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RELIGION EXAM REVIEWER KEEPING THE MESSAGE OF THE LAST SUPPER EVENTS ____________________________ Jesus’ Prediction of His Passion The Gospel of John gives an account of Keeping the Message of t...

RELIGION EXAM REVIEWER KEEPING THE MESSAGE OF THE LAST SUPPER EVENTS ____________________________ Jesus’ Prediction of His Passion The Gospel of John gives an account of Keeping the Message of the Last washing the feet, giving the new Supper Events commandment of love, and the long Last United with Jesus in His Passion Supper discourses. The synoptics describe Understanding the Meaning of Jesus’ the institution of the Holy Eucharist. Death Sensing the Risen Lord in the THE WASHING OF THE FEET - The Son of Resurrection Narratives God incarnate, the Master, and Teacher, Bringing Out Pieces of Evidence for washed the feet of His disciples. the Resurrection It was a Jewish custom for servants to Pondering the Mystery of the wash the feet of guests who came to Resurrection their master’s home Living the Paschal Pattern - Those who can wash feet : the lowest servant Romans 10:15 - And how can anyone preach - Jesus did this to show the true unless they are sent? As it is written: “How meaning of servant leadership. beautiful are the feet of those who bring good The act of washing the disciples’ feet news!” represents Jesus’ whole life of loving service, which reached its climax God bless you! during His death on the cross. ____________________________ Although He was God’s Son-made-man, Jesus set aside His divine glory to become man. JESUS’ PREDICTION OF HIS Jesus bent down and washed the feet PASSION of humankind, which is a symbol of the mystery of divine forgiveness 1ST PREDICTION - Jesus simply announced Signifies our being for the table that He would suffer, die, and rise after 3 fellowship and with one another days, but He did not give any details about For all to follow, loving service to this. The apostles did not understand Jesus’ others : only through service that we words at all can come to true greatness 2ND PREDICTION - In this prediction, the THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST - mood was more intense. There was a hint of Institute - How Jesus established, originated, betrayal in the phrase “to be handed over to and inaugurated the central sacraments of all men.” The apostles did not understand which is the Eucharistic sacrament of His Jesus’ words at all. Body and Blood (Sacrosanctum Concilium 47) 3RD PREDICTION - Jesus included the specific details of His suffering, the mocking, THE LAST SUPPER AS THE NEW and the scourging. PASSOVER - The disciples were aware of Was described to be walking ahead of the meaning of the Passover meal and its the disciples which suggests the significance which was expressed in the intensity of His desire to fulfill His symbolism of its various elements like the mission. slain Paschal lamb, the unleavened bread, the bitter herbs, and the cup of wine. act of self-sacrifice and death that is an unsurpassable model to follow. Jesus took the traditional Jewish Passover Meal and created the New Passover with His ____________________________ own Body and Blood. He became the… Sacrifice of the New Covenant New Paschal Lamb UNITED WITH JESUS IN HIS Fullest realization of the process of PASSION God’s saving work Mark ends his Last Supper Narrative (Mark The priest reenacts the 4 actions of Jesus : 14:26) 1. He TOOK the bread - enacted at the Mount of Olive, Garden of “Presentation of the Gifts” Gethsemane 2. BLESSED - In the Eucharistic Prayer All four gospels give extensive accounts of 3. BROKE - In the breaking of the host Jesus’ Passion. These are called Passion after the Sign of Peace Narratives 4. And GAVE it to His disciples - at communion THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN The important parts of the structure of the Liturgy of the Eucharist. CUP : Suffering and terrifying death that Jesus was about to face Beyond sharing a meal → a sign of forgiveness AGONY : Extreme physical or mental He offered His own body suffering : the final stages of a difficult or His blood to be poured out painful death. Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is made CUP OF THE NEW COVENANT - Jesus’ sacramentally present through the symbols of death on the cross was the ultimate sacrifice the consecrated bread and wine. that He accepted from His Father’s hand. Makes present His painful offering on the cross during the first Good Friday His agony in the garden expressed what death represented to Him. The thought of His THE NEW COMMANDMENT OF LOVE - impending Passion filled Jesus with mental Jesus declared His new commandment of anguish, inner dread, and sorrow. love during the Last Supper as described in the Gospel of John. The agony in the garden shows us how Jesus was truly like us in all things but sin. This John 13:34-35 - “I give you a new event shows His full humanity and as the commandment : ‘Love one another.’ As I eternal Son incarnate who is in but perfect have loved you, so you should love one concord with His Father. another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one THE BETRAYAL OF JUDAS AND THE another.” ARREST OF JESUS - Jesus was arrested by a hired army and clubs, with Judas Iscariot as In doing this, He set Himself as a new the head. standard of loving His followers. Jesus’ outreach to the poor and outcasts of the society, including His enemies, is one example. Above all, it was His own concrete  Judas, one of Jesus’ chosen disciples, JESUS’ DEATH ON THE CROSS - After had become a hired spy, and pointed Jesus’ terrible scourging, Pilate handed out Jesus to the temple guards and Jesus over to the soldiers to be crucified. Jewish authorities by kissing him. Crucifixion was the most painful and embarrassing form of death widely used in Peter reacted violently to the arrest. He drew the early centuries of the Roman Empire. a sword and cut off the right ear of one of the Roman citizens could not be crucified. Only men, Malchus, the high priest’s servant. slaves, foreign traitors to the state, and Nonetheless, Jesus, the Man of Peace, criminals of the worst kind. ordered Peter to put His sword back into its sheath and healed the servant. The stretch of road from the Roman governor’s headquarters in Jerusalem to the John’s Account - Jesus twice asked His hill of Golgotha (in Aramaic, Place of the captors who they were seeking. Twice, Jesus Skull) of Calvary, the place of the crucifixion, identified Himself to them. This detail was was just a few hundred meters from each John’s way of showing that Jesus freely and other. However, Jesus, whose body was voluntarily permitted His arrest. already bleeding and weakened from the John 18:11 - “Shall I not drink the cup scourging, He had received the Way of that the Father gave me?” Sorrows (Via Dolorosa), the road that It was also Jesus’ way of letting the became known by Christians, was as “long disciples escape. and endless as the road of human sinfulness.” We are given insight into the uniqueness of Jesus’ Passion, not just an act of one Jesus was so weak that Simon of Cyrene, a suffering martyr among hundreds of visiting pilgrim to Jerusalem, was thousands through the ages. In faith, we commanded to help Jesus carry the cross. realize that Jesus' suffering, death, and Jesus was surrounded by a great crowd of resurrection have the saving power for us all onlookers and two criminals who were to be because He, the incarnate Word of God, is executed beside Him. As soon as they our savior by His human divine love. reached the place of execution, the soldiers proceeded to strip Jesus of His garments, THE TRIAL OF JESUS - Jesus was and nailed Him to the cross. Upon Pilate’s examined 5 times : Annas → Caiaphas → orders, they posted on Jesus’ cross an Pilate → Herod → Pilate → Only to be inscription written in Hebrew, Latin, and condemned at the end. Greek that read “Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.” Whether conducted by the Jewish authorities or the Roman procurator, the trials were a After hours of ordeal on the Cross, Jesus MOCKERY. The verdict had already been died and became a victim of the most made before the trials began. The religious shameful death. His last breath was a cry of authorities were clear with what they wanted prayer to His father - Luke 23:46 - “Father, from the start. Jesus had to die. The principle into your hands I commend my spirit.” - The was clearly set forth by Caiaphas before the next day was the great Sabbath, so it was sanhedrin. necessary to remove the bodies of those who had been crucified before sunset. Joseph of John 11:50 - “It is better for you that one man Arimathea asked for the body of Jesus from should die instead of the people, so that the Pilate. He took Jesus’ body down from the whole nation may not perish.” Cross, wrapping it in linen shroud, and buried it in a new garden tomb. He then sealed the entrance to the tomb with a large stone. The For us and our salvation. John 19:30 - “It is chief priests and the Pharisees secured the finished.”, was a cry of accomplishment. The tomb by fixing a seal to the stone and setting mission His father had sent Him to the guard. accomplish was achieved. Jesus’ Abba responded to Jesus’ His passion and death fulfilled Isaiah’s Death through the climatic event that prophecy of the Suffering Servant. Pope followed the resurrection. Francis reminds us that we can never authentically talk of Jesus without talking of TO US, JESUS’ PRESENT-DAY DISCIPLES His Cross : “It is by His Cross that we have His Death meant 3 things : been redeemed. Our Messiah, our one glory, 1. Jesus died for our sinfulness is Christ crucified.” 