VOCABULARY – PRE COMMUNION

At the end of Pre - Communion, students should know the following:

WordMeaningPicture
Amen
1. so be it: said or sung at the end of a prayer or hymn to affirm its content
2.
expressing strong agreement: used to express strong agreement
  • amen to that
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    Bible
    1. Christian holy book: the sacred book of the Christian religion
    Advent
    arrival: the arrival of something important or awaited
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    Baptismrite of purification: a religious ceremony in which somebody is sprinkled with or immersed in water to symbolize purification. In some Christian baptisms, the person is named as well as being accepted into the Christian faith.
    Christmas
    1. celebrating birth of Jesus Christ: a Christian festival marking the birth of Jesus Christ. December 25.
    2. Christmas period: the period around December 25, or the Christian church season extending from December 24 to January 6
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    Cross
    1.
    Christian symbol: a long vertical bar intersected at right angles, usually about two-thirds up, by a shorter horizontal bar, used as a symbol of Christianity or of the Crucifixion.
    The shape refers to the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified.
    2. Cross wooden structure Jesus Christ died on: the wooden cross on which, Jesus Christ was crucified and died
    Easter
    1. Christian festival in spring: a Christian festival marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ. the Sunday following the full moon on or after March 21.
    2. Sunday of Easter festival: the Sunday on which Easter is celebrated
    3. Easter weekend: the period from the Friday before Easter to the Monday after
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    God
    a. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
    b. The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.
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    Holy Family  the young Jesus Christ, his mother Mary, and Mary's husband Joseph
    Jesus the Son of God
    Joseph The Step Father of Jesus, and Husband of Wife 
    Last Supper Jesus Christ's last meal: the last meal that Jesus Christ ate with his disciples before his crucifixion
    Lent
    period before Easter in Christian calendar: the period of 40 weekdays before Easter observed the Catholic church as a period of prayer, penance, fasting, and self-denial.
    This period, starting on Ash Wednesday commemorates the 40 days that Jesus Christ spent fasting in the wilderness.
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    Mary the mother of Jesus Christ.
    Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church.
    Prayer
    a spoken or unspoken address to God, a deity, or a saint.
    It may express praise, thanksgiving, confession, or a request for something such as help or somebody's well-being.