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Worksheets8th Grade Religion: Call to Holiness, Liturgical Year Test
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
The life, passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ is called what?
the Paschal Mystery
Easter-tidings
the Liturgical Year cycle
the Great Commission
The colors of Advent are what?
purple
pink
white
green
The colors of Christmas are what?
white
gold
red
green
The color of Ordinary time is what?
green
purple
white
red
The color of Lent is what?
purple
red
green
black
The colors of Easter are what?
red
white
gold
pink
This Liturgical season is 50 days, ends at Pentecost, and celebrates the Resurrection.
Lent
Christmas
Easter
Ordinary time
This Liturgical Season is 40 days, which represents the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert preparing for his ministry. This season leads us to ponder that Jesus will rise and die. We are urged to do penance, fast and give alms during this season.
Advent
Easter
Triduum
Lent
This Liturgical season ends on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord and is followed by Ordinary time. We celebrate the following during this season: the Nativity of Our Lord and the Epiphany.
Advent
Easter
Pentecost
Christmas
We are preparing for two things during the season of Advent. What are they?
the birth of Jesus at Christmas, the incarnation of Our Lord.
the second coming, when Christ will return to earth at the end of the world.
the crucifixion of Our Lord
the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert
Choose what is true about the Triduum (3 Days) :
We concentrate on the following: the Passion and death of Jesus.
The color is red.
It includes Good Friday.
It ends on Pentecost.
Which season begins the Liturgical Year?
Advent
Christmas
Ordinary time in January
Easter
This color symbolizes fire, blood, and love. It is used at Pentecost, the Passion of Our Lord, feast days of Apostles, martyrs, and evangelists.
green
red
burgundy
pink
This color symbolizes life and hope. You would see the priest wearing this color in the summer months, January, and the first half of autumn.
red
purple
green
gold
This color symbolizes purity, joy, and glory.
red
green
purple
white
This color symbolizes penance, sorrow, and royalty.
purple
white
gold
black
This color symbolizes joy in the midst of sorrow.
pink
purple
silver
gold
The following are Holy Days of Obligation in the USA, except:
Christmas, December 25th, All Saints' Day, Nov. 1st
Immaculate Conception of Mary, December 8th
Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, January 1st, Assumption of Mary, August 15
Ascension, 40 days after Easter
Ash Wednesday, 1st day of Lent
On this Holy Day of Obligation, the Immaculate Conception (December 8th), we celebrate what?
When the angel Gabriel visited Mary
that Mary was conceived without original sin
that Jesus was conceived without original sin
the birth of Jesus
On November 1st, we celebrate which Holy Day of Obligation?
All Saints' Day
Mary, the Mother of God
Christ the King
the Assumption of Mary
Click on all the Holy Days of Obligation:
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Jan. 1st
Ascension, 40 days after Easter
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent
Pentecost, 50 days after Easter
This day begins the season of Lent.
Ash Wednesday
Mary the Mother of God
Pentecost
the Passion of Our Lord
These are the biggest, most important days of our Church year. Trinity Sunday, Christmas, Easter, Mary the Mother of God, John the Baptist, to name a few.
solemnity
feast day
memorial
Holy Day of Obligation
The annual cycle of liturgical celebrations commemorating the saving mysteries of Christ's life, saints, and Mary. The days are second in importance, under a solemnity. They include days to celebrate the evangelists and apostles.
feast
festival
memorial
sanctification
On these special days on the Church calendar, we celebrate the memory of a saint.
feast
solemnity
memorial
All Saints' Day
Our work of spreading the faith, being an Apostle for Christ, by word and example is called our_______________.
vocation
apostolate
mission
call
God calls us to our ______________________________ according to our own gifts, talents and circumstances.
call
mission
duty
specific vocation
What are the seven sins which are the source of all other sins and vices?
mortal sins
venial sins
capital sins
pride
To say that a Christian is called to holiness means that we are.....
called to be perfect. We will never make mistakes.
required to attend Mass daily. It is our only way to be holy.
called to follow Christ so that we will live with him in heaven.
not expected to go to Mass if we don't feel like it.
All of these are the 4 basic premises for holiness, except which one?
love God and neighbor
live a sacramental life
we must live in union with Christ and his Church
we must be perfect, as God is perfect
we must be in a state of grace
This type of sin does not destroy the divine life in the soul, though it does diminish and wound it.
mortal sin
venial sin
concupiscence
envy
A grave infraction of the law of God that destroys the divine life in the soul of a sinner, causing that person to turn away from God.
mortal sin
venial sin
capital sin
anger
For a sin to be mortal, these three conditions must be present, except one:
it is a grace matter
full knowledge of the evil of the act
concupiscence
full consent of the will
Why is it important to be able to identify the capital sins and vices in our lives? (more than one answer)
so we know what to look for in others
it is helpful to know our weaknesses, so we can overcome them
we know what to avoid and look out for
so we can remove original sin
An uncontrolled desire for food and drink. Drunkenness is an example.
envy
sloth
greed
gluttony
Excessive, disordered self-love. Adam and Eve suffered from this. One way a middle schooler does this is by putting down others to make him/herself feel better.
envy
gluttony
pride
lust
Committing adultery is an example of this.
lust
pride
envy
sloth
Unhappiness over the good fortune of others.
greed
pride
envy
lust
An uncontrolled desire for earthly possessions. Stealing would be an example.
greed/covetousness
pride
mortal sin
venial sin
An uncontrolled expression of displeasure or antagonism.
anger
lust
avarice
pride
Excessive laziness, especially spiritually. An example would be sleeping in, instead of going to Mass.
sloth
anger
greed
envy
When you feel unhappy that someone got a better grade than you.
pride
sloth
envy
greed
We restore grace in our lives by...
sacraments
prayer
loving God and neighbor
committing vice
