Vocab In Chapter Of Sacraments

Question 1

Actual Graces

Answer 1

Interventions of the Lord.

Question 2

Blessing

Answer 2

A prayer asking that God care for a particular person, place, or activity. A simple blessing is usually made with the Sign of the Cross.

Question 3

Contemplation

Answer 3

A form of wordless prayer in which one is fully focused on the presence of God; sometimes defined as “resting in God”; a deep sense of loving adoration of God.

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 opere operato

Answer 5

The Latin phrase that literally means “by the work worked” or, according to the Catechism, “by the very fact of the action’s being performed” (CCC, 1128), 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 undeserved gift of God’s loving and 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 loving communion with the Holy Trinity, lost through sin.

Question 8

Intercession

Answer 8

A prayer on behalf of another person or group.

Question 9

Liturgy of the hours

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, praying the Rosary, and so on.

Question 13

praise

Answer 13

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