2. He died to show us how to overcome sin and its effect on our broken world ____________________________ and to empower us to fight sin 3. Christ’s Death conquered evil and brought us new life. UNDERSTANDING THE - “By dying, He destroyed our death, by MEANING OF JESUS’ DEATH rising, He restored our life.” - “Being open to eternal life changes TO THE LOCAL ROMANS - Jesus’ Death our way of living and thinking.” was the end of another routine execution of a troublemaker. They care less about Jesus. To ____________________________ them, He was a problem in the community. SENSING THE RISEN LORD IN TO THE JEWISH LEADERS - His Death was designed to be the end of their wears would THE RESURRECTION supplant them. Contrary to their plans, Jesus’ NARRATIVES Death was really the moment of Jesus’ supreme triumph : He had achieved victory The Resurrection of Jesus is the most over evil. significant event in the history of humankind. The Christian faith stands TO HIS FOLLOWERS - His Death was for the truth of the testimony of Christ initially the devastation of their faith in Jesus. as risen from the dead. Their messianic hopes were shattered. The Resurrection event was so Seemed to turn Jesus’ life into startling that the New Testament something unreal like an idyllic dream. records 11-12 stories of the Risen Jesus had given so much of Himself Christ’s appearances to them. The Resurrection as an event had no A terrible gnawing emptiness and loss witnesses, but Faith in the arose in their hearts. His Death Resurrection is historical. seemed to be the end. His death also seemed to be the end of their most THE RISEN LORD AND THE WOMEN AT thrilling experiences. THE TOMB Luke 24:21 - “We were hoping He 1. The women went to anoint Jesus’ would be the one to redeem Israel…” body on Easter Sunday 2. They found that the stone sealing the TO JESUS HIMSELF - His Death crowned tomb had been rolled away. His earthly ministry as the greatest act of love 3. The body of Jesus was gone  4. A message was given that Jesus had The Risen Christ was alive in a transformed risen. glorified existence. The glorified body of the Resurrected Christ still bore the wounds of The empty tomb by itself does not prove His Passion, showing that it is the “Crucified Jesus’ Resurrection, but it certainly opened one” who is “risen from the dead.” up its possibility. The Risen Christ’s appearance confirms the Resurrection event. Thomas who was not around when Jesus first appeared to the Apostles reinforces this THE RISEN LORD APPEARS BEFORE experience of the Risen Lord as having the MARY MAGDALENE marks of the nails in his hands. Mary stood outside the empty tomb weeping. PETER ENCOUNTERS THE RISEN CHRIST The Risen Jesus appeared to her. She AT THE SHORES OF THE SEA OF mistook Him for the gardener. It was only GALILEE when Jesus called out her name that she recognized Jesus and cried “Rabboni!” (My Jesus had appeared to the disciples for the teacher) and fell at His feet. third time on the shores of the Sea of Galilee the night before Peter and several other She failed to recognize the savior when He disciples sailed out on the lake to fish, but first appeared to her. The Risen Jesus had caught nothing. In the morning, a man been transformed. His body was now appeared on shore and called out to them to glorified. Thus, Mary was confused. Mary throw their net on the other side of the boat. loved Jesus, but her faith in Him was Doing so, they caught a multitude of fish, and immature compared to the faith she and the they could hardly drag the net back to the apostles and other disciples would develop boat. with the grace of the Risen jesus. John recognized the man to be Jesus and We need faith to recognize the Risen Jesus in immediately, Peter jumped to the waters and our lives. Faith is a gift, a divine grace, which swam to meet the risen Jesus. Jesus had enables us to freely respond on our part. prepared breakfast of fish and bread for