pilgrimage + lourdes + the rosary

Question 1

what is a pilgrimage?

Answer 1

a journey to a holy place

Question 2

why do many catholics go on pilgrimages?

Answer 2

it is a way of becoming closer to god

Question 3

what does the Catholic Church recognise sites of pilgrimages as?

Answer 3

among the most appropriate places for prayer

Question 4

what can going on a pilgrimage help?

Answer 4

to help strengthen their faith

Question 5

what can going on a pilgrimage share?

Answer 5

to share the experience and their faith with other believers

Question 6

what can going on a pilgrimage do for prayers?

Answer 6

to pray for the sick
to pray for something special

Question 7

what can going on a pilgrimage be as a way of?

Answer 7

thanking god

Question 8

what can going on a pilgrimage do to seek?

Answer 8

physical, spiritual or emotional healing

Question 9

what can going on a pilgrimage make you do?

Answer 9

do a penitential act as a reflection of sorrow for sin

Question 10

penitential

Answer 10

showing that you are sorry, especially in a formal religious way, for wrong things that you have done

Question 11

how can going to a group of pilgrimage help?

Answer 11

may help an individual to feel part of the church community

Question 12

what do pilgrims do?

Answer 12

pray together
feel supported by each other

Question 13

how can going on a pilgrimage help believers?

Answer 13

to reflect on their life’s journey

Question 14

what is going on a pilgrimage an opportunity for?

Answer 14

to take time out and focus on their journey to god

Question 15

what is the pilgrimage journey often of?

Answer 15

self-discovery

Question 16

who goes on a pilgrimage?

Answer 16

those who are sick
very few come back cured however they may come back feeling at peace and able toaccept and cope with the problems they face

Question 17

how can going on a pilgrimage help people to learn?

Answer 17

to learn how to value the role of god in their lives in a new way

Question 18

what are many places of a pilgrimage dedicated to?

Answer 18

Mary, whom catholics call our lady

Question 19

what are the most popular of the shrines in Europe?

Answer 19

Lourdes, France

Question 20

why are shrines in specific places?

Answer 20

most are in places where people have claimed to see visions of Mary

Question 21

why do catholics often pray to Mary at site of pilgrimages?

Answer 21

believe that she can pray to god on their behalf

Question 22

who had visions of Mary?

Answer 22

a young girl called Bernadette Soubirous in 1858

Question 23

what did the person who claimed to had visions of Mary said?

Answer 23

that Mary told her to dig for a spring which is believed to have healing qualities which many pilgrims bathe there which now thousands of pilgrims go to pray at the grotto

Question 24

why do large number of young people volunteer as helpers?

Answer 24

to help for the sick and disabled pilgrims which can a life changing expereience

Question 25

what is going to the pilgrimage a practical way of?

Answer 25

that ordinary people can respond to the mystery of suffering

Question 26

what will catholics take part in the Lourdes?

Answer 26

various activities to help them overcome suffering

Question 27

activities in Lourdes 1. why do they visit the stations of the cross? 2. why do they visit the grotto? 3. why do they have baths and holy water? 4. why do they have a statue of the Virgin Mary? 5. why do they do a torchlight procession?

Answer 27

1. to reflect on the suffering of Jesus 2. where Mary is believed to have appeared to Bernadette 3. many believe the water has miraculous healing properties 4. acts as a mediator and takes prayers to god 5. where pilgrims prayer together asking god to remove their suffering

Question 28

what does popular piety mean?

Answer 28

forms of worship or prayer that are inspired by the tradition of the Church

Question 29

what is a rosary?

Answer 29

a series of beads

Question 30

why do catholics use the rosary?

Answer 30

to help them concentrate during prayers

Question 31

what can the rosary be said as?

Answer 31

an individual or in a group

Question 32

what does each bead represent?

Answer 32

a prayer

Question 33

how are the beads arranged?

Answer 33

a sequence of one 'Our Father', ten 'Hail Marys' and one 'Glory Be'

Question 34

what can most catholics do with the rosary?

Answer 34

can recite these prayers from memory

Question 35

how can catholics think deeply with the rosary?

Answer 35

The fact that they do not need to concentrate on what words to say

Question 36

what is each sequence of beads from the rosary called?

Answer 36

a decade

Question 37

what will a set of rosary usually have (rosary)?

Answer 37

5 decades

Question 38

what do catholics do as you progress the decades (rosary)?

Answer 38

reflect on some of the important events in the life of Jesus and of Mary. It is a form of meditation

Question 39

from the rosary, what are the events called?

Answer 39

mysteries, group of five

Question 40

what are the 5 joyful mysteries?

Answer 40

1. The Annunciation 2. Mary's visit to Elizabeth 3. The birth of Jesus 4. The presentation of the baby Jesus in the temple 5. The finding of Jesus in the temple

Question 41

annunciation

Answer 41

the time when the angel Gabriel visited the Blessed Virgin Mary to tell her that she would be the mother of the savior

Question 42

mary's visit to elizabeth

Answer 42

The visit also shows Elizabeth's faith. The Bible tells us Elizabeth was overjoyed when she became pregnant, but when her unborn child leaped, and she herself was filled with the Holy Spirit in the presence of Mary and her unborn savior, she didn't just marvel at this

Question 43

how did the birth of jesus happen?

Answer 43

Jesus' parents were called Mary and Joseph, who were engaged at the time of his birth. According to the Bible, the birth of Jesus was a virgin birth by the action of the Holy Spirit.

Question 44

The presentation of the baby Jesus in the temple

Answer 44

According to the gospel, Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after his birth to complete Mary's ritual purification after childbirth, and to perform the redemption of the firstborn, in obedience to the Law of Moses

Question 45

The finding of Jesus in the temple

Answer 45

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions; and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers" (Lk 2:41-47).