CL 6 - Advent

_____ is

1. ______ isthe first season on the Church calendar.

• Lent

• Advent

• Christmas

2. The readings at Mass for the first weeks of Advent focus on Jesus’ second coming and the judgment of the world.

• True

• False

Advent lasts _______ .

• for 40 days

• until the Christmas sales end

• four weeks

O Come, O Come Emmanuel, and ransom captive _______

• Israel

• Pokemon

• hostages

Who is the cousin of Jesus?

• Joseph

• Myron

• John the Baptist

When theVirgin Mary announced that she was pregnant, everyone was happy.

• True

• False

Mary was a teenager when the angel told her she would be the mother of God’s son

• True

• False

When John baptized people, he was in the river ______

• Nile

• Jordan

• Amazon

When will the kingdom of God begin?

• when Jesus returns

• when people stop sinning

• the end of the world

What does the word advent (from the Latin adventus) mean?

• Before Christmas

• Arrival or coming

• To go on an adventure