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Our Catholic Faith: Living What We Believe

Directed Reading Worksheet

Chapter 5 Communion of Saints, Forgiveness of Sins, Eternal Life

Directions: As you read through the chapter, fill in the information below. All the questions run sequential to the chapter. If a true or false statement is false, correct it.

Pages 126–127 Eternal Destiny

1. The single most important goal of life is to get to ___________. Thanks to _________ and the Salvation he has won for us and to the grace of the _______________, this is a reachable _________ for us.

2. What is eschatology?

Pages 127–132 Communion of Saints

3. _________ is the head of the Church and we are the ____________. When something good happens to one member, it is _____________ and shared with the others. Likewise, in God’s family, each person shares in the __________ benefits of the other members. These ideas form the basis of the doctrine of the Communion of __________.

4. The Communion of Saints refers to the unity of three groups of people:

the pilgrim Church which includes those _____________________________________________

the Church suffering which includes those ____________________________________________

the Church triumphant which includes ____________________________________________

5. All members of the __________–those alive today and those who have ________–make up one big ____________ united in the Spirit of Christ Jesus. Family members must ____________ to grow and thrive and ___________ is the supreme way to keep alive a _________________.

6. One of these statements is false. Circle the false statement and correct it.

• We derive benefit from the prayers of the saints in Heaven

• The Communion of Saints stresses that we are related to all members of God’s family

• The prayers of the faithful on earth help those in Hell reach their goal of Heaven

7. The early Church called itself a community of _________, which comes from a Latin word which means “______.” Every member of Christ’s body has a call to ___________ and Christ has given his ________ all the means necessary to attain holiness.

8. True or False?

Catholic devotion to saints involves worship, not veneration. Catholics venerate God alone.

9. Mary, plays a special role in salvation history by saying “yes” to God’s _________ to send his Son to accomplish Salvation for ____________. She was a steadfast ____________ who obeyed God’s will, fully ________________ with the Lord’s work of Salvation, and generously _____________ to the grace of the Holy Spirit.

10. Mary, the _______________________, was preserved immune from Original Sin. She was full of _________ – free of any _______________ from God caused by Original Sin. Additionally, she was so close to God that she did not commit any ____________ sins.

11. True or False?

The Church has consistently taught that Jesus was divine from the moment of his conception.

12. True or False?

Because Mary is mother of Jesus Christ, it is therefore proper to call her the Mother of God.

13. What two realities does the doctrine of the Assumption of Mary connect?

14. Praying to and _________ Mary increases our love for her and helps us to ___________ her virtues. Giving her special honor is not meant to ________ Jesus as our one _____________. She does not have the power to answer our ____________ on her own, only God has that power.

15. True or False?

Mary’s motherly role is to help us pay attention to her, our unique Redeemer.

Pages 134–137 One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins

16. Because _______________ of sins was an essential part of Jesus’ earthly ____________ and was deeply connected to his __________ actions, he instructed his disciples to continue to forgive sins in ________________.

17. What were Peter’s words on Pentecost Sunday?

18. True or False?

Penance is the primary sacrament of forgiveness because it wipes away sin and unites us to Christ.

19. Baptism achieves the complete forgiveness of both ____________ Sin and one’s ____________ offenses. However, the graces of Baptism do not free the person from the ____________ of human nature and the _______________ in the future.

20. Explain the difference between Original Sin and actual sin.

21. True or False?

To commit an actual sin is to do something evil, knowingly and willingly.

22. What are three examples of actual sin?

23. ___________ sin refers to lesser sins that are a stumbling block on the _______ to following Jesus. They typically involve a __________ matter and occur when full consent of the will is lacking or _______________ is present in the sinner.

24. ______________ the same sinful acts can give a foothold to _________, bad habits that turn a person from love. These vices, especially the so-called ____________ or capital sins can lead to _________________.

25. Mortal sin is the most ____________ kind of sin, _______________ love in the human heart by breaking God’s ________. It results in the loss of love and ______________ the sinner of sanctifying __________.

