2005/2006
RELIGION CONTEST

01       Q. What must we do to gain happiness in Heaven?

A. We must know, love, and serve God in this world in a supernatural manner in order to gain the happiness of heaven with Him in the next.

02       Q. We are told that God is all-present, that He is everywhere. If this is true, why do we not see Him?

A. Although God is everywhere, we do not see Him because He is a Spirit and cannot be seen with our eyes. Even though we cannot see God, the splendid order and beauty of creation should constantly remind us of His wisdom, His power, His goodness and nearness to us.

03       Q. What do we mean when we say that God is almighty?

A. When we say that God is almighty we mean that He can do all things.

God can do anything that is not opposed to His perfection, or that is

not self-contradictory.

04       Q. What is the first, second and third person of the Blessed Trinity called?

A. The first Person of the Blessed Trinity is called the Father because from all eternity He begets the second Person, His only-begotten Son. The second Person of the Blessed Trinity is called the Son because From all eternity, He is the only begotten of the Father. Proceeding from the Father, the Son is called the Divine Word or Wisdom of the Father.

The third Person of the Blessed Trinity is called the Holy Spirit because from all eternity He is breathed forth, as it were, by the Father and the Son.

Proceeding from the Father and the Son, He is called the Gift or Love of the Father and the Son..

05       Q. What gifts did God bestow on the angels when he created them?

A. When God created the angels He bestowed on them great wisdom,

power and holiness and He gave them supernatural grace by which

they could gain eternal happiness.

06       Q. What gifts did God bestow on Adam and Eve?

A. The chief gift was sanctifying grace, which made them children of God and gave them the right to heaven.

The other gifts were happiness in the Garden of Paradise, great knowledge, control of the passions by reason, and freedom from suffering and death.

07       Q. What three things are necessary to make a sin mortal?

A. To make a sin mortal these three things are necessary.

First, the thought, desire, word, action or omission must be seriously wrong or considered seriously wrong.

Second, the sinner must be mindful of the serious wrong. Third, the sinner must fully consent to it.

08        Q. What are the chief effects of sanctifying grace?

A. The chief effects of sanctifying grace are.

It makes us holy and pleasing to God. It makes us adopted children of God.

It makes us temples of the Holy Ghost and it gives us the right to heaven.

09        Q. What are the three theological virtues? Explain what each one is.

A. The three theological virtues are Faith, Hope and Charity.

Faith is a virtue by which we firmly believe all the truths God has revealed, on the word of God revealing them, who can neither deceive or be deceived.

Hope is a virtue by which we firmly trust that God, who is all powerful and faithful to His promises, will in His mercy give us eternal happiness and the means to obtain it.

Charity is a virtue by which we love God above all things for His own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.

10        Q. What are seven gifts of the Holy Spirit?

A. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are: wisdom, understanding, council, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord.

11          Q. Who founded the Church and why?

A. Jesus Christ founded the Church just before His ascension, when He commissioned the apostles to make disciples of all nations. He founded the Church in order to bring all people to eternal salvation.

12        Q. Did Christ give special power in His Church to any one of the apostles?

A. Christ gave special powers in His church to Saint Peter by making him the head of the apostles and the chief teacher and ruler of the entire Church.

The power of the keys was promised to Saint Peter and was actually conferred on him.

13        Q. What do we mean by the marks of the Church and what are they?

A. By the marks of the Church we mean certain clear signs by which

all men can recognize it as the true Church founded by Jesus Christ. The marks of the Church are four: It is one, holy, catholic and apostolic.

14        Q. What is meant by the authority of the Catholic Church?

A. By_, the authority of the Catholic Church is meant that the Pope and the bishops as the lawful successors of the apostles, have power from Christ Himself to teach, to sanctify, and to govern the faithful in spiritual matters.

15        Q. What is meant by "the resurrection of the body?"

A. By "resurrection of the body" is meant that at the end of the world the bodies of all men and women will rise from the earth and be united again to their souls, nevermore to be separated.

16          Q. What are the 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit?

A. They are: charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, long-suffering, mildness, faith, modesty, continence, and chastity.

17 Q. Which are the two great commandments that contain the whole law of God?

A. The first is thou shall love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength.

The second is thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

18 Q. What are the chief spiritual works of mercy?

A . 1. To admonish the sinner, 2. To instruct the ignorant 3. To council the doubtful, 4. To comfort the sorrowful 5. To bear wrong patiently, 6. To forgive all injuries,

7. To pray for the living and the dead.

19 Q. How many sacraments are there? Name them

A. There are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony.

20 Q. What is the Mass?

A. The Mass is the Sacrifice of the New Law in which. Christ, through The ministry of the priest, offers Himself to God in an unbloody manner under appearances of bread and wine.

