Applied Spirituality Unit 1

 Which of the following are requirements of holiness?

• It’s hard work

• It means leaving your whole past behind you

• It requires to always be praying with words

• It requires constant fasting and penance

• All of the above

Which of the following is the best definition of a holy moment?

• Being grateful/practicing gratitude

• When you are being the person God created you to be and you are doing what you feel God is calling you to do at that moment in time

• Following all the parts of the Doctrine of the Catholic Church

• Speaking/acting on a continual basis to be politically correct with everyone

• All of the above

What is the best definition for the meaning of the term discernment?

• Making daily decisions in life

• Sorting out various choices for significant decisions in life

• Worrying about decisions you need to make

• Making decisions to people-please those who love and support you

• None of the above

What is the best way to approach our past experiences which are negative?

• Allow the negativity to become a habit.

• Name and reinterpret them.

• Allow the past to define your present.

• Dwell in the past and let them dictate your future.

• None of these

Loving ourselves has no bearing on the capacity to love another.

• True

• False

Being holy means we can never have fun

• True

• False

Which of the following decisions would not necessarily require discernment?

• Whom to marry

• What to serve for dinner

• What job to take after college

• Whether or not to separate from one’s spouse

Which of the following is not one of the five primary obstacles to authentically living out the 

       teachings of Jesus Christ? (Rediscover Jesus)

• Self-loathing and selfishness

• Unwillingness to forgive ourselves and others

• Biases and prejudices born from past experience

• Complacency

• These are all obstacles

In the movie, The Way, all four characters experience…

• Personal reasons for taking the journey/walking the Camino

• Hidden sorrows

• Elements of the Paschal Mystery (suffering/the “cross”)

• All of the above

Which of the following is not one of the four steps for discernment?

• Avoid spending energy on things you can’t control.

• Avoid dwelling on the past.

• Avoid giving up after failure.

• Always trying to please others is a significant part of a wise discernment process.

• None of the above