Unit 3 Ch. 12 6th Grade

______ - are religious songs and prayers from the Old Testament. Psalms often express praise, thanksgiving, or sorrow.

• Psalms

• Amen

• Reverence

____ - is a word we usually say at the end of our prayers. It means “I believe” or “So it is.”

• Psalms

• Amen

• Reverence

_________ - is honor and respect. We can show reverence for God by praying the psalms.

• Reverence

• Amen

• Psalms

______ are prayers, poems, and songs all wrapped up into one. They are a powerful part of the Church’s prayer life, with a rich
Old Testament history.

• Psalms

• Letters

• Thoughts

• Sacramentals

Pope Saint _______ the Great worked to reform the Church by removing unfit clergy and abolishing unjust fees for burial and ordinations. He was responsible for bringing Christianity to England and is credited with initiating Gregorian chant, which is still heard today in the singing of the Responsorial Psalms, Mass acclamations, and many hymns. His feast day is September 3rd.

• Gregory

• Benedict

• John Paul II

• Francis

The Book of Psalms contains hymns and laments of ancient Israel - 150 altogether. Many psalms are attributed to _____.

• David

• Saul

• Moses

• Joseph

Gerard Manley Hopkins was a ______ priest who lived in the nineteenth century. He was the brilliant son of a wealthy English couple, whom he shocked by becoming Catholic and then a priest. He had a unique way of expressing his thoughts and a deep appreciation for God in nature. He ended the poem “Pied Beauty” by reminding the reader to praise God. Hopkins lived only forty-five years and was not published until thirty years after his death.

• Jesuit

• Carmelite

• Xaverian

• Ursuline

Later, when David was too old to rule over Israel, God chose _______, the son of David and Bathsheba, to be the next king. David knew Solomon would fulfill his dream of building a magnificent temple in Jerusalem.

• Solomon

• David

• Bathsheba

• Jericho

The psalms tell of God’s great actions and of people’s response to God. The words and themes of the psalms are still fitting today. We can ____ them alone or with an assembly.

• pray

• ignore

• forget

• anoint

Many of the psalms begin and end with the exclamation “_________!” This word - which means “Praise the Lord!”- is a combination of a Hebrew word for praise, hallelu, and the beginning of the word “Yahweh.”

• Hallelujah

• Yahweh

• Amen

• Glory