21       Q. How should we assist at Mass?

A. We should assist at Mass with reverence, attention, devotion, uniting with the priest in offering the Holy Sacrifice and to receive Holy Communion.

22 Q. Why do we pray?

A. We pray: to adore God, expressing to Him our love and loyalty. To thank Him for His favors. To obtain from Him the pardon of our sins and the remission of their punishment. To ask for graces and blessings for ourselves and others.

23         Q. Why is the Our Father the best of all prayers?

A. Because it is the Lord's Prayer, taught us by Jesus Christ Himself, and because it is a prayer of perfect and unselfish love and in saying it we offer ourselves entirely to God and ask from Him the best things, not only for ourselves but also for our neighbor.

24         Q. Why do we address God as "Our Father who art in heaven"?

A. Because we belong to Him, our loving Father, who created us and watches over us, who adopts us through sanctifying grace as His children, and who destines us to live forever with Him in heaven, our true home.

25         Q. What is Divine Tradition?

A. Divine Tradition is the revealed truths taught by Christ and His apostles which were given to the Church only by word of mouth and not through the Bible, though they were put in writing principally by the Fathers of the Church.

26 Q. What is Mary's Immaculate Conception?

A. "From among the descendants of Eve, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the mother of his Son. 'Full of grace,' Mary is 'the most excellent fruit of redemption' from the first instant of her conception she was totally preserved from the stain of original sin and she remained pure from all personal sin

throughout her life."

27 Q. What is Mary's Assumption?

A.            "When the course of her earthly life was finished, she was taken up

B.              body and soul into heavenly glory. The Assumption of Mary is a singular participation in her Sons' Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians.

28 Q. What is to be said about war? (reference to the fifth commandment, ("Thou shall not kill".)

A. Because of the evils and injustice that accompany all war, the Church insistently urges everyone to prayer and to action so that divine Goodness may free us from the ancient bondage of war." As long as the danger of war persists and

there in no international authority with the necessary competence and power, governments cannot be denied the right of lawful self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed.

29 Q. Why do we need the sacrament of Reconciliation?

A. " Because the sinner wounds God's honor and love, his own human dignity and the spiritual well-being of the Church."

"The forgiveness of sins committed after Baptism is conferred by a particular sacrament called the sacrament of conversion, confession, penance, or reconciliation."

30 Q. What are some of the duties of parents?

A. Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children in the faith, prayer, and all of the virtues. They have the duty to provide as far as possible for the physical and spiritual needs of their children.

Parents should respect and encourage their children's vocations. They should remember and teach that the first calling of the Christian is to follow Jesus.

31 Q. Why does every individual in the Church deserve respect?

A. (1) In the Church every individual deserves respect, since all join in the one cause of Christ. The Pope and the bishops coordinate this work, in every rite, diocese, parish, and mission. (2) In each no matter how small or poor or isolated, "Christ is present, and by His power the one, holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is gathered together."

32 Q. Why is the Church a community?

A. The Church is a community sharing together the life of Christ, a people assembled by_, God. Within this assembly there is a baste equality of all persons. There are different responsibilities in the Church. This assembly is call of "the People of God" and "the body of Christ."

33.  What does the community of faith owe the Pope and bishops?

A. The community of faith owes the Pope and bishops respect and obedience, for in exercising his office off father and pastor, a bishop should stand as one who serves.

34ii. What did Christ direct his apostles to teach?

A. Christ directed his apostles to teach the observance of everything that He had commanded them when Ha said, "Teach them to carry out everything I have command you."

35 Q. What must we do if we are to respond generously to God's love?

A. To respond t God's love we must believe the finings which a re to be believed and do or avoid those things which are to be done or avoided.

36 Q. What happens when a man accepts the Spirit of Christ?

A. When a man accepts the Spirit of Christ, God introduces him to a way of life completely new, which empowers Mai to share in God's own life. He is joined to the Father and to Christ in a vital union which not even death can break.

37 Q. How does the indwelling Holy Spirit sanctify the soul?

A. The indwelling Holy Spirit gives a man hope and courage, heals his weakness of soul, enables hint to master passion and selfishness, prompt Mu' to pursue what is good and to advance in such virtues as charity and patience, and makes prayer possible and effective.

38 Q. How does the Christian family manifest the Savior's presence in the world?

A. The Christi n family manifests the Savior's living presence in the world by the mutual love of the spouses, by their generous fruitfulness, by their union and faithfulness, and by the loving way the members work together.

39 Q. What is due to the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament reserved?

A. Gratitude, ad3f ration and devotion are due to the real presence

of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament reserved. It is a powerful help to prayer and service of ourselves and others.

