Unit 4 (Prayer and Sacramental Life) Flashcards
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Rosary
A certain form of prayer where in we say fifteen decades or ten of Hail Mary’s with an Our Father between each ten.
Stations of the Cross
a 14-Step Catholic Devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ’s last day on earth as a human.
Christian Meditation
When the mind seeks to understand the why and how of the Christian life, in order to respond to what the Lord is asking of them.
Lectio Divina
A traditional Benedictine practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and increase understanding of God’s word.
Jesus Prayer
A popular devotion among Eastern Christians. The words of the prayer are “O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner”
Taize Prayer
A Taize prayer involves sung and chanted repetitive prayers, meditation, a period of silence, and icons.
Icons
A flat painting, scared picture of the Eastern Church.
Trinity
The holy trinity of God, who is three distinct persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Sacramental
Sacramentals are sacred signs instituted by the church, that prepare us to receive the graces that we get from the sacraments.
Charism
A God given gift
Religion
A social cultural system of designated behaviors and practices
Sprituality
A wide range of approaches to Christian living that has emerged during the course of Christian history (Benedticine, Franciscan, DOminican, Ignatian, Hispanic/Latino, Black Catholic, Native American, and so on)