Semester 2 Final Vocab

Theology (Catholic Definition

Faith seeking understanding
(what the church believes, why it believes, what can be known about God)

Advent

The first season of the liturgical year in which we anticipate Christ's coming.

Ordinary Time

The season (that happens twice) of the liturgical year that balance the extraordinary times of the year (Christmas, Lent, etc.) and give us time to reflect on Jesus' life, ministry, and teachings.

Lent

Begins with Ash Wednesday and is modeled after Jesus' 40 days in the desert before his begins his public ministry. This is also a time of preparing ourselves for Holy Week and Easter.

Contemplative Prayer

is the "listening" part of the conversation we have with God in prayer. This is also the most important and intense time of prayer.

Servant of God

The first formal step in the process of canonization. This is a person whose life has begun to be studied by the Holy See to determine if they ought to be canonized.

Blessed

The third step is where a miracle from intercession has occurred. Many people weigh in on whether this was natural or a true miracle.

Chalice

a cup made of precious metal to hold the wine, mixed with water, which will become the blood of Christ

Genuflect

Paying respect by getting down on your right knee and making the sign of the cross when you enter or exit a church.

Tabernacle

Locked container where the Eucharist is reserved.

Roman Missal

The book containing the prescribed prayers and instructions for celebration of Mass in the Roman Catholic Church.

Palm Sunday

the Sunday before Good Friday when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey

Pontious Pilate

The Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified

Common Good

Social conditions that allow ALL people to reach their fulfillment

Solidarity

The Christian virtue of social charity and friendship

Reason

to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic

Faith

theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe that He has said and revealed to us, and that the Holy Church proposes for our beliefs

We freely commit our entire life to God

Magisterium

the official and authoritative teaching of the roman catholic church (the pope and the bishops in communion with him)

Christmastime

The season that we celebrate the birth of Christ and the Incarnation (God becoming human through Jesus).

Triduum

Begins on the evening of Holy Thursday and lasts until the evening of Easter Sunday. In these "three days," we, intensely, encounter the Paschal Mystery (Christ's living, dying, and rising).

Easter

This season begins with the most important liturgy of the year. We celebrate Jesus' resurrection from the dead.

Vocal Prayer

spoken prayer. Having a conversation with God out loud or praying as a community

Meditative Prayer

involves concentrating on some spiritual topic. It is a kind of quest where the mind seeks to understand the why and how of the Christian life.

Venerable

the second step in the canonization of a saint where the Vatican decides whether the person is worthy

Saint

A second miracle must be found to have occurred.

Introductory Rites

procession, sign of the cross, confession and mercy: penitential rite

Liturgy of the Word

The first reading, responsorial psalm, second reading, alleluia, gospel, homily, profession of faith, prayers of the faithful

Liturgy of the Eucharist

offertory, preparation and gifts, holy holy holy, eucharistic prayer, lord's prayer, the sign of peace, lamb of God, I am not worthy, communion, cleansing of the vessels, prayer after communion

Concluding rites

the blessing and dismissal

Homily

the priest's reflection on the daily reading

Paten

a plate made of precious metal-silver or gold, and it hold the bread that will become the body of Christ

Ciborium

A vessel used to hold the Eucharistic hosts. It usually has a lid for storage in the tabernacle.

Procession

It signifies the beginning of Mass with the entrance of the priest and ministers. It signifies the pilgrim Church, the body of those who believe in Christ, on their way to Heavenly Jerusalem.

Lector

Person who reads the first reading, responsorial psalm, alleluia, and second reading.

Cantor

leader of singing

Passover Meal

The last meal Jesus shared with his 12 disciples

Sanhedrin

Jewish judicial body who convicted Jesus

Jerusalem

the Holy Land with the Jewish Temple; Jesus was crucified here and the city was later destroyed

Garden of Gethsemane

Garden where Jesus prayed in agony while the soldiers came to arrest him.

Golgotha

A Hebrew word meaning "place of the skull," referring to the place where Jesus was crucified.

Conscience

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Values

moral beliefs

Virtues

behavior showing high moral standards

Vices

bad qualities, habits, or patterns of behavior that incline us to actions that are harmful to ourselves and others

Morality

concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong

Subsidiarity

all power and decision-making in society should be at the most local level compatible with the common good

universal destination of goods

the principle that the earth and all its goods belong to God, and God intends for these goods to provide ALL human beings' need to live with dignity