LIFE OF JESUS

56. How did Jesus pass His childhood?
Jesus led a hidden life in Nazareth. He was obedient to His Blessed Mother and St. Joseph, setting a beautiful example of diligence and filial piety.

57. When Jesus was thirty years of age, what did He do?
He went out to preach. He spoke of kingdom of heaven, and gave an example of every virtue. He also worked many miracles to prove that He also worked many miracles to prove that He was the Son of God.

THE PASSION

58. How did Jesus atone for the sins of men?
Jesus atoned for the sins of men by accepting His passion willingly, and by dying nailed to a cross.

59. How was it possible for the eternal God to suffer and die?
Jesus could suffer and die because He is not only God but also man.

60. Was the body of Jesus buried after His death?
Yes, His body was buried.

61. Where did the holy soul of Jesus go after His death?
His soul went to Limbo, the place where all the ancient saints were.

Why did He go there?
He went there to redeem the souls of the saints.

THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION

*63. Did Jesus return to life again after His death?
Jesus raised Himself to life again from the dead on the third day after His death.

*64. Did Jesus ascend into heaven?
Forty days after His Resurrection, Jesus ascended into Heaven where He sits at the right hand of God the Father.


You overcame the sting of death and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
You are seated at God's right hand in glory.
We believe that you will come and be our judge.
Come,then,Lord, sustain your people, bought with the price of your own blood, and bring us with your saints to everlasting glory.
-TE DEUM

*65. What do the words"sits at the right hand of God the father" mean?
These words mean that Jesus, after His ascension into Heaven, equal to God the Father in dignity and glory, enjoys eternal happiness.


*66. Is Jesus no longer on earth since His Ascension into Heaven?
In His divine nature, Jesus is everywhere; in His human nature, Jesus is in Heaven and in the Blessed Sacrament.
*67. Will Jesus return to this world again, since He left it at the time of His Ascension into Heaven?
Jesus will come down again from Heaven at the end of the world.

68. Why will Jesus come again?
He will come to judge the living and the dead.

THE DESCENT OF OF HOLY Ghost


69. When Jesus ascended into Heaven, what great gift did He promise to His apostles?
He promised that He would send down the Holy Ghost.

*70. Who is the Holy Ghost?
The Holy Ghost is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, and He proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son. He is truly God, one nature and one substance with the Father and the Son.

71. When did the Holy Ghost come down visibly from Heaven?
The Holy Ghost came down visibly ten days after the ascension of Jesus into Heaven. He descended with the sound of a great wind and in the form of tongues of fire.

72. When the Holy Ghost came down from Heaven, what gifts did He bestow on the Apostles?
The Holy Ghost strenghthened the apostles and bestowed on them abundant graces, that they might preach the doctrines of Jesus and make known to the whole world the Catholic faith.

73. Is God the Holy Ghost also in the hearts of all the faithful?
The Holy Ghost is also in the hearts of all the faithful. He gives them graces and spirtual gifts; He enlightens their intellects and moves their wills, so that they may diligently practise virtue. He encourages them to become holy and thus gain everlasting happiness.

74. What power for good does the Holy Ghost exercise in the Catholic Church.
The Holy Ghost is as the soul of the Catholic Church. He unites Himself intimately with her; He gives her life, and leads her along the path of true doctrine and virtue, so that she may never err.

Come, Holy spirit.
Let the precious pearl of the Father and the word's delight come. Spirit of truth, you are the reward of the saints, the comforter of souls, light in the darkness, riches to the poor, treasure to lovers, food for the hungry, comfort to the wanderer;
you are the one in whom all treasures are contained.
Come! As you descended on Mary, that the Word might become flesh work in us through grace.
Amen.
- MARY MAGDALEN DEI PAZZI
To be continued