| A | B |
|---|
| conscience | a person's ability to judge what is right and wrong |
| The central mystery of Christian faith | the Trinity |
| Resurrection | the event in Jesus Christ's life that confirms all that he taught about himself and the kingdom of God |
| Holy Communion | Catholics are obliged to take Communion once a year in the Easter Season |
| Reconciliation | Catholics are obliged to confess our sins at least once a year |
| Assumption | when Mary was taken into heaven at the end of her earthly life |
| Sin | choosing to do what you know offends God to God |
| Paschal Mystery | Jesus' suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension |
| Mass | the most important act of worship in the Catholic community |
| St. Peter | the first head of the Church |
| salvation | Jesus came to offer salvation all the people in the world |
| Magisterium | the Church's office which teaches on matters of faith and morals |
| catechumenate | the process of initiating people into the Church |
| faith | gift by which we believe in God and all God has revealed |
| covenant | promise |
| Communion of Saints | the union of believers, living and dead, who form one body in Christ |
| green | color for the liturgical season of "ordinary time" |
| Jesus Christ | truly God and truly man |
| The Bible | a collection of many books written under God's inspiration |
| The Greatest Commandment | love God with you whole heart and your neighbor as yourself |
| Abraham | father of God's chosen people |
| the Lord's Last Supper | Mass on Holy Thursday commemorates this event |
| Mary | held in special honor because she is the mother of God |
| Three persons in one God | each person of the Trinity is really and fully God |
| Incarnation | mystery by which the Son of God became man |
| sacramentals | objects, actions, and blessings that help us grow in holiness |
