Religion Session 5

Liturgical calendar

Church's calendar that Catholics use to help us remember and celebrate important events in the lives of Jesus, Mary, and the saints; which marks entire seasons, individual feasts, and celecrations

Ordinary Time

During what liturgical season does the Church invite us to think more deeply about the message of the Gospel and how we can respond to Christ's invitation to live as disciples (split up into two periods).

Middle Ages

When did the new process of canonization begin?

Mary

----- was with Jesus for most of his life. (He/She) was his first and greatest disciple.

Venerating relics

A practice that underscores the sacramental nature of our faith and continues to be an important part of Catholic spirituality.

First class relic

A relic that includes a chip of bone or a lock of hair from a saint.

Second class relic

A relic that includes an article of clothing that the saint wore or an item that the person used when he or she was alive.

Third class relic

A relic that is any object that has been touched to a first- or second-class relic, such as a piece of cloth.

Mary, Jesus

Good things come to the world because of ------, but they come to us from -----.

The Magnificat

Mary's song of praise that shows us how well she understood the purpose of Jesus' life and a prayer of devotion to Mary, mother of our Savior and person of virtue and holiness.

Solemnity of Mary

On the feast day of the ------- ---- ------, we acknowledge that with the human conception of Jesus, Mary became the Mother of God; which is celebrated during January 1.

Sacramentals

Physical objects given by the Church to help us grow in our spiritual life and are true objects of praise and worship that always point back to God.

Immaculate Conception

The feast day of the -------- ------- celebrates the special grace that Mary received from God when she was conceived without the stain of Original Sin, which is celebrated December 8.

Feast of All Saints

The feast day when the Church continues to remember all the saints and martyrs who are with God in Heaven.

Queen of Heaven

The feast when we celebrate how Mary is ------ ---- ----- and how she sits at the right hand of her Son and from there she intercedes for us on our behalf, which is celebrated on August 22.

Canonization

The process of being named a saint by the Catholic Church through the titles of "Servant of God," "Venerable," "Blessed," and finally "Saint."

Venerate

To show respect for someone or something

respect, revere, intercedes, honors

We ----- and ----- Mary as someone who ------- on our behalf. The Church ------ Mary on specific days during the liturgical year.

discipleship, prayer, sacraments, reading

We can answer Jesus' call to ------ through ------, celebrating the -------, and ------ Scripture (separate answers with a comma).

Assumption

What is the feast day when Mary was taken into Heaven, body and soul, which is celebrated August 15?

Green

What liturgical color is the symbol of hope and new life that we receive as Jesus' followers and is the liturgical color for Ordinary Time?

Pope Gregory XIII

What pope approved the official calendar known as the Roman Martyrology for the universal Church?

Pope Gregory III

What pope declared the Feast of All Saints for November 1 during the eighteenth century?

First centuries

What time was the process of canonization through an acclamation of the community that when stated was pronounced a saint?

Visitation

What was the feast day when Mary visited her cousin, Elizabeth who was pregnant with John the Baptist who leapt for joy; which is celebrated May 31?