The Birth of the Church

salvation blood

Just like when a parent dies and the child inherits what they had, By being dead to sin, we inherit the Father's kingdom - this eternal life - accept the _________ - how to get it? You believe in God's son who is also God - Jesus Jesus's ________ on cross as atonement for OUR sins - we try to obey law but cannot because we are sinners - we are condemned unless we believe in Jesus which will break the cycle of sin

baptized grace

Saul fasted and prayed for days and got closer to God and decided to be ____________ and converted to Christianity. His heart becomes more open to God and he receives the baptism of the HS. He receives the _________ of God and becomes closer to him. Paul becomes a sincere preacher of God's word and educates those around himm.

spiritual blindness

Saul's physical blindness is a symbol is a symbol for his _______ _________ of not seeing God for what he truly is, three in one with Jesus as his son.

baptized repented forgave open leadership

37Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. From <https://www.bible.com/bible/1/act.2.37-38.kjv> He tells them that now that they have sinned and repented for their sins - they need to be _____ and receive the gift of the HS Because peter ____ and Jesus ____ him - his heart was ____ to receive the Grace of the HS to go on and become the first pope - the HS can do that for us - can allow us to do great things - This is his _____ ability

imperfect grace Concupiscence

According to Christian traditoin - the law is good but spiritually __________ - don't we fail sometimes which is sin? we know the 10 commandments and try to obey them yet sometimes we fail - it is not perfect and neither are we - what is perfect? Faith in Jesus dying for our sins on that Cross - our salvaiton is in a person - set of laws help us t grow - it is a preparation but not a salvation in itself Like a tutor it shows what msut be done but does nto give the __________ to do it - purpose of 10 commandmetns is not to save _______________ - 10 commandments point out human weakness - law shows the first stage to becoming saved - not the only step but the ultimate step is believing in Christ

40 prepared strengthen teachings

After Jesus lived, died, and rose from the dead - he appeared for ______ days and ____ his apostles to go out and preach the kingdom of God to the world - just like Jesus prayed and went into the desert to prepare for his public ministry - to _____ himself for the harsh world - parallels how they were prepared by Jesus to go tell others of the _____ of God - to the world

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After a while the Jewish leaders who did not believe in Jesus as God - they gained support in the fact that the new Christians were not like the Jewish - the Jewish religious leaders convinced the Jewish people to _____ the people from the ____ - after ____ years from the beginning of the Church Then the _______ made them go worship God in a _____ because no longer welcome in synagogue Greek persecution - joined by the _____ empire - would even go so far as to execute them Now a _____ in worship - yet there are still ______ between the Christian religion and the Jewish religion Both: read from the _____ in mass - Jewish people also read from there The Christian religion is ____ upon the Jewish religion - Jesus grew up as a ____ - the Christian religion does NOT do away with the Jewish beliefs but ______ upon them - in the Christian religion also are encouraged by the Church to obey the _____ _____ - don't do away with them but build upon the - God calls us to a ______ faith than just following the 10 commandments _________: the fact that the Christians celebrated the _____ at mass

repeating repeat personal

After baptism of HS - the _____ sins cease into sinning not as much - don't commit many of the ones that were once committed - stop committing the sins you used to ____ and although still sin, sin a little less - ____ decision

remission spiritually

Ananias baptizes him with water for the ________ of his original sin and his other sins. Ananias also heals Paul of his physical blindness and at the same time _____________. He now sees the spiritual truth about God and can see spiritually and physically.

physical decision

Baptism of the HS - baptized by water as infant - baptism of HS is when you actually and spiritually become a - a deeper commitment in being a follower of Jesus - more of your own commitment - put words of first baptism into _________ ACTION - he wants us to make the __________ to follow him and not have someone just do it for us - which is what happens in our first baptism - like confirmation is more of a decision than baptism as a baby

faith love first

But the performance of Good works by itself will not save - only God's blood on cross can save us eternally - but if we have ______ and _______ for God it will expand to performing Good works - Have to put faith in God/Christ first - then otherwise you might do these good works for the wrong reason - shouldn't perform Good works to win a prize but because you love God first - need to get priorities straight on why we do things - God and love before doing good works - could do works for the wrong reason Fiath in God ________ will motivate on to what degree we do things for others - this is what James is talking about

justification faith

Can't tell God that you need to let me into Heaven because of what we did while we were alive - but this is not the essence, ___________ - what has to come first is our ________ in Christ - his blood on the cross to atone for our sins - we need to let Christ be our savior because cannot save ourselves - cannot earn it and cannot save ourselves - let God take lead and we need to accept God's love and the essence of that love - which is to recognize Jesus - his life, death, and resurrection - to love Christ and to immitate him - a gift that God want sto give us - can't earn it

