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Trivia - Gomer
Posted by paul fritz on 6/20/15
Question: My name is Gomer, and I was the wife of a prophet. I was also a woman who had managed to live what might today be called a "rough lifestyle", because prior to my marriage I was what was commonly called a "harlot". Who was my husband, who ... Read More »
Trivia - Jacob and Esau
Posted by paul fritz on 6/13/15
Question: How does Jacob steal his brother Esau's inheritance rights? Bonus question: What is Jacob's alternate name?Answer: Esau gave away his inheritance for a bowl of food. Jacob wanted the birthright while Esau cared little for it. (Gn 25) Later, when their father Isaac was old and blind, at ... Read More »
Trivia - Promised Land
Posted by paul fritz on 6/13/15
Question: What do Moses and Joshua forbid the Isarelites to do in the promised land?Answer: They were forbidden to intermarry with the native inhabitants of the promised land. Deuteronomy 7:3-4.
Trivia - Punishment of Cain
Posted by paul fritz on 5/30/15
Question: Besides leaving the presence of the Lord and living in the land of Nod, what was Cain's punishment for killing Abel?Answer: Abel was a keeper of flocks, and Cain was a tiller of the soil. As part of the punishment for killing Abel, the soil would no longer ... Read More »
Trivia - Celebrating the Beginning of the New "Age of the Church"
Posted by paul fritz on 5/23/15
Question: Annually the Catholic Church celebrates what event as the beginning of the new "age of the Church" when Christ lives and acts in and with his Church?Answer: PentecostRead more:http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s1.htm
Trivia - Men Crucified With Jesus
Posted by paul fritz on 5/16/15
Question: What were the names of the two men who were crucified on each side of Jesus? One of the crucified men was promised that he would be in heaven with Jesus---who was he?Answer: The names of the two thieves are not mentioned in the Bible, however in the ... Read More »
Trivia - Epiclesis
Posted by paul fritz on 5/08/15
Question: To what does the term "epiclesis" refer?Answer: The part of the Eucharistic Prayer that is the calling down of the Holy Spirit upon the offerings of bread and wine.read more:http://clarionherald.info/clarion/index.php/special-sections/year-of-renewal-the-mass/1060-the-epiclesis-the-calling-down-of-the-holy-spirit
Trivia - Jesus' Maternal Grandparents
Posted by paul fritz on 5/03/15
Question: Who were Jesus' maternal grandmother and maternal grandfather?Answer: Anne and Joachim.See also: https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ANNE.HTM https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/JOACHIM.HTM
Things to know when attending Mass - Part XI
Posted by paul fritz on 4/25/15
From Gert’s Catholic LibraryThe Concluding Rites follow the Liturgy of the Eucharist. This is the time when announcements of parish news are presented. Following this the priest gives a blessing for the people by instructing them to “Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing” and then concludes by ... Read More »
Trivia - Holy City of God
Posted by paul fritz on 4/25/15
Question: What city is known as the holy city of God? It goes by several different names, but is referred to as the name by which we know it today, for the first time in the Book of Joshua.Answer: Jerusalem (a.k.a. Zion).