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Catholic Quiz 1
In view of the Lenten season, I am featuring a five-pronged series of trivia challenges taken from Fun Trivia for the reader to answer or reflect upon.
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Catholic Trivia 1 Questions
1. How many sacraments does the Roman Catholic Church have?
2. It is the time of the year when Catholics Prepare for the resurrection of Christ: Easter. What is it called?
3. Any person holding this office is believed to be the successor of Peter. What is it?
4. It is the color used in Catholic churches during the Advent season. What is it?
5. What is the feast wherein Catholics commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit?
6. What is the part of the Mass wherein the word of God is proclaimed?
7. What is the part of the Mass where Catholics believe that the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ?
8. What is the part of the mass wherein the consecrated host is distributed to the people?
9. This is the first of the set of Luminous Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. What event is this?
10. It is the time of the year when Catholics wait for the coming of Jesus. What is it?
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Catholic Trivia 1 Answers
1. Seven. The sacraments are the sacraments of baptism, reconciliation, marriage, holy orders, anointing of the sick, confirmation, and the Eucharist. Sacraments are beliefs or practices of the Catholics, which are believed to have been instituted by Christ.
2. Lenten Season. It is during this time that Catholics undergo fasting, alms-giving, penitence and prayer. It is also during this time that Catholics celebrate Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday, when the Lenten Season culminates—just before Easter.
3. Pope. The pope is the head or the highest authority of the Catholic Church. He is believed to be the successor of Peter, whom Christ appointed to be the Head of the Church, as told in Matthew 16:17-19 and John 21:15-17.
4. Violet. Colors are very symbolic in the Catholic Church and every color has its meaning. The color violet is a symbol of preparation and waiting as Catholics prepare for the coming of Christ. It also symbolizes penitence and fasting.
5. Pentecost. It is the Sunday after Christ’s Ascension into Heaven. The feast of Pentecost recalls how the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples and urged them to spread the word of God.
6. Liturgy of the Word. Liturgy of the Word is divided into four readings: the first reading (which is taken from the Old Testament), the second reading (which is taken from the New Testament), the Responsorial Psalm (which is taken from the book of Psalms), and the Gospel.
7. Consecration. It is here where the priest dedicates the bread and wine in order for them to become the blood and body of Christ.
8. Communion. It is during this part wherein the people partake of the body of Christ, in the form of the consecrated host (the bread and wine).
9. The Baptism of Jesus. The rosary is a prayer that is a form of devotion to Mother Mary. People praying the rosary focus their contemplation on a particular set of mysteries. The Luminous Mysteries are a more recently introduced set of mysteries, and are used or prayed during Thursdays.
10. Advent Season. This is the time for preparation for Christmas. The color for this season is violet.
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Smartly funny quote:
I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s golf game: it’s called an eraser.—Armold Palmer
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Random Quotes:
What does not destroy me, makes me strong.—Friedrich Nietzsche
I’d rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.—Tallulah Bankhead
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Compliments are given to the very informative websites of local newspapers, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, ABS-CBN Network, PNA, PIA, joke-of-the-day.com, and The Business World.
(Engr. Herman Lagon, who “Facebookly” describes himself as a “social scientist,” is a physics teacher and a PhD. student in Math. He may be reached through h_lagon@yahoo.com.)