26. True or False?

If a person does not repent and receive Christ’s forgiveness and dies in a state of mortal sin, he or she will merit eternal separation from God.

27. The Church teaches that _________ forgives grave sins through the sacrament of __________. Because Jesus knew our human ____________, he gave us this sacrament. Penance is a “ second __________” in which the Church proclaims once again Christ’s forgiveness of the _____________ sinner.

28. What is the “power of the keys of the Kingdom”?

29. What are three signs of true contrition?

Pages 139–148 The Last Things: Eschatology

30. Although it is ____________ to die, Scripture teaches that death is a _____________ for sin. _______ did not originally intend for people to die.

31. How and when did Jesus model the acceptance of his Death?

32. One of these statements is false. Circle the false statement and correct it.

• Baptism unites Catholics with the Risen Lord, and mysteriously the baptized already participate in the heavenly life.

• It is unnatural to fear death, but Christian faith reveals that Jesus has conquered death.

• If we died in union with Christ, we will rise on the last day with Christ in glory.

33. God created humans with a _________. God’s Son took on a human body to ______________ it. Furthermore, the _________________________ ________ completes the creation and Redemption of __________ flesh.

34. One of these statements is false. Circle the false statement and correct it.

• The Church teaches that God will raise all people from the dead on the last day.

• God will judge us when Christ comes again.

• Our bodies will be raised when Christ comes again, will be made incorrupt, and rejoined with our souls.

35. Describe the qualities of the resurrected body.

36. Related to the resurrection of the body is our belief God will ___________ material creation in Christ. We simply cannot _____________ what God has in store for us. This should encourage a great ____________ for our own __________ and for those of others.

37. True or False?

Catholic belief in the resurrection of the body is unlike many other religions.

38. A _______________, or individual, judgment will determine whether we go to ____________ immediately, need purification in _____________, or must suffer the punishments of Hell. If we live a ___________ and loving life, we have nothing to ________ when we die.

39. Catholic doctrine explains there is an __________ ________ which we will spend in Heaven or Hell. The reward of Heaven is eternal life spent in ___________ with God and all those who share in God’s life. Hell is ______________________ from God.

40. The existence of Heaven and Hell take seriously the reality of __________________. God respects our freedom and will _________________________.

41. One of these statements is false. Circle the false statement and correct it.

• The Beatific Vision means that we can see into the future, just like God.

• Heaven is the name for our union with God, the Blessed Mother, and all the angels and saints.

• In heaven there will be no more sadness or death.

42. Jesus’ _________ and _______________ have given us access to Heaven. There we will be fully _______________ into Christ but will retain and find our true _____________ identity. St. Paul says that we cannot comprehend what God has ____________________ for those who love him.

43. What is purgatory?

44. One of these statements is false. Circle the false statement and correct it.

• Although the existence of purgatory is rooted in Church Tradition, it is not rooted in the Bible.

• Since the first centuries, the Church has honored the dead by praying and offering the Eucharist for them.

• To some degree, on our earthly journey we can accomplish the process of purification.

45. True or False?

To a degree, we can accomplish the process of purification on our earthly journey.

46. The process of _______________ might be one of “burning” with sorrow and ___________ over a sinful life, and a profound wish to be __________ to the loving, good, saving God. When the purgation is complete, the ___________ of those in purgatory will end and they will enter the ________ of Heaven.

47. What is the meaning of Hell?

48. One of these statements is false. Circle the false statement and correct it.

• We know for sure who has defiantly turned their backs on God and is in Hell.

• Although God does not predestine anyone for Hell, he always respects our freedom.

• If we live a life loving God and others, we should not let the existence of Hell frighten us unduly.

49. At the last judgment the ________________ of the just and unjust will take place and the Risen Lord will ______________. On this day God will ____________ and restore the entire physical universe.

50. True or False?

Exactly when the general judgment will take place is known only to Jesus.

51. What are four ways of understanding the word “Amen?”

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(b)

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52. Catholic beliefs about the “_________________” assure us that God has the final word. The end in this life is but the _______________ to an eternal life with the Lord. The doctrines of the four last things teach that everything we do, or fail to do, has _________________.

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