THE PASCHAL MYSTERY OF JESUS Flashcards
God’s love and salvation revealed to us through the life, passion, death, and resurrection and glorification of his Son Jesus Christ.
PASCHAL MYSTERY
from Passover
PASCHAL
a journey or passage from slavery to freedom
Jewish
a life of self-donation to God and others with the Cross (final and ultimate act) and the resurrection (crowning glory)
Jesus
refers to our faith
Mystery
refers to the sacrificial suffering and death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion on mount Calvary
The Passion
The Passion refers to the sacrificial suffering and death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion on _______________________
mount Calvary
After his Last Supper, Jesus was arrested in the _______________________ outside the walls of Jerusalem.
Garden of Gethsemane
describes well Christ‟s saving action.
atonement
It implies both a repayment for our sins (to atone) and a reunion of God and humanity (making at-one)
atonement
The SEVEN LAST WORDS OF JESUS
- “Father, forgive them; they know not what they do” (Lk 23: 34).
- “Today you will be with me in Paradise” (Lk 23: 43).
- “Woman, behold, your son…Behold your mother” (Jn 19; 26-27).
- “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Mt. 27: 46).
- “I thirst” (Jn 19: 28).
- “It is finished” (Jn 19: 30).
- “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Lk 23: 46).
Christ’s death is both the
Paschal sacrifice and sacrifice of the New Covenant
is the bodily rising of Jesus Christ from the dead after three days in the tomb
The Resurrection
is Jesus‟ physical departure from his disciples.
Ascension
Ascension took place after _________________ of appearances and teaching following his Resurrection
forty days