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- LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH: On the Sacramentals
- Q.1052. What is a sacramental?
- Q.1053. How do the Sacramentals excite good thoughts and increase devotion?
- Q.1054. Do the Sacramentals of themselves remit venial sins?
- Q. 1055. Why does the Church use Sacramentals?
- Q.1056. Show by an example how Sacramentals aid the ignorant in learning the truths of faith.
- Q.1057. What are the Stations or Way of the Cross?
- Q.1058. Are prayers and ceremonies of the Church also Sacramentals?
- Q.1059. On what ground does the Church make use of ceremonies?
- Q.1060. How may persons sin in using Sacramentals?
- Q.1061. What is the difference between the Sacraments and the sacramentals?
- Q.1062. May the Church increase or diminish the number of Sacraments and Sacramentals?
- Q.1063. Which is the chief sacramental used in the Church?
- Q.1064. How do we make the sign of the cross?
- Q.1065. What is a common fault with many in blessing themselves?
- Q.1066. Why do we make the sign of the cross?
- Q.1067. How is the sign of the cross a profession of faith in the chief mysteries of our religion?
- Q.1068. How does the sign of the cross express the mystery of the Unity and Trinity of God?
- Q.1069. How does the sign of the cross express the mystery of the Incarnation and death of our Lord?
- Q.1070. What other sacramental is in very frequent use?
- Q.1071. What is holy water?
- Q.1072. How does the water blessed on Holy Saturday, or Easter Water, as it is called, differ from the holy water blessed at other times?
- Q.1073. Is water ever blessed in honor of certain saints?
- Q.1074. Are there other sacramentals besides the sign of the cross and holy water?
- Q.1075. When are candles blessed in the Church and why are they used?
- Q.1076. What praiseworthy custom is now in use in many places?
- Q.1077. When are ashes blessed in the Church and why are they used?
- Q.1078. When are palms blessed and of what do they remind us?
- Q.1079. What is the difference between a cross and a crucifix?
- Q.1080. What is the Rosary?
- Q.1081. Who taught the use of the Rosary in its present form?
- Q.1082. How do we say the Rosary, or beads?
- Q.1083. How many mysteries of the Rosary are there?
- Q.1084. Say the five joyful mysteries of the Rosary.
- Q.1085. Say the five sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary.
- Q.1086. Say the five glorious mysteries of the Rosary.
- Q.1087. On what days, according to the pious custom of the faithful, are the different mysteries of the Rosary usually said?
- Q.1088. What do the letters I. N. R. I. over the crucifix mean?
- Q.1089. To what may we attribute the desire of the Jews to put Christ to death?
- Q.1090. With whom did the Blessed Virgin live after the death of Our Lord?
- Q.1091. What do we mean by the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and why do we believe in it?
- Q.1092. What do the letters I. H. S. on an altar or sacred things mean?
- Q.1093. What is the scapular, and why is it worn?
- Q.1094. How many kinds of scapulars are there in use among the faithful?
- Q.1095. What are the seven dolors of the Blessed Virgin?
- Q.1096. What are the seven dolor beads, and how do we say them?
- Q.1097. What is an Agnus Dei?