40 Q. Way is the Eucharist a sacrament of unity?

A . The Eucharist is a sacrament of unity because it is meant to unite the family more closely each day with God of and with one another.

41 Q. What is the Eucharist?

A. The Eucharist is a meal which recalls the Last Supper and celebrates our amity together in Christ and anticipates the messianic banquet of the kingdom

42 Q. What is the Sacrifice of the Mass?

A. The Sacrifice of the Mass is not merely a ritual which commemorates the sacrifice of Calvary. In it, through the ministry of priests, Christ perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross in an unbloody manner.

43 Q. What does "transubstantiation” mean?

A. Transubstantiation means that Christ himself, true God and true Man, is really and substantially present, in a mysterious way, under the appearances of bread and wine.

44 Q. What takes place when a priest pronounces the words of Eucharistic consecration?

A. When a priest pronounces the words of Eucharistic consecration, The underlying reality of bread and wine is changed into the body and blood of Christ, given for us in sacrifice.

45 Q. In what does the dignity of matrimony consists?

A. The dignity of the sacrament especially consists in the fact that the spouses live together in Christ' grace and imitate

— and in a way represent — Christ's own love for His Church.

46 Q. What does the marriage bond entails?

A. The marriage bond is rooted in the conjugal covenant of personal consent, whereby spouses mutually bestow and accept each other. A relationship arise which by divine will and in the eyes of society is a lasting one.

This bond no longer depends on human decisions alone.

47 Q. What are the effects of original sin?

A. Human nature so fallen stripped of the grace that clothed it, injured in its own natural powers and subjected to the dominion of death, is transmitted to all mankind. Thus the sin of mankind is very great, has caused sorrow and ruin and weighs down on every man and woman.

48 Q. What should the sinner be aware of when seeking forgiveness from God?

A. The sinner should remember

(1)      The sufferings and death on the cross which Christ endured to destroy the effects of sin.

(2)  The power of grace which is greater than that of the sin. )3) The superabundant love of God which restores the penitent and draws him towards salvation

49 Q. What is conscience?

A. Conscience is a personal judgment that sometimes is right or wrong because of the will and law of God. Conscience is an awareness of what God is asking us to do at a given time. It helps us to know when we act sinfully.

Our conscience tells us whether an action is right or wrong, a mortal or a venial sin. Our conscience is our mind judging on moral matters.

Therefore, it must be instructed. We must learn from Christ, teaching through His Church.

50 Q. What is the wish of the Church concerning devotion to Mary?

A. The Church urges that special veneration be given to Mary, due to her as Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church, and our spiritual Mother. This veneration is to be taught by word and example.

51 Q. What will happen on the day of the last judgment?

A. All of us will be revealed "before the judgment place of Christ, so that each one may receive what he deserves, according to what he has done, good or bad, in his bodily life" Then_. "the evildoers shall rise to be damned," and "those who have done right shall rise to live" to a life eternally with God beyond what the heart of man can imagine, to receive the good things that God has prepared for those who love Him.

52 Q. Who were the Holy Innocents?

A. They were martyred boys under two years of age, whom King Herod ordered to be massacred. It was an attempt by Herod to kill the Babe of Bethlehem, who he feared would usurp his kingship.

53 Q. What is an indult?

A. An indult is a temporary favor granted by the Holy See to bishops to permit them to do something not otherwise allowed. If given for a certain time, it must be renewed by competent ecclesiastical authority. Thus according to the Code of Canon Law, an indult is required for a priest to practice surgery and a cloistered nun needs an indult to travel outside the cloister.

54       Q. What is a liturgical year?

A. It is the annual cycle of the mysteries of Christ, the Blessed Virgin, angels, and saints which the Church commemorates in the Mass, the Divine Office, and other forms of public worship. The liturgical year begins with the first Sunday in Advent and closes with the thirty-fourth week through the year or Christ the King Sunday.

55 Q. What is the Papal Bull?

A. It is the most solemn and weighty form of papal letter. The name is derived from the Latin bulla, the disklike leaden seal attached to such a document. It is used by the Pope in appointing a bishop.

56 Q. What are the three types of Baptism?

A. Baptism of water – the water used for the administration of the Sacrament of baptism.

Baptism of Blood – Martyrdom in the case of a person who died for the Christian faith before he or she could receive the sacrament. Baptism of Desire—The equivalent of sacramental baptism of water, which in God's providence is sufficient to enable a person to obtain the state of grace and to save his or her soul.

57 Q. What are Holy Oils?

A. They are sacramentals blessed by a bishop.

There are three kinds of oils: oil of the catechumens, holy chrism