The Celebration of Faith SECTION E 5. Fill in the missing words!
A. Reasons why a site becomes a place of Christian pilgrimage A place may become a Christian pilgrimage site for any of the following reasons: 1. It may be associated with the life of _______. 2. It may be where an apparition of ________________ is said to have occurred. 3. It may be where people have been miraculously _________ from serious __________. 4. It may be where a saint is __________.
B. Reasons why Christians go on pilgrimage 1. To thank _____ for all the ______ things in their lives. 2. To ask God for ___________ before making an important ______________. 3. To ask God for the ____________ needed to face a major ________. 4. To ask God’s ______________ for their sins. 5. To ______________ their religious faith. 6. To celebrate a major religious __________ associated with a sacred site. 7. To build bonds of _____________ with other pilgrims.
C. The seven conditions that must be met before a healing can be declared miraculous by the Catholic Church 1. The illness was ___________. 2. There was undeniable ___________ that the person had really _________ from this illness. 3. All other treatments of this illness had been tried and __________. 4. The cure was _____________. 5. The cure was _____________. 6. The cure was _____________. 7. There is no known ________________________ for this cure.
6. Think about it!
(a) What is the purpose of calling a particular place ‘sacred’? (b) Why have Christians been attracted to going on pilgrimage to the Holy Land? (c) Why has the Sistine Chapel become a popular site for pilgrims to Rome? (d) What are the challenges that pilgrims who walk the Camino de Santiago must face? (e) What is the attraction for pilgrims of walking the Camino? (f) Why has Lourdes become a popular place of pilgrimage? (g) What do some pilgrims, who have not been physically healed, say about the benefits of going on pilgrimage to Lourdes?
