Revelation

God's communication of himself and his plan of loving goodness throughout history.

 Soul

The spiritual principle of humans

Tradition

The living and authentic transmission of the teachings of Jesus in the Church

Scripture

With tradition, makes up the one source of God's tradition

Vocation

One's calling, purpose, or destiny in life

Polytheism

The belief in more than one God

Monotheism

The belief in one God

Athiest

The belief that there in no God

Grace

Our sharing in the life of God. "Grace is the favor, the free and undeserved gelp that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature and of eternal life."

St. Augustine

Model of Faith Bishop in Africa

Charles Darwin

England naturalist who presented the theory of Evolution

Teillhard de Chardin

Paleontologist that believed add living things - including humans - evolve from simple forms to complex forms with higher levels of consciousness

William Paley

English theologion that created the idea of intelligent design

Thomas Merton

 An out of control young manwho changed his life afrer joining the Church. Attended Columbia University. Wrote ten books on poetry and about forty books on spiritual life

Faith

A theological virtue, a gift from God; the habit of responding positively to God

Trinity

The mystery of one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Baptism

The Sacrament of new life in God and of incorperation into the church performed with water and the words, "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit"; the first sacrament of initiation

Prayer

The tool for making our relationship with God "real." A conversation with God

Adoration

Worship and or honor given to God as creator and sustainer of all things that is

Sacrament

Holy sign used by Catholics, established by Jesus and given to his Church, by which God shares his life through the work of the Holy Spirit

Liturgy

The official public prayer of the Church, through which Christ continues the work of redemption through the Church's celebration of the Paschal Mystery

Matrimony

A sacrament at the service of communion, the sacrament that celebrates the sacred covenant between a baptized man and women who promis to be faithful to one another until death. Marraige is ordered to the mutual love of the spouses and to the procreation and evolution of children

10 Commandment

The ten fundemental moral law given by God to his people and recorded it in the Old Testament

Son of God

The second person of the Trinity who took on human nature. Believed to be the Messiah, Jesus

Psalms

The earliest prayers in the Bible, song-prayers

Christ

Means, "Annointed one"

Epiphany

A revealing or shadowing, after Jesus; birth, God revealed to people other than the Jews, represented by the magi, that Jesus was the long-promised Messiah

Gospel

Good new

Holiness

The state of becoming more God-like, living in his presence, or with his love

Incarnation

The second person of the blessed Trinity, while remaining God, assumed a human nature and became man. Became true man while remaining true God

Jesus

The name that means "God saves" Jesus of Nazaruth is the savior whom God sent to redeem people of sin and eternal death.

 Kingdom of God

God's reign of Justice, love, and peace

Lectio Divina

Divine or spiritual reading

Lord

THe one and only supreme being who always existed and who will always continue to exist; there are three persons in teh one God, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

Miracle

"A sign or wonder such as a healing or a control of a nature, which only can be attributed to divine power."

Ordo

The Latin word for "order" The same readings are read each day regardless of where the mass is being celebrated

Parable

Stories about Jesus teaching people about God's love and how they could live in the Kingdom of God

Beatitudes

Jesus' eight teachings about the meaningand the path to true happiness which depict the attitudes and actions that followers of Christ should have and the way to live in God's Kingdom today. They describe the way to attain the eternal holiness or blessedness to which God calls all people

Transfiguration

The event in which Jesus revelas his divine glory to his Apostles. This event prefigures or points to the ressurection of Jesus

Lectionary

The order of all the daily readings in one book

Jesus

Messiah; God's son

St. Paul

The author of the epistle; writes about Jesus through faith

St. Katherine Drexel

Was very rich and began donation money, but realized that wasn't enough; started a religious community for Native Americans and blacks, called Sisters of the Blessed Sacrement; beautified her on Nov. 20, 1988, canonized on Oct. 1, 2000 and her feast is on March 3.

Mary

Mother of Jesus, mother of God

King David

The royal family, ancestors of Jesus

John the Baptist

Son of Zacharian priest, and Elizabeth, jesus' cousin.

Elizabeth

Bore John the Baptist, married to Zachariah, Mary's cousin