My dear Heraldonians! Arise from your summer slumbers! Another Quiz cometh!
1) MARIOLOGY
The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs exactly nine months after what Solemnity?
- a) Assumption
- b) Annunciation
- c) Immaculate Conception
- d) Marymas
2) MISERICORDE
Which of these is NOT one of the seven corporal works of mercy?
- a) Feed the hungry
- b) Pray for the dead
- c) Shelter the homeless
- d) Visit the imprisoned
3) MASS
What liturgical object has its origin in the raised platform from which the Jewish rabbis read the Scriptures to the people?
- a) ambo
- b) cruet
- c) ciborium
- d) thurible
4) MISSAL
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal states that “the church’s rule of prayer corresponds to her perennial rule of belief.” What is the Latin phrase for this idea?
- a) Acta, non verba
- b) Carpe die
- c) Lex orandi, lex credendi
- d) Cogito, ergo sum
5) MUTATIO BONA EST
What do baseball great Hank Aaron, comedian Stephen Colbert and St. Augustine of Hippo have in common with each other?
- a) all were born on Christmas Day
- b) all had brothers who became priests
- c) all are converts to Catholicism
- d) all are gluten intolerant
6) MEALS
According to canon law, which of these statements about receiving the Eucharist is true?
- a) a person must abstain from eating or drinking for at least one hour before receiving the Eucharist
- b) the only food or drink allowed during the Eucharistic fast are water and medicine
- c) the Eucharistic fast does not apply to the elderly, the infirm and those who care for them
- d) all of the above are true
7) MONASTERIES
What title is given to the superior and spiritual leader of a monastery?
- a) caputo
- b) cenobite
- c) abbot
- d) greyfriar
8) MUSIC
“Phos Hilaron” is considered to be the oldest written Christian hymn. In what country was it written?
- a) Italy
- b) Turkey
- c) Israel
- d) Greece
Answers: 1) c, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) c, 6) d, 7) c, 8) d