Chapter 22: Jesus, Teacher and Healer

Question 1

How long did Jesus stay in the desert after his baptism?

Answer 1

40 days and 40 nights.

Question 2

What was Jesus doing while in the desert and why?

Answer 2

He prayed to his Father and fasted as a sign of his obedience. Jesus was preparing for his public life among the people.

Question 3

What message did Jesus preach after he was in the desert?

Answer 3

“This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Question 4

What is the gospel?

Answer 4

The Good News about God at work in Jesus Christ.

Question 5

What is the Kingdom of God?

Answer 5

The power of God’s love coming into the world and into our lives.

Question 6

When did the Kingdom of God come?

Answer 6

The Kingdom of God into the world with the coming of God the Son.

Question 7

What were the Jewish people waiting for?

Answer 7

The fulfillment of God’s promises and God’s Kingdom.

Question 8

What was God considered as in the Old Testament?

Answer 8

He was considered the King of the universe and King of Israel.

Question 9

What was Jesus saying when he said that the Kingdom of God is near?

Answer 9

He said:
1: Jesus is God, and God’s presence and rule can be
found in his words and actions.

2: freedom from sin and the gift of God’s life of grace
are offered to everyone.

3: by living in God’s presence and for the Kingdom,
people can begin to live in God’s life, the very life that
we believe is life with God forever.

Question 10

What was Jesus’ mission?

Answer 10

To share the life of God his Father with all people and to reconcile all people to God.

Question 11

What did Jesus’ miracles signify?

Answer 11

They signified that Jesus was not only human, but divine.

Question 12

What did Jesus’ message give people?

Answer 12

It gave people hope.

Question 13

What did Jesus teach on the Sermon on the Mount?

Answer 13

Jesus told people how to live as his disciples.

Question 14

What did Jesus say in the first part of the Sermon on the Mount?

Answer 14

Jesus taught the people about the meaning of true happiness and the way to achieve that happiness. Jesus said that people would be happy only if they trusted in God and lived as he did.

Question 15

What do we call the teachings that describe the way to live as Jesus’ disciples?

Answer 15

We call them the Beatitudes.

Question 16

What did Jesus say in the second part of the Sermon on the Mount?

Answer 16

Jesus taught the people that they are like salt and light of the Earth, and they must be like salt and light to each other and to all people.

Question 16

What did Jesus say in the second part of the Sermon on the Mount?

Answer 16

Jesus taught the people that they are like salt and light of the Earth, and they must be like salt and light to each other and to all people.

Question 17

What did Jesus say in the second part of the Sermon on the Mount?

Answer 17

Jesus taught the people that they are like salt and light of the Earth, and they must be like salt and light to each other and to all people.

Question 18

What does it mean to be like salt and light of the Earth?

Answer 18

It means taking an active part in your community and to serve the Kingdom of God by sharing God’s love and life with others.

Question 19

What did Jesus say you can you achieve through prayer?

Answer 19

You can stay close to God, and you could speak to God and listen to God speaking to you.

Question 20

Where and how did Jesus pray?

Answer 20

Jesus often prayed in silence and alone in the mountains or deserts in order to be by himself in the presence of God, but he also prayed with other people in the synagogue.

Question 21

What prayer did Jesus give us in the Sermon on the Mount?

Answer 21

The Lord’s Prayer, aka. the Our Father.

Question 22

What does the Lord’s Prayer sum up?

Answer 22

It sums up Jesus’ whole message of trust in and love for the Father.

Question 23

What do we ask every time we pray the Lord’s Prayer?

Answer 23

We ask for God to act in our lives and in the world. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us make the Kingdom come alive in people’s hearts and lives. We hope for the Lord’s return at the end of time.

Question 24

What is a miracle?

Answer 24

A miracle is an extraordinary event that is beyond human power and brought about by God. It is an action beyond the ordinary laws of nature.

Question 25

Where did Jesus perform his first miracle?

Answer 25

At a wedding feast in Cana of Galilee.

Question 26

What was the miracle at Cana?

Answer 26

Jesus turned water into wine when the wine ran out.

Question 27

Why did Jesus work miracles?

Answer 27

Because he loved people, especially those suffering and in need. He wanted them to lave his Father’s comfort and peace in their lives while also strengthening their belief in the power of God’s love and forgiveness.

Question 28

What happened as a result of Jesus working miracles and healing others?

Answer 28

The people who were healing left their towns and followed him.

Question 29

Who was Saint Angela de Merici?

Answer 29

She was the founder of the Company of Saint Ursula, or the Ursulines due to a lack of education for girls.

Question 30

What were the Ursulines the first to do?

Answer 30

They were the first group of religious women to work outside the cloister and the first teaching order of women.

Question 31

What are some ways the Kingdom of God is described in Scripture?

Answer 31

A mustard seed and a net.