Unit 4 Test Review - Reconciliation

Eternal Law

Law of God that directs all things according to his divine wisdom

Sacraments of Healing

Reconciliation (Penance or Confessions) and the Anointing of the Sick

Perfect Contrition

Sorrow for having sinned, principally for having offended God, who is all goodness and love

Idolatry

The disordered love of created things (creatures) over God the Creator

Public Confessions

Practice common in the early Church for the celebrating of the Sacrament 6

Imperfect Contrition

Sorrow for having sinned primarily out of fear of punishment or fear of going to Hell

Private Confessions

Practice introduced in the Irish and British Churches for the celebration of the Sacraments of Reconciliation

Moral Law

Human participation in divine law

Examination of Conscience

Reviewing the Ten Commandments, the Precepts of the Church, praying, and carefully calling to mind our sins in number and kind

Concupiscence

Human weakness and tendency to sin

The priest has the primary authority in forgiving or retaining individual’s sins

false

Our Lords parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son were intended for the scribes & the Pharisees

true

Before the Fall, Adam and Eve were not subject to sickness, pain, free will, suffering, or death

false

The only way to receive forgiveness for venial sins is the Sacrament of Reconciliation

false

Formulary prayers (Our Father or Hail Mary) are not as good as prayers from the heart

False

Through the Sacraments of Reconciliation, our souls are returned to the original state of holiness because it removes the stain of Original Sin

False

Lent is the time especially set aside in the Church’s liturgical year to pray, fast, and perform works of charity

true

Confessing our sins to the priest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and doing the assigned penance is all that is necessary to receive absolution (forgiveness) and graces

False

The four groups of people to whom Jesus told the Parable of the Prodigal Son included ___, ___, ___, and ____

tax collectors, sinners, scribes and Pharisees

A ___ indulgence is rarely earned because one of the conditions is “to be free from all attachment to sin”

Plenary

There are two categories of sins: ___and ____

venial, mortal

After death, ____ is where souls continue to make satisfaction for the temporal punishment owned for the sins committed during their earthly lives

purgatory

A ____ indulgence is more commonly earned because one of its conditions does not include being “free from all attachment to sin”

partial

In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the ___corresponds most closely to the scribes and the Pharisees

elder (oldest) son

On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics are required (age and health permitting) to adhere to the practices of ____ and ____

fast, abstinence

How does the younger son symbolize the lost (the tax collectors and sinner) of his day?

The younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners) on his day. We all have possessed this foolish ambition to be independent, which is at the root of the sinner persisting in his or her chosen sin. By seeking God’s forgiveness, we become transformed from a state of destitution to complete restoration. This is what God’s grace does for a penitent sinner

How does the elder sin represent the self-righteous (the scribes and the Pharisees) of his day?

The elder brother represents the self-righteous (the scribes and the Pharisees) of his day; outwardly they lived blameless lives bur inwardly their hearts were full of deceit. His words and actions, upon his bother’s return, show a lack of love for his father and his brother. The elder brother pleaded to his father’s justice by proudly proclaiming their own self-righteous in comparison to his brother’s sinfulness. Just like the scribes and the Pharisees, the elder brother was defining sin by outward actions, not inward attitudes. The older brother’s focus was on himself, and, as a result, there was no joy in his brother’s arrival home. He was consumed by issues of justice and so failed to see the value in the fact his brother had repented and returned

Whom does the father represent, and how?

He is the main character in the parable, the forgiving father who resolve remains constant throughout the story. He is an image of God. Instead of rebuking his son, the father patiently granted him his request. God allows a sinner to go his own way not because he does not care but because each person has free will. Finally, the graciousness of the father overshadows the sinfulness of the wayward son as it is the memory of his father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance

While the elder son worked hard, obeyed his father, and apparently brought no disgrace to his family, he remained in the field instead of attending the feast to celebrate his brother’s return. Why?

The older brother’s focus was on himself and as a result, he allowed anger to take root in his heart to the point he was unable to forgive or show compassion towards his brother. He preferred to foster his anger rather than enjoy fellowship with his father and brother. He also saw his brother’s return as a threat to his own inheritance: why should he have to share his portion with a brother who has squandered his own? Why hadn’t his father rejoiced in his presence through his faithful years of service? He failed to recognize the grace of his father and the meaning of forgiveness