Values Education and Christian Living 9Reviewer and Guide Questions for the 3rd Quarter Long Test

Unit 2 - Lessons 4 to 5

1. What does the Filipino word sapat mean?

2. How do wastefulness and extravagance affect one’s personal life and contribute to imbalance onEarth?

3. In the article Refelctions on Simplicity by Dianna Sanchez, what did the author learn and realizeabout simplicity?

4. According to the article Simplicity: Living with Joy and Balance,

a. what is the Simplicity Movement?

b. is simplicity the same as self-deprivation? Why or why not?

5. What is service?

6. What are the three (3) classifications of service? Describe each one.

7. In the Gospel coording to Luke (Luke 10:25-37), what question did the scholar ask Jesus thatprompted Him to present the Parable of the Good Samaritan?

8. In the Parable of the Good Samaritan,

a. who were the two persons who ignored the wounded man before the Samaritan found him?

b. what did the Samaritan do to the wounded man?

The Holy Gospels

A. 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mt 22:34-40

1. In this Gospel, Jesus was asked by a group of people about ”the greatest commandment.” Whatis the name of this group?

2. As a reply to the group, Jesus gave two commandments, which He said ”the whole law dependon.” What are these two commandments?

B. All Souls’ Day (November 2) – John 14:1-6

1. In this Gospel, Jesus said that in the end He will prepare a place for those who will follow Himin God’s dwelling place, and one will know the way to where He was going. Who was the apostlewho said that they don’t know where He was going, and how will they know the way?

2. As a response to the apostle, what three (3) words did Jesus say to refer to Himself?

C. Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (November 9) – John 2:13-22

1. In the Gospel, Jesus went to the temple in Jerusalem, only to see people selling offerings outsideit. What did Jesus do to them?

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2. When the people saw what Jesus did, they ask Him for a sign for doing such act, He said,”destroy this temple and I will raise it up in days.”

3. In saying such declaration, Jesus was not referring to the temple itself but what?

D. 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mt 25:14-30

1. The Gospel is about the Parable of the Talents. What kind of object is the ”talent” mentionedin the Gospel?

2. In the parable, a man entrusted to his three servants certain number of talents before going ona journey. How many talents did each servant receive?

3. When the man returned from his journey, he called the three servants to account for what theydid to their talents. If the first two servants invested and doubled the number of talents theyhad, what did the third servant do to his talents?

4. When the man learned about what the third servant did, what did the master do to that servant?

All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day

1. What are the dates of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day?

2. What is the difference between All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day?

3. What is a saint? Must a person be canonized (i.e., declared a saint by the Chruch) to be called asaint?

4. What is the Communion of Saints?

5. The Catholic belief on the Communion of Saints comes with the teaching that the Church has three(3) states. What are these three (3) states of the Church? Describe each one.

6. What is purgatory? How is it different from Heaven and Hell?

7. Do Catholics have a scriptural basis on the belief in Purgatory and praying for the dead in Purgatory?

Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Backgrounder

1. Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica is celebrated in the Universal Church every November9.

2. The feast was declared by Pope Benedict XIII in the year 1726.

3. The Lateran Basilica is one and the oldest of the four (4) major basilicas in Rome built by theCatholic Church. The other three are:

a. St. Peter’s Basilica

b. Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

c. Basilica of St. Mary Major

4. The Lateran Basilica is the official seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is none other than the Pope.

5. The Lateran Basilica is considered as ”the mother and head of all churches in the City (Rome) andthe World.”

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6. Emperor Constantine the Great, the first Roman Catholic emperor, was the one who acquired theland and palace where the basilica stands now by virtue of his marriage to Fausta Laterani. TheLaterani family was the owner of the land, thus the name ”Lateran Basilica.”

7. Pope Sylvester I was the one who converted the palace into a church and made it the cathedral ofRome and the residence of the Pope.

8. Before, the basilica was called the ”Basilica of the Savior,” then ”Basilica of St. John Lateran.” The”St. John” refers to TWO St. John’s - John the Baptist and John the Evangelist.

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