unite

Catholic church is always working to ______ religions - task to unite them into the Christian religion

way

Christians were first called believers of the _______

salvation

Church is called the sacrament of _____

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Church: inspired by ____ ____ and is guided by the ____ of the Father The Church is the ____ sign of ____ on earth - can see, talk, be with, and learn from them - the people who believe in God and Jesus as the lord and savior of the world and we come to know that through the HS - the sacrament of _____ and the ____ of Church is to lead us back to ___ - so we will be perfectly ______ - Mission: save as many souls as possible before end of world - lead the people to ____ Is the church succeeding and progressing? Yes - why is it succeeding? Because God cannot be ______ and the HS is still inspiring the _____ which is inspired by God's salvation =- as long as there is an _____ with people on it, the Church will never be defeated - there have been setbacks because people make _____, but ever since it _____ it has always _____ - nobody can wipe out the church - because there will always be people who ____ - it is us - we are the ____ of Church is the people who believe - Jesus taught us that the Church will never be defeated

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During 40 days, Jesus ____ Apostles on spreading the Good News of Father's word - At end of 40 days _____ into Heaven body and soul - a ____ - he lifts himself up and goes up into Heaven - both ____ and ____ - lifted up by own power - power of God - but he doesn't leave us abandoned - He told them - apostles - to stay in _____ and wait so he could send them the HS - so 50 days after resurrection - _____ days after he ascended into heaven - apostles gathered in room (maybe last supper room) - along with ____ and other disciples all together in one Group - they pray more and more for the HS to come and he comes in the form of ____ - and those who receive the HS are filled more with God's love - his ____ Apostles also receive the gift of different ___ - this day is called ____ (pente = 5 - so ___ days after easter Sunday) (tongues of fire above heads)

expelled Eucharist

Early Christians in synagogues were _________ - Catholics do not go into synagogues to worhsip God - because there is a difference - after about 50 years in the existance fo the early church - followers kicked out because they didn't worship the same especially regarding the ____________ - and it created that division between the two - the separation

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First pope: ____ ____ - he had certain ____ given to him by God in order to ______ the mission of the Church to be a sacrament of ____ to the world He has ______ ability - which is a gift - Also has the gift of ______ and teaching Also has the gift of ______ - is a healer who can heal others

decision freely commitment name

God wants us to be baptized in the HS as to make our own ____ (i think this is confirmation....not baptism) - choose him ____ - ______ that everything we say and do is in the name of the Lord Jesus - can we make a commitment like that? Everything that we do and say is in the ____ of the Lord - this is what God wants to draw out of our hearts

support

How can we help people here at dominican - ow can we perform Good works - you can help them with their schoolwork, get to class, - help understand things - explain things to them - emotional ___________ Sometimes all we need to do to help someone - upset - is just let them talk and listen to them - don't have to give opinion or solve problem but listen and let them talk it out - that is helping someone - performing a good work - we also have organized ways that you can do good works - canned food drive, pro life, etc. - opportunities to do good works

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In the ____ century AD, the First Christians, many of them _____ people, kept on practicing Jewish faith - not only worshipped God at ____ on the _____ - Saturday - then they would also receive the ____ - essentially, they would go to mass ____ on Sabbath, ______ on Sunday First ____ years of church, Jewish people did not believe that they were starting a new _____ - but fulfilling Jewish religion by following the ____ - _____ faith in Jewish religion by believing in the Messiah - the messiah has come so believing in a ____ of said faith How does Jesus prove that he is the Messiah? - his _____ - main thing that the did - there was no doubt that he died on the cross - no one could survive that kind of ____ on cross but then he rose three days later and prove that he is God through his resurrection The _____ of our belief is resurrection - the greatest Christian holiday is NOT ____ - his birth does not open the gates of Heaven particularly - just the beginning of salvation - the conclusion: ____ of our salvation, is the fact that he rose up above death and got us our salvation and he did it for us so that we could go to Heaven - sharing love with us - _____ is most important Christian holiday

person

Israelites and Gentiles alike can be justified by their faith in Christ - following ten commandments is not our savior - jesus is - our salvaiton is in a ________, not in a group of laws - the second person of the blessed trinity

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Jesus is alike us in every way - if he stayed on earth up until now, that would not be a normal life - that would take away from his identification with the _____ race - he lived a normal life which was only ___ years - so this is one reason why he didn't stay on earth for that long - if he would've stayed on earth, then it would be just him traveling around the world preaching the gospel (one person) compared to Jesus ____ other people to spread his ___- around the world - Jesus inspiring other people seems more ___ - there are other reasons but these are the two why Jesus left earth and left it up to his ____ to spread the Good News of his Father's world - Kingdom