them. THE RISEN LORD APPEARS BEFORE THE APOSTLES When they had finished breakfast, Jesus turned to Peter and asked him, “Do you love Jesus appeared to the apostles who were me more than these?” Peter said, “Yes, Lord, hiding in the Cenacle room for fear of the you know that I love you.” “Feed my lambs,” Jews. Amazed and alarmed, they thought Jesus said. Then he asked Peter again, that they were seeing a ghost. Jesus said to “Peter, do you love me?” Peter answered, them, “Peace be with you.” Jesus showed “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus them His hands and feet. To calm them told him, “Tend my sheep.” Then for the third further and show them that He was not a time, Jesus asked, “Peter, do you love me?” ghost, Jesus asked for something to eat. The Peter was distressed, for the Lord asked him Apostles gave Him a piece of fish and Jesus the third time. He answered him, “Lord, you ate this in their presence. know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my sheep.” Then Jesus When Jesus ate in their presence, this was went on, to forewarn Peter of the kind of the early Church’s way of showing that the death he would meet in the future. He said to Risen crucified Jesus was neither a ghost nor him, “Follow me.” a corpse that had come back to earthly life. Peter’s first encounter of the Risen Jesus is a the new testament, and manifestation of mercy and compassion for 4. Instituted the observance of Sunday him, for He did not scold and rebuke him for as the Lord’s Day. his betrayal. Jesus gave Peter the opportunity to set things right without asking for an THE CHANGE IN THE LIFE OF THE apology. Peter was fully forgiven, converted, DISCIPLES and totally changed by the Risen Lord. The conviction that Jesus was risen and was In the Resurrection appearances, the Risen no longer held by death totally changed the Christ showed Himself, as someone eating, hearts and lives of the disciples. From the speaking, and allowing to be touched, and terrified, dispersed, and fearful followers who commissioning His followers. As risen from deserted Jesus at the time of His arrest, the the dead, the barriers of time and space no apostles become bold witnesses of the Risen longer apply to Him. He appears and Lord even to the extent of their own disappears with suddenness and can be seen martyrdom. in various places at the same time. Jesus Christ as the God-Man, fully human and fully THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH divine is only one person. He is alive and cannot die again. He is in His glorified state. Founded on the faith that Jesus is Christ, the Risen Lord, the Messiah ____________________________ promised in the Old Testament, the Son-of-God, made man, and our savior. BRINGING OUT PIECES OF Made up of those who believe and EVIDENCE FOR THE proclaim salvation in the Risen Lord, RESURRECTION bound together not by blood or cultural ties, but faith. It was impossible for the early The firm belief that the crucified Jesus from Christians to fabricate the the dead is alive, and is among us, Resurrection belief. Only the reality of constitutes for all time the central truth of our the Risen Christ can account for the Christian faith. Paul, writing to the origin and growth of the Church. Corinthians, about 25 years after Jesus’ death, proclaimed that if Christ has not been THE WRITING AND FORMATION OF THE raised, our faith is vain and that we are still in NEW TESTAMENT our sins. And that our preaching is empty, too. He immediately adds that now that Christ has Made by men who believed in the been raised from the dead, the first fruits of Risen Lord those who have fallen asleep. - The Resurrection is not merely a proof of the Gospel message, it is the core message itself. The conviction of the disciples in Jesus’ Proclamation of Christ’s Resurrection Resurrection is based on the historical is contained in the early sermons witness of the apostles. It is their concrete found in Acts of the Apostles, St. historical witness to the reality of Jesus Paul, and in the Gospels. Resurrection that : Without the Resurrection, there would 1. Changed their lives completely be no Gospels. All four Gospels are 2. Grounded the beginnings of the completely dependent on the unique Church event of the Lord’s Resurrection and 3. Inspired the writing and formation of His presence among us today. share with Him our concerns, frustrations, and joys; we trust that He understands our THE OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY AS THE feelings because He has lived as a human LORD’S DAY being. The early Church was predominantly By allowing us to partake in His new and Jewish. eternal life, we can also look forward to a Resurrection : Happened on a glorious life at the end of our earthly life Sunday, sole reason for transferring where there will be no more pain and the tradition of the Sabbath as the suffering. Lord’s Day to Sunday. 