Religion Chapter 8: Proclaim the Kingdom

The parables, like those that Jesus told about the Kingdom of God, try to get listeners to __________.

• fast from all meat and fish

• change the way they live for the good of the Kingdom

• stop all friendships with non-Jews

At the end of Mass, the priest sends the people into the world to be a sign of Jesus with the words, "__________."

• Lord, have mercy

• Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life

• The Lord be with you

__________ helped people understand what to do and how they needed to change to enter God’s Kingdom.

• The Kingdom stories Jesus told

• Jewish dietary laws

• Praying in a synagogue or in the Temple

__________, explained Saint Catherine of Siena, gives us strength to face hard things and help God build up his Kingdom.

• Receiving the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

• The Eucharist

• Spending more time with family

Parables that Jesus told to explain the Kingdom of God __________.

• usually compared two things

• always told of a battle between devils and angels

• often talked about buried treasure

The miracles that Jesus worked to help establish the Kingdom of God included __________.

• healing the sick

• casting demons out of people

• both healing the sick and casting demons out of people

__________ is the continual process of becoming the people that God intends us to be through change and growth.

• Canonization

• Evolution

• Conversion

Jesus was a proclamation of the Kingdom of God; he showed that the Kingdom is about forgiveness and __________.

• that everyone was invited

• Temple worship was required

• homage must be paid to Jewish Pharisees

Saint Catherine of Siena was so wise about God’s great love and spiritual truths that she was __________.

• asked to preach in many churches

• named a professor at a Catholic university

• an advisor to Popes

A miracle is an event that __________.

• can’t be explained by science

• happens through the power of God

• both can't be explained by science and happens through the power of God