New Covenant sins

Jesus was able to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish - established a __ ___ on earth and died for our ___ - technically he finished his mission -

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John the Baptist is about ______ months older than Jesus

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John the Baptist said that the Messiah was coming soon - baptize with ____ for repentance of sin - but the one that comes after me, the messiah, will bless with the __ ___ - the difference: John the Baptist was baptizing people in the river ___- the HS ( the outpouring of the HS at ____) - compare that to our own life - we are baptized as little babies - receiving the HS for the first time and beginning our Christian life - baptized with water - soul is cleansed with water yet you still ___ and commit the __ sins repeatedly - the baptism of HS is within the sacrament of ___ - it is the deepening of the __ and ___- that others made for you - this baptism is more of a ___ _____ - a _______ of baptismal promise that was made by others

both foundation second

Judaism and Catholicism - _______ believe in ten commandments and the OT - both believe in that - Judaism is also the __________ of Catholicism - definitely a connection - but Catholicism goes further because believes in ___________ person of God - we differ in the Eucharist being the body and blood of Christ and in the belief of all 7 sacraments - a stumbling block in belief

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Just as HS is signified by the _____, the HS spreads everywhere bc this spreads everywhere Gift received: apostles are able to speak different ____ so can _____ to all of those across the world - cannot go everywhere so left the rest of the job up to the ____ - the successors of the Apostles

gift buy

Membership in God's family comes free as a _______ - we cannot earn it - once we are a part of it have to abide by covenant Good works cannot _____ way into heaven Then the good works will follow because called to a higher standard of being members of God's family - God in his goodness, graciousness, and love - puts in our hearts to do good works after we have this love

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New Covenant - God's kingdom to be given to ______ of his believers - all his creation - anyone who accepts God - as promised with ________ and _________ - God's loving and merciful here - letting everyone here int the plan of salvaiton 0 shows that God loves us - supports the fact that God lvoes everyone and invites everyone into the promise of the Kingdom - a comfort to us - fulfillment of old covenants - shows us that he loves us and wont forget us - comfort to know that we are this special - love is always waiting for us - the gift is there for the taking - we just have to work for it - you cannot earn this because it is a gift - gift is something that you have to receive - hands have to be open - God wants to give us a gift - look what I have done through my life!! Given to poor 100 times etc. - now you have to let me into heaven - but you have to receive the gift of Christ as your lord, savior, and God - need to love God because we cannot fool God - he knows when we are going through the motions of doing just good works not out of love but because of duty - be ause wanna go to heaven justwant to stay out of trouble

save Jesus

Old law does not _______ us - it teaches us when we have disobeyed God - but obeying the ten commandments does not save us - it lets us know when we have sinned - what saves us is our belief in ________ - died on the Cross for us - only the blood of God can make our souls pure to go into Heaven - not just obeying the 10 commandments What if this obeying DID guarantee salvation - then belief would be what do I need Jesus for? - if this is our attitude,w e are leaving out God - not only as a father, but also as a son - you are not getting the full truth - only getting a part of it - God does want us to know the full truth - You are shortchanging yourself if leaving out Jesus - people who do not believe in Jesus - we are not their judges - only God can judge them - we must do what is right

first apostles chosen

Paul and Barnabus preach that people must become jews _________, but later change it. 49-50 A.D. - Council to decide the issue, Peter, Paul, and the other apostles there and come to the conclusion that they need not become Jews first to become Christians (first Church council on beliefs) Jesus leaves specifics to the __________ and their successors to be decided as far as beliefs and procedures, etc. Jesus first revealed himself to the ________ People which foreshadows that he'll reveal himself to all people later, JEWS AND GENTILES. God forms them and all those who come from different backgrounds into one people, one chosen people.

