Parma Chapter 3

Question 0

The visit of the Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary to inform her she would be the Mother of the Savior, commemorated on March 25. Having given her consent to God’s word, the Blessed Virgin Mary became the Mother of God the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 0

The Annuciation

Question 1

Reparation for an offense through a voluntary action that expiates the injustice done.

Answer 1

Atonement

Question 2

The prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented in the Temple. Anna, or Ann, is also the name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Answer 2

Anna

Question 3

The wife of St. Zechariah, mother of St. John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Answer 3

Elizabeth

Question 4

Described in Luke 2:41-52, Christ and his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. On the return journey, the Blessed Virgin May and St. Joseph discovered Christ was not with them, and, after three days, found him in the Temple, discoursing with the teachers of the Law.

Answer 4

Finding in the Temple

Question 5

Latin for ‘let it be done.’ This was the Blessed Virgin Mary’s response to God’s plan of redemption; it was her consent to become the Mother of God (Luke 1:38)

Answer 5

Fiat

Question 6

One of the Archangels named in Sacred Scripture and the special messenger of God to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Annunciation.

Answer 6

Gabriel

Question 7

From the Greek for ‘tracing of decent’; the study of ancestry or a list of someone’s ancestors. Saints Matthew and Luke contain genealogies of Christ in their gospels.

Answer 7

Genealogyi

Question 8

The Mother of Jesus. The Blessed Virgin Mary’s greatest privilege is her divine Motherhood and, hence, her title Bearer of God and Mother of God.

Answer 8

Mary

Question 9

The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in Bethlehem as well as the events surrounding his Birth.

Answer 9

The Nativity

Question 10

Jesus Christ, through his sacrificial Death on the Cross, set man free from the slavery of sin.

Answer 10

Redemption

Question 11

The bodily rising of Christ from the dead, as he had foretold, on the third day after his Death on the Cross an burial in the tomb. By virtue of is Resurrection, Christians have the hope of resurrection with Christ on the Last Day.

Answer 11

Resurrection