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• Words of Jesus during the Crucifixion

  • "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
  • "I thirst."
  • "It is finished."
  • "Father, into Your hands I commend my spirit."
  • "Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do."
  • "In truth I tell you: this day you will be with Me in paradise."
  • "Woman, there is your son... there is Your mother,"
• Christ's last words sum up all of Jesus' words and actions during His entire public ministry.
• When we recollect and reflect on these treasured last words of Jesus as He was dying on the Cross on Good Friday, we come to a better knowledge of Jesus and a deeper appreciation of all that His love for us cost Him.
• The death of Jesus on the Cross primarily conveys His unconditional love both for the Father and for us, He not only tried and fought for us as the song that we have analyzed says. He died for us, for our salvation by saving us from our sins.
• In the accounts of the crucifixion and death of Jesus from the Gospel according to Mark, we see several Old Testament prophecies fulfilled, from the casting of lots to the fearing apart of the temple veil separating the Holy of Holies from the gaze of those who did not have a priestly office.
• Indeed, the death of Jesus happened, not because the Father wanted Him to die, but in the fulfillment of God's promise of salvation.
• The four steps of the redemption wrought in Christ Jesus according to St. Paul

  • Jesus offered a sacrifice as both priest and victim
  • To expiate for our sins
  • Creating a new covenant with God in His blood
  • For us and for our salvation
• The redemptive passion and death of Jesus calls us to radical conversion of heart by trusting in God, our loving Father, believing that our dignity and worth and that of others are grounded on God, and responding to the call of Christ to follow Him in self-giving service and simplicity of life.
• Resurrection of Jesus


  The most important and most essential truth in our Christian Faith
• Filipinos highlight the mystery of both the death and crucifixion of Jesus
• Filipinos speak so much of our suffering and poverty and the hope of being alleviated from our situation
• In the Philippines, the feast of Jesus' resurrection is celebrated with a popular tradition divided into two parts: the "Salubong" (encounter) and the celebration of the Easter Mass in the church
• Salubong


  1. Two processions start from different points

  2. Processions meet in the main square

  3. Child dressed as angel sings "Regina Caeli, laetare, alleluia" and removes Mary's black veil

  4. Blessed Mother witnesses the first "apparition" of her risen and triumphant Son

  5. Choirs and bands join in the singing of the "Regina Caeli"

  6. Processions merge into one to enter the church for the Easter Mass
• Mary Magdalene and her companions: 'You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him. But go and tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see Him, as He told you.'"'
• Resurrection as a passage

  • An event in human history
  • The glorified life of the Risen Christ
  • Effected by the Blessed Trinity
• Glorified life of the Risen Christ

  • Like the historical, earthly Jesus in continuing His relationship with disciples
  • Unlike the historical and earthly Jesus in being beyond the limits of time and space
• The mystery of the Resurrection is the work not only of Jesus, but of the Trinity - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
• The Resurrection is the proof, the Good News, and the message of the Gospel
• The Resurrection is at the very core of our Christian Faith
• Without the Resurrection our Faith is vain, nothing, and worthless
• Meaning and salvific importance of Christ's resurrection


  • It confirmed everything Christ has done and taught
  • It fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies promising a Savior for all the world
  • It confirmed Jesus' divinity
  • It brought us a share in the new life
  • It is the principle and source of our future resurrection