Jesus apostle Gentiles fulfills

Paul believed in God the Father before his conversion, but after his revelation, he begins to know ________ and know God as more than one person. Paul ends up being elevated to the level of the _______ as far as leadership. He is chosen to be the apostle to the __________ because of his background (bc of his great conversion and faith and also bc he could speak multiple languages and talk to more people). Paul spoke to God, which is a convincing fact in speaking to others. Paul understood through the Holy Spirit that the New _____ the Old. (Testament, Covenant, etc.)

preparation

Paul said that the Law of Moses was a __________ for believing in Jesus - faith in God matures when it includes a faith in Christ - by believnig in the 10 commandments, this is a preparation for our souls, spirits, to believe and participate in Christ - by sincerely beilicing in them, it will lead us to faith in Christ later on

Jerusalem rome organize Nero

Paul started in __________ and got as far as ________ - along way sets up Christian Churches believing in Christ - sometimes got in trouble, spent time in Jail - sometimes kicked out of town, whipped, stoned, and shipwrecked Had difficultues but stayed course - main objective in life after conversion was to __________ people into Chruches in name of Jeus Arrested by Roman Emperor ________ - jailed and was beheaded - the Apostle to the Gentiles - was martyred - he helped to Build the Church after Jesus had ascended into heaven Peter did same thing too - went as far as rome

justification connection earn

Paul used the term _________ - what does it mean to be justified before God? - explained salvaiton in Christ that you need to be justified before God - what did Paul mean? - it means to be made right with God - what did Paul mean? Jesus' death on the cross makes our __________ with God the father - through our faith and beliving in his death on the cross - makes up for our sins completely in order for us to This is a gift from God - if we could _______ our own salvation and justification, then we would be tempted with the thought that we don't need Jesus

soul Damascus Barnabus

Paul's _______ becomes clean when Ananius baptizes him and cures his physical blindness. He goes to preach in __________, but he is not welcome because his reputation has been smeared. He goes to Jerusalem but the Christians there don't believe him there either, except for __________, a devout Christian. who shows Paul to the apostles and they believe him, they help him with his new found faith. Eventually, Paul is accepted into the community as a Christian. Barnabus and Paul become besties and preach together

birthday

Pentecost is the _____ of the Church - when she began her mission -

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Peter is the ____ leader of the Church after Jesus Peter is ______ in the NT - he speaks up - he speaks for the other apostles - part of his _____ abilities The kingdom of heaven is started on heaven by Christ - in the catechism On _____, the Kingdom of God begins and it is perfected and fulfilled in _____ - yet it starts on ____ and is fulfilled within his _____ and the Church as the presence of ___ on Earth - the ___ to the kingdom of Heaven have been given to ___ by Jesus Want to unlock door of Heaven? Peter has the keys

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Peter: taught by Christ for ____ years What would Peter tell us if we asked how to unlock door of Heaven? - would tell us to _____ of our sins and believe in the _____ of Jesus - to love him and believe - he is the key - he unlocks the ____ of Heaven for all of us and this s in the Catechism Church spread by apostles and then mission passed on to successors - the ____ - and has been carried on ever since

teaching people

Power of Peters first pope - power that he acquired through HS - __________ power Other graces: lead, teach, heal (perform miracles) - if people just walked in the Shadow of Peter they would heal Did Peter do that? No - through the power of God this occurred - God wants to give us gifts and they come in many shapes and sizes - a gift of holy spirit Graces attract ________ - there are many gifts that the HS gives to us - healing, interpretation - is the HS God? Yes! So he can do this - because he is the Spirit of Love because God is love - unconditional love

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SAUL: On horseback - way to _____ - has _____ soldiers - mission: arrest _____ - on way to persecute Christians All of a sudden, a very bright _____ shines on Saul - Jesus had come to him and told him that he is persecuting ______ - Light is so bright that it scares Saul's horse - falls from horse and goes to the ground - light so bright that it _____ Saul ______- shows that Saul does not know the light of the ____ symbolically Then hears a _____ - Saul why are you persecuting me? - shows that if you Persecute Christians, you persecute _____ -shows that Jesus is _____ Christian people - that he is with us as Christians - he is in our _____ - he is there - and he has always been there and sometimes we block him out and don't want to recognize that he is there - Saul is blind and disoriented and didn't even know what happened - now Jewish people have to escort him to Damascus Saul lives at this place temporarily for ______ days - and is thinking very heard about what happens He doesn't eat or drink for three days - he is ______ with the ___ _____ and becomes a _____ in Jesus - during this time he just prays, and learns to ____ Jesus in his heart Jesus sends a man named _____ to Saul - this man - is sent by ___ to go see Saul, a Christian - he prays over Saul and Saul gets his ____ back Symbolism: Saul can see again after he fasting - he couldn't see the _____ about Jesus so was blind, but then could see - now both ____ and _____ clear sight - physical sight being restored shows that he can see the truth of Jesus since before he could not Saul can see again - and Ananias baptizes Saul with ____ for the _______ of sins - he has also received the baptism of the HS as well when he converted to ______ - so he converted - starts ______ to Jews in damascus and synagogues = and people are wondering what has happened to this man? Total ______ - rejected Jesus but now preaching that he is the ____ of God

