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"age of discretion": When someone should receive the sacrament of Confirmatino
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absolution: the prayer by which a pirest, by the power given to the Church by Christ JEsus pardons a repentant sinner in the sacrament of Penance
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advent: prepares for Christ's coming. it begins at the end of november and lasts for four sundays
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advent: the four-week season in the liturgical year that prepares for the coming of our Savior on Christmas
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annulment: an official church declaration that what appeared to be a christian marriage never existed in the first place
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anointing of the sick: a sacrament of healing, administered by a priest to a baptized person, in which the Lord extends his loving, healing touch through the Church to those who are seriously ill or dying
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bishop: a successor to the apostles who governs the local Church in a given diocese and governs in a worldwide Church in union with the pope and the college of bishops
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bishop: the ordinary minister of Confirmation
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breaking of the bread: a symbol for sacrificing and sharing
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candle: reminds us how Christ is the light of the world and that his followers should be Christ's light to others
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catechumate: "period of preparation"
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catechumen: an unbaptized person who is preparing to receive all of the sacraments of Christian initiation
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celibacy: the state of being unmarried that priests and other religious choose in order to dedicate their lives totally to Jesus Christ and God's people
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chrism: blessed by the bishop, this perfumed oil is used for anointing in the sacraments of the baptism, confirmation, and holy orders
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Christian: "anointed" of Christ
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communion rite: includes the Lord's prayer, the prayer for deliverance, peace, breaking of bread, etc.
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confirmands: those to be confirmed
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confirmation: sacrament that completes the sacramental grace of Baptism
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contrition: heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins commited along with the intention of sinning no more
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conversation with god: prayer
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Dean: ordained ministers who assist bishops and priests in the celebration of liturgy, distribute communion, etc.
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diaconate: the third degree in the hierarchy of Holy Orders (deacons)
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domestic church: the family that lives out faith by a daily basis
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Entrance and Greeting: a congregation standing and singing an appropriate song
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epiclesis: the prayer that petitions God to send the Holy Spirit to transform the bread and wine offered at the Eucharistic liturgy into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
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essential rite: that portion of the liturgical celebration of a sacrament that is strictly necessary in order for the sacrament to be valid
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Eucharist: The Most Blessed Sacrament
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eucharist: Greek word for "thanksgiving"
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eucharist: completes a person's Christian initiation
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eucharistic assembly: emphasizes how we celebrate the Eucharist in the midst of the assembled Church
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eucharistic prayer: the prayer is the heart of the eucharistic liturgy
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extreme unction: the last anointing before death
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giving up things: fasting
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Gloria: a prayer of praise and thanksgiving to the triune God is shared
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Greek word for "to plunge" or "to immerse" into water: What is the origin of the word baptism?
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helping the poor with money, serviam, etc.: alms giving
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holy mass: derived from Latin from the sending form in the dismissal rite
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icons: religious images or paintings that are traditional among Eastern Christians
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laying on the hands: the origin of Confirmation
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Lent: a season of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in preparation of Christ's resurrection and our redemption at Easter
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liturgy: refers to the Church's prayerful participation and celebration of God's work-our redemption and salvation
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liturgy: means "public work" or "people's work"
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Marriage should be a permanent, exclusive relationship: Jesus's views on marriage
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myron: the only Chrism the priest confirms with that has been blessed by a bishop
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Neophytes: those newly received into the Church through the sacraments of initiation at the Easter vigil
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oil: represents healing and protection
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opening prayer: the priest offers a prayer of supplication which recalls the mystery of salvation proper to the day or feast
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penitential rite: to worship with a pure heart, we acknowledge our sinfulness adn ask for God's forgiveness
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prayer, fasting, and alms giving: the three sine quanons
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preface: introductory prayer that reminds us of our duty to thank the Father through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit
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presbyters: priests or members of the order of the priesthood who are coworkers with the bishop and servants to God's people
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priests and bishops: the only people that can administer the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
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sacrament: "effacious symbol"
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sacrament of matrimony: a sacrament at the service of communion in which christ binds a man and woman into a permanent covenant of love and life adn bestows his graces on them to help them live as a community and as a loving family
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sacrament of penance: a sacrament of healing through which Christ extends his forgiveness to sinners about reconciliation with God and the Church
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sacramental character: A lasting effect of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders that seals and configures the recipent to Christ in a special way
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sacramentals: sacred signs that resemble sacraments
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sacraments: special symbols of God's love and important signs of grace and divine friendship
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Sacrifice: words that means "to make holy"
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sanctifying grace: the grace, or gift of God's friendship, that heals fallen human nature and gives us a share in the divine life of the Blessed Trinity
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sine quanons: things necessary for being christian are: prayer, fasting, alms giving
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the bride and bridgroom: the ministers in the sacrament of matrimony
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the man and woman must commit to a lifelong covenant of love, be capable of sex, and be open to a family: What must a couple do to have TRUE CONSENT in marriage?
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the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): The distinct steps of four periods and three stages of initiating adults are found where?
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the sacrament of holy orders: calls men to minister to us in Jesus' place
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the sacrament of matrimony: helps married couples be Christ to each other and their families
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to communicate God's life to us: Why did Jesus give the sacraments to his Church?
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transubstantiation: the term used to describe what happens at the consecration of the bread and wine at MAss when their entire substance is turned into the entire substance of the Body and Blood of Christ.
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triduum: the three-day long liturgy that is the Church's most solemn celebration of the Paschal mystery
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viaticum: holy communion received by dying persons to help them pass over to God in the afterlife
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water: represents cleansing, symbolizes death to an old life of sin and rebirth
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white garment: "putting on Christ" and a symbol of purity, happiness, and a new identity of a union with the Lord
