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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 patience | the ability to wait |
| Prayers of Converstion | When you say whatever is going on inside of you to God-concerns, how your day went, etc. |
| salvation history | the history of what the People of God lived through and experienced |
| unity of faith | same beliefs, same sacraments, and same sense of meaning in ones lives |
| agnostics | say they cannot know whether there is a God |
| atheists | deny the existence of God |
| consumerism | the attitude that acquiring unlimited material possesions is the key to fulfillment |
| individualism | looking out for yourself |
| immediate gratification | means that we want and expect our needs to be met right now |
| contemplation | meditation where there are no thoughts or words at all, just the sense of being in union with God |
| formal prayer | the special wordings and formulas provided by a religions tradition to hep its members express thier relationship to God |
| Dorthy Day | cofounder of the Catholic Worker Movement and started houses of hospitality for the hungry and homeless |
| Genesis | contains stories about our origins that are sacred to Christians and Jews, and tells us that we are made in the image and likeness of God |
| prayers of meditation | focusing our attention on God and the mysteries of God with our thoughts, feelings, and imagination |
| prayers of thanks and praise | prayers where we are thankful for everything-our life, our family, the opportunities we have, and the beauties of creation |
| puberty | results in our being capable of reproducing sexually |
| reflection | careful thought or meditation |
| tertullian | compared God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to a river |
| the Koran | Islam's holy book |
| the Rosary | the prayer in which the "Hail Mary" is repeated many times while a person meditates on mysteries of Jesus' and Mary's lives |
| trust | believing in the honesty and reliability of others |
| Trinity | three divine person-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit |
| Constitutions | the governing documents for the Society of Jesus |
| Francis Xavier | one of the first companions of the Society of Jesus, eventually sent to India |
| Ignatius of Loyola | founder of the Society of Jesus |
| Illumination | what Ignatius called his experience in the cave on the River Cardoner |
| Jerusalem | the name of the city often referred to as the Holy Land |
| Latin | a dead language, but one Ignatius had to study when he returned to school |
| Loyola Castle | the birthplace of Saint Ignatius and where he convalesced after the cannonball |
| Manresa | the city on the River Cardoner where Ignatius worked with the sick and dying |
| Montserrat | the place where Ignatius held his all-night vigil in front of the Black Madonna |
| Pamplona | the city where Ignatius was wounded by a cannonball |
| Peter Favre | One of the first companions of the Society of Jesus, the ony one ordained a priest before the first companions left from the University of Paris |
| Spiritual Exercises | the method by which Jesuits learn to grow in intimacy with Christ, Jesuits do this in the 30 day format |
| University of Paris | the place where Ignatius met Francis Xavier and Peter Favre |
| Augustine | a saint, known for the quote "you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you" |
| encyclical | an official declaration from the pope |
| pope | the symbol and the symbol and guarantor of the church's unity |
| Identity | what you have becomes as a result of choosing what to do with what you have been given |
| "Gifts and Givens" | things about yourself that you did not choose and do not have control over |
| Dulia | honor given to saints |
| Hyper-Dulia | honor given to Mary |
| Latria | worship given to God alone |
| credo | a christian creed in latin; A statement of the beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions |
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