Reviewer on Catholic Sacraments

EXERCISES NO. 1

I. Name the following sacraments which are associated with the following:

1.        Sponsor

2.        Tabernacle

3.        Godparents

4.        Laying on of Hands

5.        Lighted Candle 

6.        Bread and Water

7.        Ring

8.        Celibacy

9.        Holy Spirit

10.      Holy Viaticum

II. Write the name of the sacrament that correctly completes each sentence.

1.    When we celebrate the sacraments of _____, we receive God’s healing grace.

2.    We are nourished by the Body and Blood of Christ in the _____.

3.    We have a sign of the unity of Jesus and the Church in the Sacrament of _____.

4.    In the Sacrament of _____, men are ordained deacons, priests, or bishops.

5.    Original sin is taken away in the Sacrament of _____.

6.    In the Sacrament of _____, we unite our suffering with the suffering of Jesus.

7.    In the sacraments of _____, there is the sign of the laying on of hands.

8.    In _____, the Holy Spirit strengthens our life of faith.

9.    _____ are the important signs in the Sacrament of the Eucharist

10.  In the Sacrament of _____, we receive new life in Christ.

III. Choose the best answer.

1.      In which sacrament is the recipient "initiated into a new community"? (Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick)

2.      In which sacrament is the recipient "sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit"? (Confirmation, Reconciliation, Holy Orders, Holy Eucharist)

3.      Which sacrament is the "center of all Christian life"? (Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Holy Eucharist)

4.      What signifies the action of the Holy Spirit during Baptism? (vesting, pouring of water, lightning of candle, holy communion)

5.      Which of these is called the "sacraments of Christian maturity?" (Holy Matrimony, Confirmation, Baptism, Holy Eucharist)

6.      The word "baptism" means _______. (immersion, washing, forgiveness, nourishment)

7.      Who generally should not receive the Eucharist without first going to confession? (those who are engaged, those conscious of grave sin, those who are sick, those under age 16)

8.      Who can perform a valid baptism? (bishop, priest, deacon, all of them)

9.      Who can perform a valid confirmation? (bishop, priest, deacon, all of them)

10.    Who can consecrate Eucharist? (bishop, priest, deacon, all of them)

11.    Who can distribute the Eucharist? (priest, deacon, lay person authorized by Bishop or priest, all of them)

12.    What is normally required for applying water in infant baptism? (infusion, aspersion, immersion, all of these)

13.    In the Sacrament of Confirmation, which of the following occurs? (Baptismal grace is confirmed and strengthened; The recipient becomes an adult in the church; The recipient becomes a soldier in Christ's army; all of these)

14.    As Catholics, we believe the Eucharist is _________. (bread and wine, the body and blood of Christ, forgiveness, rebirth)

15.    The word “Eucharist” means _____. (breaking of the bread, thanksgiving, bread, transubstantiation)

IV. Short answers for Sacraments of Confirmation and Baptism

1.    At Baptism what is removed?

2.    Can a child be secretly baptized without the consent of their parents?

3.    Can somebody be baptized against their will?

4.    Every person not yet baptized and only such a person is capable of baptism.

5.    How many times can a person be baptized in his lifetime? 

6.    In Baptism we die with Christ and rise to a new life with him. (True or False)

7.    In the case of an emergency who can administer Baptism?

8.    In the Catholic Church when is someone usually baptized?

9.    In the Sacrament of Baptism, what is the form?

10.  In the Sacrament of Baptism, what is the Matter?

11.  Is Baptism necessary?

12.  The Candidate is incorporated into the Mystical Body of Christ after Baptism (True or False)

13.  What happens to those people who were studying for their baptism, but suddenly died before actually   

        being baptized?

14.  Who instituted the Sacrament of Baptism?

15.  Who is the ordinary minister of the Sacrament of Baptism?

16.  Catholics can receive the sacrament of Confirmation more than once in their lives. (True or False).

17.  Chrism is used for consecration at Baptism, Confirmation and _____.

18.  Confirmation completes Christian initiation. (True or False).

19.  How is one “cleansed” in preparation to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation?

20.  The newly confirmed have an obligation to actively spread the faith throughout the rest of their lives? (True or False)

21.  Those who are confirmed share more completely in Christ’s mission than those not confirmed. (True or False)

22.  What kind of “power” is received through Confirmation?

23.  What special feast day in the church reminds us of the sacrament of Confirmation?

24.  Where is a person anointed during Confirmation? 

25.  Who blesses the oil used during the sacrament of Confirmation?  

EXERCISES NO. 2

TEST I. Identify what Catholic Sacraments are described below.

