6th - Religion Advent REVISED

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

Question 25

What do we celebrate on Christmas Day and during the entire Christmas season?

Answer 25

The wonderful gift of Emmanuel, God with us

Question 26

The Season of Christmas is a time to rejoice in the truth that the Son of God became man or __________.

Answer 26

Incarnation

Question 27

God so loved the world that He did what?

Answer 27

Sent his only Son to be our Savior

Question 28

The Christmas season begins on _____________ and ends with ____________.

Answer 28

December 25 and ends with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Question 29

Who is the first martyr for the faith that we remember on December 26th?

Answer 29

Saint Stephen

Question 30

What was Saint Stephen's story?

Answer 30

He was spreading the Good News of Christ in Jerusalem which angered the leaders. He was taken out of the city and killed. He died praying for those who were about to kill him.

Question 31

Who do we remember on December 27th - one of Christ's apostles who is credited with writing one of the four Gospels?

Answer 31

Saint John

Question 32

What did Saint John proclaim that in the Son of God what happened?

Answer 32

That the Word became flesh for our salvation

Question 33

What does incarnation mean?

Answer 33

Becoming flesh

Question 34

What are "The Word among us" and "the Word made flesh" titles for?

Answer 34

Christ

Question 35

What do we remember on December 28th?

Answer 35

The children called the Holy Innocents

Question 36

What did Herod do because he was afraid he would lose his power?

Answer 36

He ordered his soldiers to kill all the baby boys - under 2 years of age - in Bethlehem and the surrounding areas. Jesus escaped because an angel of the lord came to Joseph and him to flee with his family to Egypt.

Question 37

What do we celebrate the Sunday after Christmas?

Answer 37

The Feast of the Holy Family - we honor Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Question 38

What do we know about Jesus' family life?

Answer 38

He grew up in a faith filled home; they followed Jewish traditions; he was obedient to his parents; and as he grew older he continued to live by the covenant

Question 39

On Holy Family Sunday, what do we pray?

Answer 39

For our own families and are challenged by the reading to be loving and obedient in our own family lives.

Question 40

What do we celebrate on January 1st?

Answer 40

One of Mary's feast - we celebrate Mary's role in God's saving actions.

Question 41

Who is Mary?

Answer 41

Mother of God

Question 42

What do we celebrate on the Sunday between January 2nd and January 8th?

Answer 42

The Feast of the Epiphany

Question 43

What do we celebrate on the Epiphany?

Answer 43

The showing of Jesus to the whole world

Question 44

What is the story of the magi?

Answer 44

They saw a new star appear - which they believed happened when a new ruler was born. Even though they were not Jewish, they followed star in search of the new king. They wanted to honor Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh

Question 45

What do we celebrate the Sunday after the Epiphany?

Answer 45

Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist

Question 46

What does Jesus do by being baptized even though he is without sin?

Answer 46

He identifies himself with all those who struggle to follow God's law and live by the covenant. He shows he understands what it means to be human.

Question 47

What does the Christmas season include?

Answer 47

It begins with the birth of Jesus and ends with his baptism.

Question 48

What do we celebrate during the Christmas season?

Answer 48

Jesus, our Savior, birth on earth and his new life born in us through the Sacrament of Baptism