As we embark on Advent, Heraldistas, I am also joyfully anticipating the Year of Mercy. What a wonderful way to begin a new liturgical year with a renewed focus on love and compassion. Does this mean I will be kind to you with an easy quiz this time? Hmmm.
1) Saints
Which saint, whose feast day is celebrated Dec. 4, is depicted to the right of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna” painting?
- a) St. Agnes
- b) St. Barbara
- c) St. Catherine of Siena
- d) St. Dymphna
2) Scripture
Fill in the blank from the Gospel reading from Luke for the Third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 13: “Now the people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether _______ might be the Christ.”
- a) John (the Baptist)
- b) Zechariah
- c) Peter
- d) James
3) Devotions
Which of the following is NOT said as part of the Divine Mercy Chaplet?
- a) Our Father
- b) Hail Mary
- c) Glory Be
- d) Apostle’s Creed
4) Popes
Prior to Pope Francis’ opening of the Jubilee Year of Mercy on Dec. 8, who was pontiff when the last jubilee year occurred?
- a) St. John XXIII
- b) Blessed Paul VI
- c) St. John Paul II
- d) Pope Benedict XVI
5) Mariology
True or false: “Mother of Infinite Mercy” is one of the Marian titles named in the Litany of Loreto.
- a) True
- b) False
6) Church in Hawaii
St. Catherine Church on Kauai is one of the neighbor island sites designated to open a “Door of Mercy” on Dec. 13. In which Kauai town is St. Catherine Church located?
- a) Kalaheo
- b) Kekaha
- c) Koloa
- d) Kapaa
7) Liturgy
- “Kyrie eleison,” traditionally sung during the Penitential Rite at Mass, is a translation of “Lord, have mercy” in which language?
- a) Hebrew
- b) Aramaic
- c) Latin
- d) Greek
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) c, 5) b, 6) d, 7) d