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Altar |
a raised place where sacrifices are offered, used for the center of worship during the mass is also a table |
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Amen |
a word we usually say at the end of our prayers, means i believe, or so it is |
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Ark of the covenant |
a special box that held the stone tablets of the ten commandments |
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catholic |
means universal, with a capital C it describes the Church founded by Christ's apostles |
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chosen people |
Abraham and his descendants whom god had selected to receive his word. people who chose to follow God's will today |
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commitment |
a pledge to completely accomplish a promise |
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conscience |
ability to know what is right and what is wrong |
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covenant |
an agreement or relationship sealed by a ritual or ceremony |
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dignity |
the specialness of people because they are god's children |
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discernment |
discovering with god's help, god's will for our lives |
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Easter Tridium |
the holiest celebration of the liturgical year, begins on Holy thursday evening and concludes with the evening prayer on easter sunday |
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Exile |
the forced removal of people from their homelad to another land or a person who has experienced such removal |
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Exodus |
the old testament story of how god freed the hebrews from egypt |
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Faith |
the assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen. means believing and trusting in god |
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fidelity |
faithfulness and loyalty to something or someone |
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guidance |
help in making the right choices |
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Heaven |
a life of everlasting happiness with god and with all people who love god and others after death |
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Laity |
people who serve in the church community and are not clergy or religious brothers or sisters |
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Liturgical year |
the church's yearly calendar of celebrations and seasons that honor the Paschal mystery |
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manna |
breadlike food that god gave the isrealites in the desert |
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meditation |
a type of prayer in which we are silent and concentrate on listening to god through, our feelings, imagination, and thoughts |
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Messiah |
a person chosen to save people from a particular fate, means savior |
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Ministry |
a way of serving and caring for others in Christ's name |
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Moral Virtues |
4 spiritual qualities- temperance, prudence, justice, and fortitude that we receive through the Holy Spirit- help avoid sin |
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Original Sin |
the sin of the 1st man and woman passed on to all human beings |
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Paschal mystery |
the way that Jesus' Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension saved us from sin and gave us life after death |
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Passover |
the Jewish celebration of the Exodus from Egypt |
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Patriarch |
means father, a great leader of the hebrews from early scripture times |
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Persistence |
the act of continually pursuing something in spite of obstacles |
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Pharaoh |
the title for a ruler of ancient egypt |
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Pharisees |
Jewish people who accepted both the written law of the old testament and spoken teachings and tradition |
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Piety |
putting God above everything else |
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Precepts |
teaching about our obligations. 2 of the church are that we attend mass on sunday and holy days and that we receive eucharist at least once a year |
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Promise |
a pledge to do something |
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promised land |
Cannan, the sacred place God promised to Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, and the Isrealites in Egypt |
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Prophet |
a person sent by god to speak out against accepted behavior that does not follow God's rule |
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Psalms |
religious songs and prayers from the old testament, express praise for god and are believed to have been written by david |
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purgatory |
a final purification from sin after death |
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Resurrection |
the new life given to us when our bodies reunited with ous souls at the end of time |
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Reverence |
honor and respect |
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Sacrament |
a scacred sign and cause of grace instituted by christ in the Church to continue the saving action of Christ through the Holy spirit |
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Sacramental grace |
the unique gift of god's love that we receive in each sacrament- helps us respond to the challenge of the sacraments |
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Revelation |
God's act of revealing who he is and inviting us to respond with faith |
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Sacrafice |
an act of unselfish giving, making an offering at an altar |
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Sadducees |
Jewish people who accepted only the written law of the Old Testament and rejected spoken teaching and tradition |
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Salvation |
freedom from the pain of sin |
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Supplication |
humbly and earnestly asking for help, as a form of prayer it is praying to god in a time of need |
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Temple |
the Jewish place of worship htat solomon built in Jerusalem, contained the ark of hte covenant and bacame an imporatant center of worship for the isrealites |
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Yahweh |
the most sacred name of god, meants i am who i am |
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sacramental |
a symbolic prayer, blessing, object, or action instituted by the church that can lead us to a fuller participation in the grace of the sacraments |
