Hola, quizzicals! There’s a lot going on as we dive into September. On the liturgical calendar are the feasts of the Holy Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows. It’s also the season for sports and football fans. I’ve sprinkled some questions below related to those themes.
1) Saints
The “Three Holy Hierarchs” honored by the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches include Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzus and another saint, whose feast is celebrated Sept. 13. Who is this third saint?
a) St. John Nepomucene
b) St. John Bosco
c) St. John of the Cross
d) St. John Chrysostom
2) Scripture
The first reading for Sunday, Sept. 14, is taken from the Book of Numbers. Who in this Scripture passage makes a bronze serpent and mounts it on a pole to save snake-bitten Israelites?
a) Abraham
b) Moses
c) Aaron
d) Joshua
3) Solemnities
What color vestments to do priests traditionally wear on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sept. 14?
a) White
b) Green
c) Red
d) Purple
4) Devotions
The devotion to the “Seven Sorrows of Our Lady” includes meditations on which of the following events?
a) Simeon’s prophecy
b) The flight into Egypt
c) The loss of Jesus in the temple
d) All of the above
5) Religious orders
True or false: Our Lady of Sorrows is a patron for the priests and brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross.
a) True
b) False
6) Church in Hawaii
True or false: Bishop Street in Honolulu got its name because it is where the chancery, or bishop’s residence, is located.
a) True
b) False
7) Current events — sports
Which of the following Catholic coaches from National Football League have won a Super Bowl championship?
a) Tom Coughlin
b) John Harbaugh
c) Vince Lombardi
d) All of the above
Answers: 1) d, 2) b, 3) c, 4) d, 5) a, 6) b, 7) d