MATGII

Question 0

What does the tearing of the temple veil at Jesus’ death indicate/ symbolically reveal?

Answer 0

With the death of Christ, all people (not just the high priest) have access to the presence of God.

Question 1

What does “passion” mean in reference to Jesus’ crucifixion?

Answer 1

The sufferings of Jesus during his final days of life: his agony in the garden at Gethsemane, his trial, and crucifixion

Question 2

Who did the Jews believe could forgive sin? Why was this a problem for Jesus?

Answer 2

They believed only God could forgive sin. People are angered when he claims to forgive them for their sins

Question 3

4. What is blasphemy?

Answer 3

To speak irreverently about God

Question 4

What is at least one irony in the story of Jesus’ passion and death?

Answer 4

They charged him with blasphemy even though he is God and therefore never talked badly or irreverently about got

Question 5

Which Gospel articulates the passion, death and resurrection of Christ?

Answer 5

All four

Question 6

Why is the Passion narrative the heart of Christian faith?

Answer 6

The events recounted are the high points of Jesus’s plan to save humanity.

Question 7

What is redemptive love?

Answer 7

Jesus’s own suffering and death, to lay down ones life for ones friends.

Question 8

10. Why was Jesus made “to be sin who knew no sin…”?

Answer 8

So that in him we might become the righteousness of God

Question 9

11. How do we earn God’s love and forgiveness?

Answer 9

By accepting Jesus, God sent the son to be the expiation for our sins

Question 10

12. The Son sacrificed himself for the world because he loves the Father. What was the Father’s will for the world?

Answer 10

The plan of divine salvation in his redemptive mission

Question 11

13. How could Jesus die for our sins when he did not sin himself?

Answer 11

Jesus is the paschal lamb who is willingly lead to slaughter, he is the sacrificial lamb and is exempt from sin.

Question 12

14. In the NT Jesus refers to the use of ash as a sign of what?

Answer 12

Admission to the Order of Penitents

Question 13

Lent is a time in the Church for the whole community to pray and fast especially for which group of people?

Answer 13

The catechumens who were preparing for baptism

Question 14

16. Who is an example of a modern martyr and how did they show redemptive love?

Answer 14

Saint Damien de Veuster -

Question 15

17. What is the difference between a sign and symbol?

Answer 15

Sign: one meaning, no interpretation.
Symbol: many meanings, requires interpretation.

Question 16

18. What are at least two elements that are in all four resurrection narratives?

Answer 16

Mary Magdalene was there and at the tomb

Question 17

19. What do the common elements of the resurrection narratives help us to understand?

Answer 17

Help us to understand the resurrection as a real historical event.

Question 18

20. What is one element of historical validity for the NT and why does it point to historical validity?

Answer 18

We have different NT copies from different locations showing great authenticity of scriptural accounts

Question 19

21. According to 1 Corinthians 15, if the resurrection of Christ is denied, what negative consequences would there be for the faith? (give at least two examples)

Answer 19

1. Our preaching is empty and our faith is empty

2 our faith is in vain, we still have sin

Question 20

22. What is at least one way in 1 Corinthians St. Paul conveys that the resurrection really happened?

Answer 20

The risen Christ appeared to over 500 people

Question 21

23. (Falling plates) How does the Paschal Mystery apply to us today?

Answer 21

Without gods grace we will die, and because Jesus died on the cross we can receive eternal life

Question 22

24. (A Man on a mission) What does it mean that Jesus “set his face toward Jerusalem”?

Answer 22

He was determined to make it to Jerusalem.

Question 23

25. (Last Supper) from John 6: What does Jesus say the disciples need to do in order to have life in them?

Answer 23

Eat my flesh and drink my blood

Question 24

26. (Pilate condemns Jesus to death) What does Pilate ask Jesus and why is it significant?

Answer 24

“What is the truth?”

Question 25

27. (The Crucifixion) What was the significance of Jesus saying “I thirst” on the cross?

Answer 25

It symbolizes the Passover is complete

Question 26

28. (Christ’s descent into Hell) What happened to all those people who died before Christ?

Answer 26

Jesus spent holy Saturday with them offering to them the same salvation he offers to us.

Question 27

29. If the resurrection reveals the truth of Jesus’ divinity, what else does it reveal as true AND WHY would it be true?

Answer 27

That all of his other teachings are true…

Question 28

30. What is an example of how Jesus uses the natural world to point to the reality that out of death comes life?

Answer 28

“I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit” (John 12:24)”

Excerpt From: Brian Singer-Towns. “The Paschal Mystery.” v2.2. Saint Mary’s Press, 2013. iBooks.
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Question 29

31. How do the incarnation and ascension form a symmetry?

Answer 29

The divine son coming to earth to save humanity