{"id":920,"date":"2016-11-30T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hickorytown.com\/ccd4\/?p=920"},"modified":"2017-02-01T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:35:36","slug":"advent-and-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/2016\/11\/30\/advent-and-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent and Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vigil Mass for the Immaculate Conception is December 7.<\/h2>\n<h2>December 14 is Reconciliation<\/h2>\n<p>Dec. 14 is the Penance service. We\u00a0went over the procedure for the confessions and Act of Contrition.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cBlest are We\u201d grade 4<\/i> chapter 14 pp.163-166, 168- 169<\/p>\n<p>Because there is sin in the world, we live on earth and someday we will die. But God provides us a way to save ourselves\/our souls. In the Old Testament, they sacrificed an animal or food on an altar for a person\u2019s sins. In the New Testament, Jesus is our sacrifice on the cross. We also offer the \u201dsacrifice of the Mass\u201d for the forgiveness of sins.<\/p>\n<h3>An Examination of Conscience for Children<\/h3>\n<p>by Fr. Edward Filardi, Gaithersburg, Maryland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicparents.org\/examination-conscience-children\/\" target=\"_blank\">Examination-of-Conscience-CatholicParentOnLine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Order of Confession and Act of Contrition: <i>\u201cBlest are We\u201d grade 4<\/i> chapter 14 p. 269<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicparents.org\/preparing-children-sacrament-penance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Order-of-Confession<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is a quiz. If you highlight \u201cclick with the mouse\u201d the space after the \u201c-\u201d the answers will be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>1. What is Sin?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">offense against or failure to love God and our neighbor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the meaning of word CONVERSION?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Turning one\u2019s life around, away from sin and back to Christ<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content cf\">3. Which sacrament celebrates our renewed conversion?<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content cf\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content cf\">&#8211; <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The sacrament of penance or reconciliation<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content cf\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content cf\">4. What is penance?<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content cf\">\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">An action to help us make up for the harm done by our sin<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. What are the three traditional practices of Lent?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Prayer, fasting, and alms-giving; since Vatican II, study of our faith and of the word of God is also stressed<\/span><\/p>\n<p>6. What is prayer?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Raising one\u2019s mind and heart to God<\/span><\/p>\n<p>7. In whose name should we offer our prayers?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Jesus<\/span><\/p>\n<p>8. What can we abstain from other than meat?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Sinful thoughts, words, and actions<\/span><\/p>\n<p>9. What are alms?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Money given to the poor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>10. What do we call the charitable actions by which we help others?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Works of mercy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Quiz on Sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemydisciples.com\/grades\/3\/chapters\/12\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bemydisciples.com\/grades\/3\/chapters\/12<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vigil Mass for the Immaculate Conception is December 7. December 14 is Reconciliation Dec. 14 is the Penance service. We\u00a0went over the procedure for the confessions and Act of Contrition. \u201cBlest are We\u201d grade 4 chapter 14 pp.163-166, 168- 169 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/2016\/11\/30\/advent-and-reconciliation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lesson-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettysburghope.com\/ccd4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}