculpture or painting

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icon

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sacraments, as the catechism of the Catholic Church tells us, are “perceptible blank accessible to our human nature.”

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signs

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virtues acquired with human effort and god’s grace

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moral values

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a newly baptized member of the church

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neophyte

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a word which means the “plunging” or “immersion” of catechumens in water

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baptism

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a 2 or 3 year period for baptism that asks god’s help to overcome the power of satan and evil

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exorcism

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witnesses to faith who are killed because of their beliefs

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martyr

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1 of the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit that are given to christians in a more powerful way at confirmation

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understanding

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a perfumed oil blessed by the bishop and used in some sacramental liturgies

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chrism

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a belief that even un-baptized people who have faith in jesus recieve forgiveness and mercy from god

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baptism of desire

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teacher of the faith

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catechist

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baptism is sometimes called the “sacrament of blank” because those who receive it begin to see jesus as the “light of the world”

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enlightenment

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Thomas merton, a great catholic spiritual writer and a convert to catholicism became a blank priest and a proponent of inter-religious dialouge

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Trappist

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the Mystagogia, the 4th step in the early christian initiation of catechumens was a greek word that means

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mystery

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one of the rights of baptized catholics is the right to receive the other blank if they are prepared and qualified for them

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sacraments

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in the easter vigil, the church includes blank readings to show how god prepared his people for jesus and saving his ministry

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Old Testament

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a name for the Holy Spirit, a helper who lives in us and guides us

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advocate

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the feast that celebrates the dramatic coming of the Holy Spirit to the first disciples of jesus

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Pentacost

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a gesture that is a main rite in the sacrament of confirmation

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Laying on of hands

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the gift of the Holy Spirit that helps us to make decisions based on how to best do God’s will

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counsel

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the chair of the bishop

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cathedra

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the name given in the eastern rite to the sacrament of confirmation

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chrismation

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a term given to christians who have been confirmed that reminds them to defend and speak about their faith

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soldiers of christ

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the gift of the Holy Spirit that means faithful obedience and love

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piety

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the name for a confirmation candidate

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confirmand

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a nine-day prayer for a certain intention

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novena

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confirmation is often called

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sacrament of Christian maturity

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the time when the kingdom of god will be established and the victory over evil will be complete

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second coming

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a prayer of praise to the Blessed trinity

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doxology

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the church’s great prayer of praise to god

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eucharistic prayer

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the affirmation or “yes” proclaimed by the faithful to the entire eucharistic prayer

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great amen

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the formal profession of faith recited by the people during mass

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nicene creed

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a prayer of repentance recited during the eucharistic liturgy

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confietor

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the entire mass or eucharist celebration

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eucharist

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a call or request for god’s help

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invocation

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the words spoken by jesus at the last supper that are repeated by the priest during the eucharist

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words of institution

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the breaking of the blessed bread by the priest

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infraction rite

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the term first used by the vatican council II to describe the family’s role in faith development

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domestic church

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a church-approved family planning system that uses the woman’s fertile cycle to plan or postpone pregnancies

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natural family planning

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sex by a married person with someone other than their spouse

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adultery

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medical procedure that renders an otherwise fertile person incapable of biological parenthood

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sterilization

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declaration from the church that a particular marriage was not a valid, sacramental, and binding marriage

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annulment

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solemn and binding promises made during the marriage ceremony by the bride and groom to be faithful to each other and the marriage covenant

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marriage vows

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wedding blessing given to the new bride and groom by the celebrant after they make their vows to each other

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nuptial blessing

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god-like faithfulness in spouses that enables them to honor their marriage vows and grow in holiness

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fidelity

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being married to two or more people at one time

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polygamy

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St. Paul explained that the relationship between husband and wife could be compared to the relationship between

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christ and his church

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“Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become on flesh,” is an important biblical message about marriage from the book of

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genesis

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the essential rite of the sacrament of marriage is

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the consent of the spouses to marry each other

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there are strong catholic teachings against sterilization and artificial birth control methods because the church

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believes that god wants married couples to remain open to new life

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sacramental marriage tells us that God wanted to make his love visible and recalls the mystery of

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the incarnation

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a “mixed marriage” is a marriage between a catholic and

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a baptized non-catholic

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in his preaching and teaching, Jesus talked about God’s original intent for marriage, and said that

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marriage is indissoluble

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the sacramental marriage was fully recognized by the church

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from the days of Jesus

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A “declaration of nullity” permitted but he church states that a marriage

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was not a sacramental marriage by church standards

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the church strongly recommends marriage preparation programs so that couples can

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discuss issues that will be important in marriage

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