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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).

Things to know when attending Mass - Part X

Posted by paul fritz on 4/19/15

From Gert’s Catholic Library

The fourth part of the Communion Rite is Communion. The priest offers a prayer and holds up the Eucharist to the faithful, proclaiming “Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world, Blessed are those called to the supper ... Read More »

Trivia - Urbi et Orbi

Posted by paul fritz on 4/18/15

Question: Every year on Easter Sunday, who gives his "Urbi et Orbi" to his following as well as to the world?Answer: The Pope. "Urbi et Orbi" means "for the city and for the world"Learn more: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15221a.htm