QUIZ TOPIC:  The Paschal Mystery

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* 1. The “Paschal Mystery” does not include:  [select all that apply]

1)  The “Paschal Mystery” does not include: [select all that apply]

The answers are:  the conception and birth of Jesus

Concerning Christ’s life the Creed speaks only about the mysteries of the Incarnation (conception and birth) and Paschal mystery (passion, crucifixion, death, burial, descent into hell, resurrection, and ascension).  From THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ¶512.

The Paschal Mystery of Jesus, which comprises his passion, death, resurrection, and glorification, stands at the center of the Christian faith because God's saving plan was accomplished once for all by the redemptive death of his Son Jesus Christ.  From Compendium OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2005, ¶112.

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* 2. What is the primary reason that 3:00 PM is considered the hour of great mercy and grace?

2) What is the primary reason that 3:00 PM is considered the hour of great mercy and grace?

The answer is:  It’s the hour when Christ died on the cross for our redemption, according to Scripture.

While it is true that the Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed around the world at 3:00 PM every day, the  primary reason this hour is considered the hour of great mercy and grace is because it is “the hour when Our Lord died on the cross for our redemption.”  It was three in the afternoon on Good Friday when Jesus “poured out his last breath and said, ‘Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.’”  Luke 23:44-46.

Jesus points out the significance of this hour in his many detailed messages to St. Faustina in the 1930s, which she recorded in her diary.  Jesus referred to it as ‘the hour of grace for the whole world.’ … ‘On Good Friday. At three o’clock, I saw the Lord Jesus, crucified, who looked at me and said, I THIRST. Then I saw two rays issue from His side, just as they appear in the image. I then felt in my soul the desire to save souls and empty myself for the sake of poor sinners. I offered myself, together with the dying Jesus, to the Eternal Father, for the salvation of the whole world. With Jesus, through Jesus and in Jesus is my communion with You, Eternal Father’ (Diary, 648)…  The Divine Mercy chaplet can be prayed at any time, of course, but is especially encouraged at 3:00.” 

From Aleteia article, “What is the Hour of Great Mercy?’  Patty Knap | Jan 23, 2018: 
https://aleteia.org/2018/01/23/what-is-the-hour-of-great-mercy/

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* 3. After Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, his conscience actually worked properly.  Guilt was not the problem, because it caused him to be sorry for his wrongful action.  The problem was that he put limits on God’s mercy and took his own life instead of turning to God for mercy.   

3)  After Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, his conscience actually worked properly.  Guilt was not the problem, because it caused him to be sorry for his wrongful action.  The problem was that he put limits on God’s mercy and took his own life instead of turning to God for mercy.   

Answer is:  True

“Guilt is not the Problem.  Guilt can kill us. But it shouldn’t. It is portrayed as a bad thing by a culture intent on self-indulgence minus the after-thought. The code “Catholic guilt” is used to mock the workings of a healthy conscience.  The prescription given to remedy it is to reject religious standards to erase our instinctive moral guide. Judas’s conscience actually worked properly.  He simply did not remedy the pain as he should have.  Judas could have been an example of the greatest act of mercy in all of history by asking God for forgiveness, but instead, he sought to end the pain by ending his life.” 

From National Catholic Register article, "Judas Died from Catholic Guilt," Patti Armstrong, April 6, 2017:
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/armstrong/judas-died-from-catholic-guilt

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* 4. What was the name of the saint Jesus proclaimed just before He died on the cross.

4)  What was the name of the saint Jesus proclaimed just before He died on the cross.

The answer is:  St. Dismas

“Saint Dismas, also known as the Good Thief, was crucified along with Jesus and another man also condemned of stealing. The only historical mention of Saint Dismas is from the Gospel accounts of the crucifixion. [Luke 23:42-43] Because of his request of Jesus that he at least be remembered by Jesus when Jesus came into his kingdom, Saint Dismas was forgiven and promised entry into paradise.”  From https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-dismas/

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* 5. When He said, "Go and teach what I commanded you,” Jesus was instructing His apostles to teach the Bible?

5)  When He said, "Go and teach what I commanded you,” Jesus was instructing His apostles to teach the Bible? 

The answer is:  False

Jesus did not commission anyone to write the New Testament.  In fact, the “books that compose it appeared one after another in the space of fifty years, i.e. in the second half of the first century.  Written in different and distant countries and addressed to particular Churches, they took some time to spread throughout the whole of Christendom, and a much longer time to become accepted... [F]rom the third century, or perhaps earlier, the existence of all the books that today form our New Testament was everywhere known, although they were not all universally admitted, at least as certainly canonical. However, uniformity existed in the West from the fourth century.”  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14530a.htm
From the preface to the Gospel according to Luke: “Luke shows that the preaching and teaching of the representatives of the early church are grounded in the preaching and teaching of Jesus, who during his historical ministry (Acts 1:21–22) prepared his specially chosen followers and commissioned them to be witnesses to his resurrection and to all else that he did."  In the Gospel according to John (20:30) it is stated that “Jesus did many other signs in the presence of [his] disciples that are not written in this book.”  -- New American Bible Revised Edition

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