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Saul even witnessed ______ the death of the disciple - the first Christian _____ - Stephen- or Steven - because of strong faith, _____ him to death - was a _____ - Saul gave his approval to that (the stoning) Very ____ - and became more educated so that he could become a better Jew/Pharisee Very instrumental in the ____ of ___ people in ____ and other towns

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Saul: Lived at time of _____ What happened to him that would build up our faith in God? A Jewish _____ that learned about religion from older Pharisee - named _____ - taught him how to be a Pharisee and Saul was a very _____, _____ Pharisee So dedicated that when the Christians worshipped Jesus as God, Saul ____ them and went around to different towns with the help of (Jewish/Roman?) soldiers - and brought the people before the _____ - would get them killed essentially if dire enough of a situation (dilemma) Thought they were _____ the religion because they would worship and elevate this common ___ in their eyes, Jesus, as the son of God - and ____ convinced Christians that he was God The _____ - part of God's plan - ____ that Jesus died because no human being could survive that torture - so if he died and came back, he must have risen from the dead

justice perfect sacrifice

Sign that we believe in Jesus - is that we perform Good works - this is perfect _________ - the perfect sacrifice of Jesus on the cross Cannotsave ourselves because we are not ________ - we can attemptbut it is not perfeect because we are sinners - which is why people from OT would sacrifice little animals - foreshadowing of the __________ of Christ shedding his blood on the cross for our sins

save introduce message

The Catholic church continues Christ's mission - to try to ________ all people - praise God - and the Church attempts through the HS to save as many people as possible - the Church will try to bring more and more people to the sincere belief in Jesus - God loves us and wants to be with us forever - the Church can _________ Jesus - that's its mission - that's why there is a Church The Church is united in its mission to bring Jesus to the world - united as having the same ___________ - if the Church is united, it is more likely to attract more people to believe - strength in numbers - more people telling the same message - might lead to use believing in the message

Salvation visible follow

The Church is the sacrament of __________ - what does that mean? Why does the Church have that title? How does that explain what the Church does? A sacrament in general is a _________ sign on the Human level- we can identify and see it - physical sign that God is present - the HS is present in all the sacraments We are also spreading the Good news - Confirmation strengthens that baptismal promise that you will __________ jesus - and the other sacraments too are visible signs that God is in our lives

sonship

The essence of Justification before God (what Paul preached) is divine ___________ - Jesus is the true son of God, but we become adopted sons and daughters of God when we believe in Jesus - this is what it means ot be baptized in the HS

Jerusalem chosen all

The message of Jesus by the apostles starts with the Jewish people in ____________. WHERE THE CHURCH BEGINS!! The Jewish people first heard about God the Father bc they were the _______ people, so they hear about Jesus first too, but It extends further than that to the New Chosen People. The chosen people fail many times and do not have the strong faith to fulfill what God wants, but the message of Jesus extends to _______ people. Galatians 3: 28-29 - 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.a 29. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendant, heirs according to the promise.b

soul grace

The sacrament of baptism is only received once because it leaves an indellible mark on your ________ that you as aperson have the desire throght your parents to be a follower of God - intention made for you so will have ________ later on in life if you want it to become a deeper follower of Christ so have grace to do it if you want to do it - because you have grace to do so when you already have baptism - grace to grow with God - foundation is already laid in baptism - it is n your heart and soul - for the grace to grow to become a greater christian later on - it is the power of God inside of you to help you grow into a more mature Christian later on

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There's a Church bc God cares about us and it helps us to better understand God's love and know Jesus More people are willing to believe when the church is _________ and more people believe the same thing, it has a larger effect on someone Peter heals through the _______ ________and Peter was given gifts from God The sacrament of Baptism is only received _______ bc it leaves an indelible mark on your soul that you as a person have the desire through your parents to be a follower of God. You have the ________ so that later in life if you want it, you can have a deeper relationship with God. It is a part of your heart and soul, the power of God in your being.

