UNIT 1: SPIRITUALITY OF COMMUNION

Question 1

CRISIS OF INDIVIDUALISM

Answer 1

1. Being dependent upon others is often considered shameful or embarrassing.
2. People tend to be self-reliant.
3. The rights of individuals tend to take a higher precedence.
4. People often place a greater emphasis on standing out and being unique than on being part of a whole.
5. Leads to disregard of Common Good.
6. Prevents human beings from developing a sense of mission and heroism.
7. All others are rivals.

Question 2

DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN
PERSON (2)

Answer 2

1. Individuals have an inherent
   and immeasurable worth and
   dignity.
2. All are fundamentally equal
   before God – same origin, same
   destiny, redeemed by Christ,
   called to respond to a vocation.

Question 3

COMMON GOOD (2)

Answer 3

1. The sum total of conditions of social living, whereby persons are enabled more fully and readily to achieve their own perfection. - Pope John XXIII
2. Not the “greatest good for the greatest number” (Utilitarianism) but the care for the greatest good of ALL persons – no one
   excluded.

Question 4

SOLIDARITY (2)

Answer 4

1. A sense of responsibility on the part of everyone with regard to everyone.
2. A particular way of looking at the interconnectedness of people living in different parts of the world that is a feature of our contemporary human existence.

Question 5

“sharing in common” in latin

Answer 5

COMMUNIO

Question 6

“a Christian fellowship” in greek

Answer 6

KOINONIA

Question 7

The ______ is the “sign and
instrument of a very close-knit
union with God and of the unity
of the whole human race.”

Answer 7

Church

Question 8

Man became the “image and
likeness” of God not only through
his own humanity but also through the ________ of persons which man and woman form right from the beginning.

Man becomes the image of God
not so much in the moment of
solitude as in the moment of
communion

Answer 8

Communion

Question 9

The Church is God’s instrument
for gathering his scattered
children, ergo for restoring
Communion.

Answer 9

GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION:
GATHER HIS CHILDREN SCATTERED BY SIN

Question 10

Communion with the
Most Holy Trinity.

Answer 10

Vertical Communion

Question 11

Communion with all the baptized

Answer 11

Horizontal Communion

Question 12

HOLY SPIRIT (3)

Answer 12

1. Vivifies the Church
2. Unifies the Church
3. Moves the Ministries of the Church

Question 13

The confluence of two
mysteries, of the Trinity in
heaven and of liberty on earth.
The Trinity is the pattern for our
liberty. If we use our freedom to
love others as we should, modeled on the Triune God, we
shall reach that God in eternity.

Answer 13

HOLY TRINITY