vocabulary 2

Question 1

prayer

Answer 1

Lifting up of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from him. The five basic forms of prayer are blessing, praise, petition, thanksgiving, and intercession. In prayer we communicate with God in a relationship of love.

Question 2

redemption

Answer 2

From the Latin redemptio, meaning “a buying back”; referring, in the Old Testament, to Yahweh’s deliverance of Israel and, in the New Testament, to Christ’s deliverance of all Christians from the forces of sin.

Question 3

sacrament

Answer 3

An efficacious and visible sign of God’s grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The Seven Sacraments are Baptism, the Eucharist, Confirmation, Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Matrimony, and Holy Orders.

Question 4

sacramental economy

Answer 4

The communication or dispensation of the fruits of Christ’s Paschal Mystery in the celebration of the Church’s sacramental liturgy.

Question 5

sacramentals

Answer 5

Sacred signs (such as holy water and a crucifix) that bear some resemblance to the Sacraments but that do not carry the guarantee of God’s grace associated with the Seven Sacraments.

Question 6

sanctifying grace

Answer 6

The grace that heals our human nature wounded by sin and restores us to friendship with God by giving us a share in the divine life of the Trinity. It is a supernatural gift of God, infused into our souls by the Holy Spirit, that continues the work of making us holy.

Question 7

sign

Answer 7

A word, object, or gesture that refers to a specific thing or action; however, when used with regard to Sacraments, the word sign becomes interchangeable with the word symbol.

Question 8

symbol

Answer 8

An object or action that points us to another reality. It leads us to look beyond our senses to consider a deeper mystery.

Question 9

thanksgiving

Answer 9

a prayer of gratitude for the gift of life and the gifts of life

Question 10

vocal prayer

Answer 10

A prayer that is spoken aloud or silently, such as the Lord’s Prayer. It is one of the three expressions of prayer, the other two being meditation and contemplation.

Question 11

walking ritual

Answer 11

Walking together, as in a procession or pilgrimage, symbolic of the journey of life and our solidarity with others on this journey.