Christ and His Church Unit 2 Chapter 5

communion of saints the union of the faithful on earth, the blessed in heaven and the souls in purgatory, with christ as their Head Church Militant The members of the Church on earth. 00:05 01:24 church suffering church in purgatory church triumphant church in heaven saints means "holy Ones praying for them how we can help the souls in purgatory reach heaven canonization The Church's official process by which she declares someone a saint. November 1 All Saints' Day baptism doorway to the church St John wrote the book of Revelation book of revelation where we hear of st john's vision mass a foreshadowing of the heavenly liturgy 4 last things Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell Particular Judgement the individual judgement of each human being immediately after death Particular Judgement a judgement in the sense that God irrevocably determines a person's lot for eternity, depending on his or her cooperation with grace during the stay on earth assumption the body of the blessed Virgin Mary, united to her immaculate soul, was glorified and taken into heaven St. Therese of Lisieux died at age 24, her last words were 'my God, I love you", she wrote the famous spiritual work "the story of a soul" and had incredible holiness heaven the imitate vision and love of God Purgatory temporal punishment indulgences a remission of temporal punishment due to sin intercessory prayer we pray for others, the prayer of the saints are effective because they have a close relationship with God venerate we --- the saints, not worship part of consecrated life growth in charity, and building up the church poverty not looking for money, only christ chastity nor married- can focus on christ alone obedience will go wherever one is sent laity all that are not priests, nuns, brothers, or deacons apostolate building up the church in ever way- efforts to evangelize, educate, help poor, etc death puts an end to human life and opens the way for the particular judgement Particular Judgement the immediate judgement of each human immediately after death, this is where God communicated to the soul very clearly its state of union or separation from God Purgatory time for souls to be purified before reaching heaven. accumulated effects of many venial sins heaven state of perfect happiness and immediate vision of God. Right now only the souls of the just are in heaven hell eternal punishment, the absence of God parousia the second coming of Christ last judgement god will judgement humanity at the end of the world, the judgement of the living and the dead at the parousia at which those who died before the 2nd coming and have gone through the particular judgement will have their bodies reunited with their souls fiat Mary's response at the annunciation with the panel Gabriel when she said let it be done virgin birth the conception of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit theotokos translated mother of God- connected with the council of Ephesus immaculate conception Mary is born without sin how st Michael the archangel is holy one of the 3 angels only identified by name. he led the holy angels in a battle against the devil. he is sometimes refereed to as the protector of the Church against the opposition of the devil. in 1886, the pope wrote a prayer to st Michael and encouraged people to say it. how st Therese of lisieux is holy at a young age she demonstrated great virtue and holiness. she was very sick and prayed to the blessed mother. Mary appeared to her and cured her. she wanted to join the Carmelite convent but stye said she was too young. she went to the pope and got special permission to join. she was later declared a doctor of the church how st Thomas a Beckett is holy he went against the king and worshipped God rather than him. as he continued to practice his faith in God, it let him to be martyred. there is now a shrine dedicated to him Story of a Soul St. Thérèse of Lisieux's autobiography. hebrews scripture that calls the saints great cloud of witnesses apocalypse another namer the book of revelation 7 number of heads the dragon had devil personally challenged Michael evangelization the task of building a church whole world Vincent de Paul society encompasses the --- family the first teacher in christian life saints great clouds of witnesses