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They brought them into their presence and questioned them, "By what power or by what name have you done this?" 8Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, answered them, "Leaders of the people and elders:b 9If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved, 10then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed. From <http://www.usccb.org/bible/acts/4> Peter uses _____ power to heal crippled man - bring him back and ask Peter by what authority could you have healed this man? How does he show his ______ - he says that God used Peter to heal this crippled man - _____ is a healer through the power of God We can be _____ of healing to others by the _____ of God How can we be healers - Give them ____ healing by listening to problems To help _____ for them and their healing When you listen to people who are upset, you are giving them the _____ - giving them your attention and love - listening to their story and making them better - they are thanking you in their hearts for listening and taking the emphasis off of _____ and willing to listen to ____ - their problems - that is ____ people, healing people because need to get off chest - giving others a great ______ - all that creates a healing that helps them out

equal

We're all one in Christ, by all believing in Christ, we become one people in Jesus, all _______ in the eyes of God and all called to follow Jesus, and if you follow Jesus you are the heirs of Abraham, when you believe in

Paul limited blind

When Saul is converted, his name is changed from Saul to _______. When Saul is praying and thinking, he realizes that he has been too ________ in his faith and _______ to the truth. Mary people are like this in this day and age. People today many times block themselves off from God and his love like Saul did for so long.

perfect faith works

Why did Jesus have to die that horrible death on cross - because God is _________- God has decided that the only perfect way to cleanse the sins of the world is to save it through His own world - the victory is complete because Christ died on the cross and arose to heaven - but we need to claim it, believe in it so we can go to Heaven - by believinging in it we become more closer to God, more intimate with God - ________ in Jesus comes before performing Good ________ - it is necessary but it starts with that belief in Christ - by beingfilled with the HS - what bubbles out of us is a desire to perform Good works

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Written by ______: Acts of Apostles The promise of the father IS the ____ _____ - Jesus' instructions to the apostles after he rose from the dead is for them to wait in _____ - and after 40 days following instruction, will receive the _____ _____- from there (Jerusalem = Capital of _____) the teachings will spread to the _____ This has already happened!! So New ____ being formed - the ____ - everyone who believes in God and the Church Old Israel _____ the coming of the NEW - Old Israel - the Jewish people of the OT living on the coast of the Mediterranean sea - the New Israel is everyone who _____ in Jesus - New Israel because it is the ___ world - all those who believe in God - new Israel is ____

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____ is there in the upper room praying for the HS - but praying for ____ to receive the HS with open and clean hearts = (because she has the HS) how come Mary didn't go out to preach the Gospel to others? How come she didn't go out to teach others? Reminder that everyone has a _____ to play in the Church - Mary's mission was not to go out - it was to ____ God, to have the baby Jesus, ____ him as a human being, ____ him, be _____ to him, always be _____, ____ for others and _____ (accept) Jesus into her heart - her role was not to go out - some people teach, administer, are prophets, etc. - she was to be an example for the apostles of _____ We all have ____ to play in this ____

compassionate presence luke

_____ __________ - as we have learned, The Gospel of _____ is particularly attentive to those who lived on the margins of society at the time of Jesus; those who were poor, sick, or in need. IN this Gospel, the response of Jesus to human need is compassion. At its root, the word compassion means "to suffer with." You may have experienced how difficult it is to be with someone who is hurting or in pain, and to feel helpless in the face of that hurt. Yet you are there. You are "suffering with" that person, who, becaues of you, is not facing a painful experience alone. Even though you may feel you cannot "do" anything, your very presence is healing. And the compassion expressed by your presence is a great gift. Without saying a word, you can bring God's love to someone who needs it, just by being there.

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_____ foreshadowed in OT where OT feast celebrated Moses receiving the Old Law - the 10 commandments - the New Law is a law of ___ - it is the ____ of Jesus which fulfills the Old Law! The New Law does not do away with the Ten Commadnments, we still have to follow them - but it ____ on the old law - a ____ of understanding and participating in God's light - also called to follow both: ____ of Jesus AND ____ _____ God the ____ - gives us 10 commandments " the _____ - gives us his _____ - New Law (during pentecost which is how it parallels) ""When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.a 2And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind,* and it filled the entire house in which they were.b 3Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,* which parted and came to rest on each one of them.c 4And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues,* as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.d""

gentleness Luke

_____ of _____As luke presents Christ constantly offering forgiveness to sinners and inviting them to a shared meal, he models himself on Christ by being a gentle and merciful narrator. Over and over Luke recounts events described in the Gospel of Mark in such a way that he refrains as much as possible from putting others in a bad light. For instance, When Luke retells Mark's account of Peter's profession of faith and of Jesus' warning the disciples about his coming death. Luke simply omits the fact that Peter remonstrated with jesus or that Jesus said, "Get behind me, Satan" - When in mark, Peter, James, and John fail three times to stay awake and suport Jesus with their prayer, Luke mentions their failure only once and hten adds that they were "sleeping from grief". As you read Luke, you will notice again and again that Luke simply refrains from speaking unkindly about others whenever he can.

