6th - Religion Advent

Question 0

What does the word Advent mean?

Answer 0

Coming

Question 1

What does the Church prepare for during Advent?

Answer 1

The celebration of Christmas

Question 2

The four weeks of Advent are a special time of what?

Answer 2

Joyous anticipation and preparation

Question 3

We hope for whom to come in future?

Answer 3

Christ

Question 4

We celebrate Christ’s presence in the world today how does Jesus come to us every day?

Answer 4

1. In the celebration of the Eucharist
2. in all the sacraments
3. in the love we have for one another

Question 5

What is symbol of this waiting and joyful expectation time?

Answer 5

Violet

Question 6

What is an important way to prepare for the coming of Christ during Advent?

Answer 6

The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

Question 7

Where does the title “Emmanuel” come from?

Answer 7

The prophet Isaiah

Question 8

What does Emmanuel mean?

Answer 8

“With us in God”

Question 9

Isaiah used what word as a name for Savior?

Answer 9

Emmanuel

Question 10

Who do we believe Jesus Christ is?

Answer 10

The Messiah

Question 11

What is a symbolic way of presenting the story of God’s love and action in the lives of his people throughout the centuries?

Answer 11

Jesse Tree

Question 12

What is a way to connect the season of Advent to God’s faithfulness to his people for over a thousand years?

Answer 12

The Jesse Tree

Question 13

What is like a family tree that shows Jesus’ ancestry?

Answer 13

A Jesse Tree

Question 14

What represents the fact that God has no beginning and no end?

Answer 14

A circular wreath

Question 15

What stands for everlasting life?

Answer 15

Evergreen branches

Question 16

What do the four candles on the Advent wreath represent?

Answer 16

Christ as the light of the world

Question 17

What color candles are on an Advent wreath?

Answer 17

3 purple and 1 pink

Question 18

Which Sunday is the pink candle lit on the Advent wreath?

Answer 18

The third week

Question 19

What does the pink candle on the Advent wreath stand for?

Answer 19

It symbolizes joy

Question 20

What is the third week of Advent known as?

Answer 20

Gaudete which is Latin for rejoice

Question 21

Many people place a candle in the center of their Advent wreath. What color is it? And what is it called?

Answer 21

White; the Christ candle

Question 22

When is the center white candle on the Advent wreath lite? And what does it represent?

Answer 22

It is lite on Christmas Day; it represents the birth of Christ.

Question 23

What was created to help people link the custom of decorating Christmas trees to the events leading up to Jesus’ birth?

Answer 23

The Jesse Tree

Question 24

Christmas trees with decorations related to the events of Jesus' birth and the prophecies about him in the Old Testament?

Answer 24

Jesse Tree