1.    a perfect worship to God

2.    unites man and woman

3.    helps us to spread and defend our faith without hesitation and fear

4.    necessary for eternal salvation of men

5.    restores us in the state of grace

6.    prepares us for death 

7.    calls for an exchange of mutual consent

8.    brings to us the real presence of Christ

9.    confers the power to forgive sins 

10.  confirms the permanence of marital bond

11.  forgives sins committed after Baptism

12.  given and received by successive steps or degrees

13.  gives grace for the recovery of bodily death

14.  grants penitent pardon and peace

15.  makes us adopted children of God

16.  the greatest of all sacraments

17.  requires an hour of fasting before reception

18.  consecrated and received upon the altar

19.  obliges the recipient to practice the vow of celibacy

20.  gives us access to other sacraments

TEST II. Identify the items being described below and pick your answers the pool of words.

Absolution Annulment Aspersion Chalice Chasuble Chrism Ciborium Eucharist

Confession Contrition Deacon Decanter Fecundity Indissolubility Infusion Sacramentary

Breaking of the Bread Lectionary Purificator Pyx Stole Tabernacle Transubstantiation Viaticum

1.      a declaration of the Church that there was no marriage that exists from the beginning

2.      a disclosure of sins to a valid priests to have them forgiven

3.      a linen which is used for cleaning the chalice

4.      a long cloth scarf that marks the power and dignity of the priest

5.      a shrine where the sacred hosts are kept for vigil after the Mass

6.      a sincere sorrow for the sins committed with a firm purpose of sinning no more

7.      a vessel that contains the sacred hosts given to the sick

8.      an act of the priest that imparts forgiveness of sin

9.      an openness to children or offspring

10.    book of Scripture readings for the Mass and liturgy

11.    marvelous conversion of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ

12.    oil used in Confirmation

13.    simply means “thanksgiving”

14.    the book of rites and prayers of the Mass and other sacraments

15.    the original name which Christians referred to the Holy Eucharist

16.    the term which refers to the Eucharist given to the sick

17.    the way of applying water for infant baptism

18.    the word simply refers to “the permanence of marriage”

19.    vessel for the precious blood of Christ

20.    vessel which contains the small sacred hosts for communion

TEST III. Identifying the Matter, Form and Ministers of the Catholic Sacraments.

Sacraments	Matter	Form	Ordinary Minister
Baptism
Confirmation
Holy Eucharist
Reconciliation
Anointing
Matrimony
Holy Orders

 

TEST IV. Identifying Marriage Impediments and Defects to Marital Consent:

Abduction Adoption Affinity Condition Conjugicide Consanguinity

Disparity of Cult Error about person Force or Fear Fraud Ignorance Impotence

Incapacity Orders Prior Bond Vow of Chastity

1.    a valid existing marriage

2.    compelled to marry by force or grave fear

3.    consecrated person

4.    deliberate deception about the marital quality of the partner

5.    detaining a woman for marriage

6.    inability to engage on sexual intercourse

7.    lack of sufficient reason or discretion of judgment about marital rights and duties

8.    lack of understanding about marriage

9.    marriage by benefits/convenience/condition

10.  mistaken identity about one’s partner

11.  murder of a spouse

12.  one partner is Catholic and the other is non-Catholic

13.  ordained minister

14.  relation by blood

15.  relation by marriage

V. Identifying Catholic Sacraments with their other names:

1.      Blessed Sacrament

2.      Extreme Unction

3.      Holy Viaticum

4.      Sacrament of Apostolic Ministry

5.      Sacrament of Catholic Action

6.      Sacrament of Christian Maturity

7.      Sacrament of Conversion

8.      Sacrament of Faith

9.      Sacrament of Penance

10.    Sacrament of the Altar

VI. Enumerate the following in any order:

3 ― Degrees of Holy Orders

3 ― Requirements for a valid celebration of the Mass

3 ― Kinds of Oil used in the Church

2 ― Major Parts of the Mass

4 ― Major Parts of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

2 ― Sacraments of Healing

3 ― Sacraments of Initiation

3 ― Sacraments that can be received once

5 ― Sacraments of the Living

  7 ― Gifts of the Holy Spirit