Year 10 | Come Follow Me Practice Flashcards

Vocabulary-style flashcards based on the Year 10 'Come Follow Me' curriculum covering Christian vocation, moral principles, religious life, and the sacraments.

Vocation

The life-calling of every person, created in everyone by God, involving elements such as work, personal growth, career, and possibly marriage.

Charity

The spiritual virtue given by the Holy Spirit to empower people to love God and others for God’s sake alone, freeing them to live the Ten Commandments.

Virtue of Religion

The virtue of respecting the rights of God to adoration, prayer, and sacrifice.

Atheism

Rejecting the existence of God and living as though there is no God.

Agnosticism

The belief that nothing certain can be known about God.

Blasphemy

The act of expressing irreverence towards God or sacred things.

Perjury

Lying under oath in a court of law.

Moral Principles

Principles used for evaluating whether a thought, word, or action is right or wrong, based on behaving in God-like ways.

Natural Law

The moral law that follows from the understanding of moral principles by human reason, being in harmony with the nature of every human being.

Moral Relativism

The misconception that what is right or wrong depends entirely on an individual’s point of view or personal choice.

Decalogue

Another name for the Ten Commandments, revealed by God to help people live in ways consistent with human nature.

The Golden Rule

The moral principle stated by Jesus as: '… always treat others as you would like them to treat you …'

Yahweh

The divine name revealed to Moses, which translates to 'He is' or 'I am,' substituting for titles like Lord or God to show reverence.

Israelite

A descendant of the patriarch Jacob, who was also called 'Israel.'

Sinai Covenant

The covenant initiated by God with the people of Israel around $1290\,BC$ to free them to relate more closely with Him.

Free Will

The endowment which allows all people to have the basic human yearning and desire for freedom.

Relevant Knowledge

The skill of weighing up pros and cons and learning about alternatives to work out which course of action is correct.

Evangelical Counsels

The Gospel advice to imitate Jesus by following the principles of chastity, poverty, and obedience.

Consecrated Religious

Women and men, including sisters, monks, and priests, who publicly promise to live a life of Gospel chastity, poverty, and obedience.

Monks

Men living a monastic life in a community, derived from the Greek word 'monos' meaning 'alone'.

Lectio Divina

A systematic reading of spiritual material and meditation in silence, meaning 'divine reading'.

Apostle

From the Greek 'apostolos', meaning 'one sent'; the twelve disciples called by Jesus to lead His followers.

Holy Orders

The sacrament of apostolic ministry through which the mission entrusted by Christ to His apostles continues to be exercised.

Apostolic Succession

The process where spiritual gifts and responsibilities are passed down from the Apostles to bishops over past generations.

Deacon

From the Greek word 'diakonia' meaning 'service'; ordained ministers called to help bishops and priests in roles of liturgy, word, and charity.

Viaticum

Final communion given to the dying, meaning 'provision for a journey'.

Seminary

An educational institution where a person's 'seed' of a vocation is nurtured for the priesthood over $6$ or $7$ years.

Celibate Love

The inclusive love of a single person that enables them to respond to the needs of all people at any time.

Procreation

The cooperation of parents in God’s creation of their children, including their care and development until adulthood.

Suffering Servant

The biblical prophecy fulfilled by Jesus, who wins God’s favor for others by taking their guilt upon Himself.

Eucharist

The new sacrifice instituted by Jesus at the Last Supper that replaces all Jewish Old Covenant sacrifices with His own body and blood.

Spiritual Discernment

A process by which a person in faith and love tries to discover God’s will in a situation, choosing the values of Jesus.

Salvation

From the Latin 'salus' (healing); God’s saving action on behalf of the human race to destroy the power of original sin.

Triduum

The four days of Easter services—Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday—a word meaning 'three days'.