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Chapter 1 religion

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Saint Perpetua
- mother of infant son
- her mother was christian but father was not
- father begged her to deny the faith, but she didn't and was imprisoned with felicity, a slave and expectant mother
- days after felicity had her baby, they were both beheaded
Saint Cecelia
- 200 AD (Rome)
- given in marriage to a non-christian man, but she vowed her virginity to Jesus
- he asked for proof, and once he converted to christianity he saw her angel and believed
- they were both martyred in rome, Cecilia was beheaded and stayed alive for 3 days after
Religious being
man longs for more than the material world; "for man exists, it is because God has created him through love, continues to hold us in existence"
Vocation
L. Vocare "to call" - our vocation is love; we are called by love to love
Call
a promise that God has invited us into
Salvation History
the story which spans from the beginning of time to the Church today which tells of God's saving work for mankind
Anointing
a priest, king, or prophet is set apart and inaugurated for office
Feminine Genius
refers to the way in which women give a sincere gift of themselves; woman is mother, obviously in a physical sense, but also she brings the sensitivity and receptivity to all of her interactions
Sacraments
efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ, entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us
Efficacious
sacraments actually confer the grace they signify
Form
verbal statement that accompanies the matter in the sacramental rite
Matter
tangible material sign proper to each sacrament
Interior Repentance
a radical reorientation of our whole life to God and the resolution to change one's life
Briefly describe the story of salvation history
God created the Earth and everything in it. Adam and Eve turned away from God, but they are distrustful thinking that God is holding out on them. God does not abandon us, even though we abandoned him. He works for the rest of history to make a way for our return (Jesus); he works slowly over time because he is gentle with us
Old Testament call of Samuel
Who: Samuel is called by God
What: "Samuel"
Where: Shiloh (Eli is a judge of Shiloh who has been leading the people astray)
Why: to fulfill God's word
Old Testament call of David
Who: David is called by God through Samuel
What: to be anointed (a priest, king, or prophet is set apart and inaugurated for office)
Where: Bethlehem
Why: to be King of Israel
Old Testament call of Abraham
Who: Abraham is called by God
What: God calls us to go forth- he promises to make a great nation, give Abraham a great people, and give him a blessing
Where: Haran
Why: to build an altar, people, nation, and blessing
Old Testament call of Jeremiah
Who: Jeremiah is called by the Lord
What: God says he created Jeremiah to be a prophet
Where: takes place in Benjamin (ruled by Josiah, who is in the line of Abraham)
Why: God appoints Jeremiah to deliver the Word; Jeremiah reminds people of the New Covenant that is coming
"O Jesus, my Love, at last I have found my vocation. My vocation is love! Yes, I have found my place in the bosom of my Church and this place, O my God, Thou hast thyself given to me: in the heart of the Church, my Mother, i will be love."
St. Therese of Lisieux
"If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only explanation is that I was made for another world."
C.S. Lewis
"Our hearts are restless until they rest in thee."
Saint Augustine
"So also I cannot call myself by any other name than what I am- A Christian."
Saint Perpetua
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but by me."
Jesus in John
"You will conceive a son. Do not be afraid."
Gabriel to Mary in Luke
"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done according to your word."
Mary to Gabriel in Luke
"We found him: the one Moses wrote in the Law, the one the prophets predict."
Philip to Nathaniel in John
"We have found the Messiah"
Peter to Andrew in Luke
"They have taken my Lord and I don't know where they laid him."
"Why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?
"Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him and I will take him."
Mary Magdalene in John
"The world does not need what women have but who women are."
St. Edith Stein
"The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved."
Victor Frankl
"Man, who is the only creature on Earth that God willed for its own sake, cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of self."
Gaudium et Spes
Saint Augustine
- 354-430, grew up in a well-respected family
- studied rhetoric and philosophy
- turned to riches, drinking, gambling, and promiscuity to fill his hungry heart
- had an encounter with God in 386 that changed his life
- he found what he was searching for in the gift of the Church
Which martyr had a mother who was a Christian and a father who was not Christian?
Perpetua
Which martyr was beheaded?
Perpetua and Cecelia
Jesus says that he is the ______ the _______ and ________
way, truth and life
Which martyr compared her identity to a water bowl?
Perpetua
Confirmation perfects what?
Baptism
Who does Jesus call to be the first witness of his resurrection even though its counter-cultural?
Mary Magdalene
Confirmation enriches us with strength and binds us more perfectly to...
the church
The Eucharist is the ___ and the ___ of the Christian life?
source and summit
Who is our ultimate example of a call and response?
Mary
The matter in confession is what?
sin
Who lived in the AD 200s?
Cecelia and Perpetua
The sacraments are efficacious signs instituted by whom?
Jesus
The whole spiritual good of the church is contained in the Eucharist, mainly what?
Jesus
All of the sacraments give us...
sanctifying grace
Which martyr asked her guardian angel to safeguard the promise she made to God?
Cecelia
What is the word for God's life in us?
grace
Interior repentance is a radical ______ of our whole life to god and the resolution to change our life?
reorientation
Which martyr lived in Rome and vowed her virginity to Jesus?
Cecelia
Who was imprisoned with a 22-year-old with felicity a pregnant slave woman?
Perpetua
The matter in a sacrament is the tangible ___ sign proper to each sacrament?
material
Who had an infant son at the time of her martyrdom?
Perpetua
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