Paul 3

______ becomes convinced that he has had a visit from Jesus and converts to Christianity. He fasts and thinks for _____ days and the longer he fasts the deeper his revelation about God becomes. He opens his heart to the Holy Spirit.

fasting

_______ brings us closer to God and strengthens our faith and relationship with him

paul

_______ does not mean that Good works count for nothing II Faith and Works.* 14What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?i 15If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, 16and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well," but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?j 17So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18Indeed someone may say, "You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.

sin

________ disgraced the human race - lost closeness with God - before they sinned, very close with God - because nothing sinful in the way- Jesus restores this close relationship with God with his deaht and resurrection - we become Children of God again - because close relationship restored again - child of God meaning that you are close to God -

Peter Jews Gentiles Cornelius baptizes

________ has an apparition of Jesus in which he is told to eat certain foods that are against the Jewish religion, but Jesus tells him to eat it anyway and eat the foods of the Gentiles and the non-Jews; interprets that the Christians do not need to become ______ first. so _________ do not have to be Jewish first in order to become members of Christ's Church Peter is invites to __________' house, Roman gentile, to preach. After this, Peter realizes that Gentiles have the desire to receive the Word of Jesus and are passionate about Jesus and he __________ them with water.

catechism jesus father

________: grace is a participation in the life of God - It introduces us into the ... ________ is the spiritual head of the body of the Church - this is why we call God _______ - in union with Jesus because we are adopted sons and daughters of God - we become more people of love and can show this love by performing Good works - this is the formation of the Chruch - those who believ in Jesus form the Church - sign that they belong to Jesus is that they perform good works

Jesus

_________ saves us - disobeying the 10 commandments makes us sinners - but our true salvation comes when God comes to our rescue and dies for us

Ananais

___________ baptizes Saul with water for the remission of original sin; he is also baptized with the HS

Eucharist faith mortal

____________ - distinguishing us from other religions by belief in this - Catholics believe that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ - and we need ________ to understand this - takes Great faith - and receive more of God when getting more Eucharist with faith - it changes us - some religions don't believe in this - they are just like eh no - if you believe it in faith, you come to know better that it is God - but it takes faith - do you have the faith to believe that? - but it makes the biggest difference in your life - it is strength- strength to love God and stay away from Sin in your life - commit small sin and get impatient and etc. but the Eucharist helps us to stay away from _________ sins or the serious sins because strenghtens us

Pentecost Jerusalem

_____________ as the birthday of the Church - Apostles, disciples, and Mary was there - may have been same room where last supper was celebrated - Are praying and waiting for HS to come - what is he going to do for these people - the apostles are going to teach the teachings of jesus to the whole world - the Church has sent out missionaries - to send out teachings to other people - Church started in ____________ - then went to Galilee and the out further - has it been successful? Yes because we know about it - the apostles just handed their teachings down to the bishops through the centuries - and eventually the teachings reached North America - so the mission has been successful and it continues - more and more people need to hear about Jesus

eschatological meal heavenly faithful realized end

the ____ ______: The Eucharist, which anticipates the _____ banquet that Jesus will share with the ____ when the Kingdom of God is fully ___ at the end of time. The word eschatological derives from eschaton, meaning "the ___ of time."

eucharist time

◦ Eschatological meal: The ______________, which anticipates the heavenly banquet that Jesus will share with the faithful when the Kingdom of God is fully realized at the end of time. The word eschatological derives from eschaton, meaning "the end of ______."

narrator unkindly

◦ Gentleness of Luke: As luke presents Christ constantly offering forgiveness to sinners and inviting them to a shared meal, he models himself on Christ by being a gentle and merciful ___________. Over and over Luke recounts events described in the Gospel of Mark in such a way that he refrains as much as possible from putting others in a bad light. For instance, When Luke retells Mark's account of Peter's profession of faith and of Jesus' warning the disciples about his coming death. Luke simply omits the fact that Peter remonstrated with jesus or that Jesus said, "Get behind me, Satan" - When in mark, Peter, James, and John fail three times to stay awake and suport Jesus with their prayer, Luke mentions their failure only once and hten adds that they were "sleeping from grief". As you read Luke, you will notice again and again that Luke simply refrains from speaking _________ about others whenever he can.

