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2 Ndgrdingfin 9
2 Ndgrdingfin 9
________1. Green is the Advent Wreath represents hope and new life.
________3. The light of the candles signifies the Christ as light of the world/humankind.
________4. The circle of wreath, which has no beginning or end symbolizes the eternity of God.
________5. The word “Advent” is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming,”
.________6. By the 6th century, Roman Christians had tied Advent to the coming of Christ.
________7. Jesus is referred to as a shoot coming up from the stump of Jesse, the father of David..
________8. The celebration of God’s incarnation is represented by the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus
________9. Jesse’s Tree is a centuries-old way of illustrating how God’s story leads to Jesus
________10. It was not until the middle ages that the advent season was explicitly linked to Christ’s first
coming at Christmas
________11. The “coming” the Christmas had in mind was not Christ’s first coming in the manger in
Bethlehem, but his second coming in the clouds as the judge of the world
________12. The new Christian year begins with the twelve-day celebration of Christmastide, which lasts from
Christmas Eve until Epiphany on January 6.
15. That is why, in a real way, a person growing up alone on a deserted island cannot become fully_____.
“May the Holy Triune God live in our hearts and in the hearts of all.”
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16-17. Our relational nature______ every stage and____ of our lives
18-19. We are persons by others because we were born in and _____by our families and live with the _____of
relatives, neighbors, and friends.
20-21. First, God who created us in His ____ and_____, is the loving communion of three divine persons.
23-24 Therefore, at our ____we have been made not only for ourselves; we have been ____by God to be part
of and to be build the human family.
25. That is why the Lord God said that it is not good for man to be alone and thus created for man a _____
partner in Eve
26. God has always_____ to us not only as individuals but also as members of a community.
28. The Holy Spirit continues to _____not only within us as individuals but also among us in the very life,
ministry and teachings of the Church
Creation
Directions: Reflect on the following questions below. Write your reflection in 2 to 3 sentences only.
“May the Holy Triune God live in our hearts and in the hearts of all.”
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