Grade 7 Questions
Grade 7
Chapters 1 to 3
- What is natural law? Give an example of how it could guide you.
- How is Jesus the greatest sign of God's love?
- Why is the New Commandment, announced by Jesus, more difficult to live by?
- How is a covenant a special kind of agreement? Give an example of a covenant.
- Why did Jesus want everyone to call God "Abba"? Why was that difficult for most Jews?
- How can wisdom, one of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, help you in your everyday life?
- What did John mean when he called Jesus "the Word?"
- How are the Bible's two main sections divided into different numbers and kinds of books?
- Name the four Gospels. How are they similar? How are they different?
- Why is God's Word often compared to light?
- Tell about one mystery of the faith.
- What did God's promise to Abraham mean for the Chosen People?
- What is Divine Revelation?
- How is a prayer of adoration different from other prayer forms, such as praying the Rosary?
- What is meant by the attribute: "God is truth."
Chapters 4 to 6
- What is Sacred Tradition?
- Describe the Holy Spirit's role as the soul of the Church.
- How is the Holy Spirit a guide for prayer?
- How is the Holy Spirit a Comforter in difficult times?
- Why did God send the Holy Spirit to us?
- Choose one of the names or titles for Jesus and explain what it means to you.
- How could Saints Maria, Rosa, and Mary Zhao help you become a stronger Christian?
- How is Jesus our model of being authentic?
- How is Mary a model of trust and discipleship for you?
- How did the coming of Jesus change our relationship with God?
- Why do we begin the Mass with the Sign of the Cross?
- Explain how we can say that God takes the first step toward having a relationship with us.
- Why is belief in the Holy Trinity central to our Catholic faith?
- How can we know or understand anything about the deep and tremendous mystery of the Holy Trinity?
- What is God's plan for us?
Chapters 7 to 9
- How is God a God of second chances? What do we need to do to get a second chance?
- Why could only the Son of God (God-made-man) gain our salvation?
- God made us to be happy. Describe each of these types of happiness: Original Holiness, celebrating the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, and eternal life. Then compare how they are the same or different.
- When we experience and see hurt, pain, sickness, and sin in our world, what is important for us to remember?
- Our human nature is weakened by Original Sin. Does that mean we are powerless against temptation and personal sin? Explain your answer.
- What are some steps you can take to gain wisdom and apply it in your own life?
- What was the surprising element in the Parable of the Good Samaritan?
- The word beatitude means "happiness or blessedness." How do the teachings of Jesus in the Beatitudes show a way for you to achieve happiness or blessedness?
- How does not only listening to Jesus' words but also putting them into action help you build a strong foundation for your life?
- How did the way Jesus treated other people give us a model of wisdom?
- Pope Saint John Paul II called discipleship a "noble and authentic adventure." Why would discipleship be "noble" and an "adventure"?
- What does God consider important in life? What does God want most for us?
- The Gospels give us many examples of how we can be more like Jesus. State three examples and describe how you could follow them in your own life.
- How does following Jesus, the Way, help you trust in God?
- Tell how the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary remind us of the connection between the two natures of Jesus. Be sure to give examples.
Chapters 10 – 12
- What does it mean to say that the Church is "catholic?"
- How can the Church use social media to spread the Gospel?
- What is free will? How does it work in our lives?
- What happens if babies or young children die before they can receive Baptism?
- What is Baptism?
- What is meant by the Mystical Body of Christ?
- What is the hierarchy of the Church?
- Who was Saint John Bosco? How did he use his gifts for the Body of Christ?
- What does it mean to say that the Church is "one?"
- How did Saint Paul learn that Christians were part of the "Body of Christ?"
- What is the Church?
- What is prayer? What kind of prayer brings you closer to God?
- Why is the Church called "apostolic"?
- How was Saint Théodore Guérin a nineteenth-century disciple of Jesus?
- What is a disciple?
Chapters 13 to 15
- What are the four Cardinal Virtues? Which one would you most like to develop now? Explain.
- What virtues can be seen in the life of Saint Margaret Ward?
- Why is virtue called a "holy habit"?
- What are the Theological Virtues?
- How can seventh-graders show modesty?
- What is meant by human dignity?
- How does scandal hurt the Body of Christ?
- What is the "consistent ethic of life"?
- What is euthanasia?
- Why did Jesus say that anger and vengeance were also sins against the Fifth Commandment?
- What are vices? How do they develop in our lives?
- What is conscience? How does it work?
- What is the soul?
- How did Blessed Aloysius Stepinac show great virtues as an archbishop?
- What is mortal sin?
Chapters 16 to 18
- What is contrition? What does "imperfect contrition" mean?
- What are the two Sacraments of Healing? Who may receive them?
- How could you support a classmate or friend who became very ill?
- What is absolution?
- Why should we be comfortable confessing our sins to a priest?
- Why can the Eucharist be called "food for the journey"?
- What are the Gifts of the Holy Spirit? Which gift, do you think, will help you grow closer to Christ now?
- In the United States, at what age is the Sacrament of Confirmation celebrated?
- How does the RCIA prepare adults and older children to become members of the Church?
- What happens in the Sacrament of Baptism?
- What are the Seven Sacraments?
- What does the Real Presence mean?
- How did the celebration of the Lord's Day develop?
- What are the Sacraments of Initiation?
- How is Jesus himself a Sacrament?
Chapters 19 to 21
- What are the Works of Mercy?
- What is All Souls Day? Why has the Church established this day of remembrance?
- What are Particular Judgment and Last Judgment?
- How and why did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead?
- What is Purgatory?
- How did Jesus treat everyone with justice?
- What is peace? Tell what it's like when there is peace in your family, class, or neighborhood.
- How can social media help the Church reach out to young people like you?
- Why did Jesus compare the Kingdom of Heaven to a mustard seed?
- What is solidarity?
- Tell how each layperson shares in Jesus' mission as priest, prophet, and king.
- What are the evangelical counsels?
- Who was Saint Anthony of Padua? What were his special gifts and vocation?
- What is the domestic Church?
- What is a vocation? What or who will help you know your vocation?