Monthly Archives: November 2013

Conversion quiz

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  1. What is Sin?
  2. What is the meaning of word CONVERSION?
  3. Which sacrament celebrates our renewed conversion?
  4. What is penance?
  5. What are the three traditional practices of Lent?
  6. What is prayer?
  7. In whose name should we offer our prayers?
  8. What can we abstain from other than meat?
  9. What are alms?
  10. What do we call the charitable actions by which we help others?

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  1. An offense against or failure to love God and our neighbor
  2. Turning one’s life around, away from sin and back to Christ
  3. The sacrament of penance or reconciliation
  4. An action to help us make up for the harm done by our sin
  5. Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving; since Vatican II, study of our faith and of the word of God is also stressed
  6. Raising one’s mind and heart to God
  7. Jesus
  8. Sinful thoughts, words, and actions
  9. Money given to the poor
  10. Works of mercy

 

Moses and Passover

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We will read about how Moses warned the Egyptians of God’s will to free the Hebrew Slaves. There were 10 Plagues that tormented the Egyptians. tenplagues

We will learn about the Passover. The Lamb is the sacrifice for the Passover meal. The passover meal allows the Jewish Hebrews to be free.

Jesus celebrated the last supper during the Feast of the Passover. We call Jesus the “Lamb of God.” Is Jesus the sacrifice for our sins? Does Jesus allow us to be free? Free from what?

passover-jesus1600During Mass we celebrate the Eucharist. The unleavened bread that is offered up. In the Mass there are many prayers and ceremonies that are from the Jewish Passover meal .

DSC06480“Blest are We” grade 4 page 263 bottom of page: “Eucharist”

More about the Passover (parents): New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia “Pasch or Passover”Passover-matzah-kiddush-cup

In class we will look at some Jewish Passover customs, games, Seder plate and Kiddush Cup-platepassover1
Contrast the first “Passover Covenant” and the “Renewed Covenant” we celebrate at Mass.

Very Good Resource: Passover Seder for Catholics

Begin Moses’s Life

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We are beginning Mose’s Life and the ten Commandments. If you have access to the “Prince of Egypt” by Dreamworks (DVD), we will be playing parts of the movie the next couple weeks.

“Four hundred years ago, the first American colony was settled at Jamestown. Think of how much has changed since then! Four hundred years is a long time, and that’s how long the Hebrew people remained in Egypt after Joseph.  Over time a new Pharaoh came to power who did not know Joseph. He made the Hebrew (Jewish people) into slaves. Because the Hebrew population have increased so much, Pharaoh decided every male Hebrew infant should be killed, so slaves would stay weak and afraid.  The God began to reveal a plan to deliver his people.” -My Big Book of Catholic Bible stories

Exodus 2:1:-10

Moses fled from Pharaoh’s court because he had killed a Egyptian for mistreating a Hebrew slave. He lived in the wilderness of Sinai as a shepherd of sheep.

Exodus 3:1-17

What is God’s name?eburningbush

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Moses was instructed by God to go to Pharaoh to free the Jewish(Hebrew) people. Moses had to convince Pharaoh to “Let His People Go!”