2. __________ is a period of spiritual preparation in which Christians make themselves ready for the coming of Jesus Christ through prayer, repentance, and reflection.

3. He was an interpreter to Peter and was also referred to as “an apostolic man” as he was under the instruction of Peter with whom he traveled and interpreted Peter’s preaching.

4. Every __________, we celebrate the feast day of St. Joseph or also called St. Joseph’s Day as he is the husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus.

5. The word synoptic is derived from the Greek word ___________, meaning “seeing with."

6. On the fourth week of Advent, we light the final candle to mark the final week of prayer and penance as we wait for the birth of our Savior. This final candle is also called __________ which symbolizes __________.

7. The __________ is related to Mark because his Gospel begins with the mission and prophetic voice of John the Baptist, crying out in the wilderness like a lion’s roar as during the time of Jesus lions lived in the wilderness.

8. Jesus learned the value of ____________ through Joseph because he worked to provide for the needs of his family by being a carpenter.

9. This stage of the formation of the Gospels emphasizes the Good News was spread only by word of mouth.

10. When the Roman empire is already developing under the rule of Constantine the Great, they are still adapting to the new religion which is Catholicism and originally the Romans have their own god and goddesses and one of them is __________.

11. The Gospels of ________, _________, and ________ are called synoptic because when ‘looked at together’ they have similarities and parallel texts and accounts.

12. Joseph was a carpenter, the earthly and foster father of Jesus Christ, and a descendant of ___________.

13. ___________ was a physician by profession and uses common medical terms to describe and explain illnesses in his gospel.

14. The Advent wreath itself, which is made of various evergreens, signifies ______________.

15. Christ is the one and only __________ who reconciles humanity and God.