70 CE, Barnabas, one of the early COMPLETING AND GLORIFYING JESUS’ fathers of the church, “We keep the EARTHLY LIFE : THE ASCENSION Lord’s Day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose from the The last time the Risen Jesus manifested dead.” Himself in an earthly way to His disciples was when “He led them (out) as far as Bethany, raised His hands, and blessed them. As He ____________________________ blessed them, He parted from them and was taken up to heaven.” (Luke 24:50-51) PONDERING THE MYSTERY OF THE RESURRECTION The Ascension of Christ is an integral part of Christ’s Paschal Mystery. It is part of the saving plan of God since Christ’s return to the Both the New Testament and the Church Father was necessary for sending the Holy Tradition teaches us that the Resurrection is Spirit among us. the very core of our Christian faith. Without Jesus risen, there would be no faith. We profess the content of the proclamations of ____________________________ faith by the Apostles down through the history of the Church. LIVING THE PASCHAL PATTERN The Catechism for Filipino Catholics outlines Jesus’ Passion, Death, Resurrection, and the meaning and salvific importance of Ascension comprise the Paschal Mystery of Christ’s Resurrection : Christ. “Paschal” : “passing over from and 1. Confirmed everything Christ has done through death to new life.” and taught 2. Fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies Let us enter this paschal pattern of life in a by promising a Savior for all the world way that is conscious, deliberate, and through Christ meaningful not only for ourselves but also for 3. Confirmed Jesus’ divinity others and our environment. 4. Brought us a share in the new life 5. Principle and source of our future 1. We can live each day with gratitude resurrection and appreciation in our hearts. If we want to rise with Christ, we must die Bringing these discussions is always a to our own selfishness and to bear challenge. Since Jesus has risen, we have a with one another’s burden. God who is real and alive. He is listening when we pray to Him. In prayer, when we 2. We can be persons of hope. We must accept uncertainties, loss, defeat, redeem and heal us today through the failure, and sin, trusting that the Lord who has celebration of the Holy Eucharist. In the conquered pain, suffering, and even death Eucharist, Jesus has instituted the sacrament will intercede on our behalf. in which His Passion, Death, and Resurrection would be made present in our 3. We should learn to celebrate life itself lives. by coming together as friends, families, communities, and rejoicing Christians are “Easter People” bound over happy events. We can grieve on together in the belief that Jesus is the Risen sad events, but celebrate by sharing Lord. Our mission is to proclaim, celebrate, memories and dreams, deepening and live by this truth. Thus, the Church relationships, and drawing strength makes available the opportunity to celebrate from one another. Masses on Sundays. This is one way by which the church tries to give people the Fulfilling the given suggestions is not that chance and opportunity to celebrate the easy but by doing them, we experience the Sunday Eucharist, the heart of Christian life. rewards of a meaningful and happy life as we hope for the glorious life with Christ at the end of time. ____________________________ REMEMBERING JESUS’ PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE SUNDAY LITURGY As Christians, we must keep it a point that we commemorate the life of the risen Lord through the Holy Eucharist as it had been the Day of the Lord for Christians for almost 2,000 years. MAKING PRESENT THE PASCHAL MYSTERY The Hebrew meaning of “memorial” or remembrance is “making present” the great acts of the past that God had worked. Through the Ages, the Eucharist is the sacrifice of the Cross perpetuated down in the Mass. Christ’s Death extends to all times and places. Healing wounds of sinfulness through the Eucharistic Celebration. Jesus Christ made sure that the sacrifice He offered on the Cross for our salvation would Guys idk what happened to this page i tried to delete it pero ayaw talaga so nag give up nalang ako