7 deacons Stephen Hellenists hebrews

◦ Hellenists do just that - select ____ men - Apostles prayed and laid hands on them - men came to be called ________, from a Greek word meaning servant - we see here the beginning of the division of roles and the formal selection and delegation of the people who will fill those roles. Among those chosen is _______, who will become the first martyr. (it is after his death that some disciples flee to Samaria and begin to preach there) - the ministry of the deacon in the Church today is remarkably similar to what it was at its inception: a ministry of ligurtical and charitable service ___________ - Greek-speaking Jewish Christians ___________: in some NT writings, Hebrew-speaking Jewish Christians

Luke

◦ Peter and the Church and the HS: ________ is careful to point out that even Peter could not go off and act independently of the Church in Jerusalem. After baptizing Gentiles, and then returning to Jerusalem, Peter had to epxlain himself. His fellow circumcised believers accused him: "You entered the house of the uncircumcised people and ate with them" - Peter does not resent or dismiss as unimportant his fellow believers' concern. Were it not for his dream and his experience at Cornelius's house, Peter would have agreed with them. So Peter explains everything carefully. For a second time, we hear about Peter's dream, about the invitation to Cornelius' house, and about what happened after he arrived. Peter asks, "If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God?" Peter's questioners are completely satisfied with this answer. They are open to new insights offered to them through the inspiration of the HS

Luke compassion suffer

◦ Summarize compassionate presence: as we have learned, The Gospel of _______ is particularly attentive to those who lived on the margins of society at the time of Jesus; those who were poor, sick, or in need. IN this Gospel, the response of Jesus to human need is ____________. At its root, the word compassion means "to ________ with." You may have experienced how difficult it is to be with someone who is hurting or in pain, and to feel helpless in the face of that hurt. Yet you are there. You are "suffering with" that person, who, becaues of you, is not facing a painful experience alone. Even though you may feel you cannot "do" anything, your very presence is healing. And the compassion expressed by your presence is a great gift. Without saying a word, you can bring God's love to someone who needs it, just by being there.

Hellenists

◦ Summarize deacons in the early church: Although Luke's descriptions of community life among the Christians in Jerusalem are sometimes idyllic, Luke also tells us that there was division in the community. The ___________ complained against the Hebrews that their "widows were being neglected in the daily distribution" - this accusation is taken seriosuly by the Twelve. They must devote themselves to the Word of God, but also realize that tendnig to the temporal needs of those in their community is importnant work as well. Therefor, the 12 tell the hellenists to select from among you seven reputable men, filled with HS and wisdom, whom we shall appoint to this task

Eucharist praise thanksgiving church bread breaking

◦ Summarize heart and summit: Catechism reminds us that the _______________ is the heart and summit of the Chruch's life because in it Christ associates his Church and all her members with his sacrifice of _________ and ___________ offered once for all on the cross to his Father; by this sacrifice he pours out the graces of salvation on his Body which is the ________ - when we look back on our study of Luke's Gospel, we realize that the Eucharist is the beginning, the heart, and the summit of Luke's account - however, Luke uses a number of different narrative forms to probe the mystery of Christ as the ___________ of Life - first, Luke places the Christ child in the manger, the palce where one puts food for the flock - then Luke describes Jesus' last passover meal with his disciples where Jeuss institutes the Eucharist. Finally, Luke describes the disciples on the road to Emmaus recognizing the Risen Christ in the breaking of the bread. Luke puts this emphasis on the Eucharist because he wants his audience, including us, to be able to recognize Christ in the _______ of the bread too.

tongues faith Baptism perfection Chrism

◦ The Holy Spirit and Confirmation: Before conferring the Sacrament of Confirmation, the bishop may offer remarks similar to those: "In our day the coming of the HS in confirmation is no longer marked by the gift of ___________, but we know his coming by ________. He fills our hearts with the love of God, brings us together in one faith but in different vocations, and works within us to make the Church one and holy" - In the early centuries of the Church, the Sacrament of Confirmation, which confers the Gifts of the HS upon us today, was celebrated with __________. Although this Sacrament is now celebrated separately in the Western Church, it retains its meaning as the completion of Baptism. The Sacrament of Confirmation brings baptismal grace to ___________. Through the HS, we are rooted more deeply in Christ as children of God. Our bond with the Church and her mission is strengthened, and we are made ready to bear witness to our faith, with the help of the HS, in word and action. The Sacrament of Confirmation, like baptism, confers an indelible character, or mar, on the soul. For this reason, this Sacrament can be received only once. The essential rite of Confirmation is anointing the forehead of the baptized with Sacred _________ (in the East, other sense organs as well), together with the laying on of the minister's hand and the words "Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit"

Passover chosen Exodus

◦ ____________: the night the Lord passed over the house of the Israelites marked by the blood of the lamb, and spared the firstborn sons from death. It also is the feast that celebrates the deliverance of the ________ People from the bondage in Egypt and the ________ from Egypt to the Promised Land.

Eunuch

◦ _____________: an emasculated man. Such men were excluded from the assembly of the Lord