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| Jewish government officials and scholars of the law. |
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One who connects.
Jesus serves as a mediator between humanity and God. |
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| Prejudice against the Jewish people. |
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| The union of Jesus Christ's divine and human natures in One Divine Person. |
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| The biblical event in which the Archangel Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary and announces that she is to be the Mother of The Savior. |
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| Directly encountering and seeing God in the glory of Heaven. |
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| The act, required by Jewish law, of removing the foreskin of the penis. Since the time of Abraham, it has been a sign of God's Covenant relationship with the Jewish people. |
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| Sharing in the divine life of God with the Trinity through our Baptism, the Eucharist, and other Sacraments of the Church. |
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| The Son of God assuming a human nature in order to accomplish our salvation in it. |
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| Any deliberate offence, in thought, word, or deed, against the will of God. |
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| The sin by which the first humans disobeyed God and thereby lost their original holiness and became subject to death. Original Sin is transmitted to every person born into the world, except Mary and Jesus. |
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| A Jewish sect at the time of Jesus known for its strict adherence to the Law. |
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| A Jewish sect at the time of Jesus known for its strong commitment to the Temple in Jerusalem. |
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Makes holy.
Sanctification is the process of becoming closer to God and growing in holiness. |
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| The gifts of bread and wine after they have been transformed into Christ's body and blood. |
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| Feast days in the liturgical year on which, in addition to Sundays, Catholics are obliged to attend Mass. |
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| Holy Days of Obligation in The United States |
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| Christmas (Dec. 25), Solemnity of the Mother of God (Jan. 1), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug. 15), All Saint's Day (Nov. 1), Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dec. 8) |
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| The dogma that Mary was conceived without original sin in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, and remained free from personal sin throughout her entire life. |
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| All official public prayer of the Church, including celebrations of the Eucharist and other Sacraments, and the Liturgy of the Hours, the official daily prayers of the Church. |
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| Refers to the teaching of the Church that the Blessed Virgin Mary was a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus Christ. |
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| Significant moments associated with the early life of Jesus; The Annunciation, The Visitation, The Nativity of the Lord, The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple. |
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