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Enhancement Activity/Outcome:
1. Discus briefly Christ’s aim in his public life.

- For this purpose, He gathered some seventy-two disciples, and from them chose twelve
Apostles, to whom He gave special instruction and training. By them He established His
Church, which was to carry on His work after His death, to continue teaching what He had
openly and publicly taught.

He spoke to large crowds, sometimes numbering four or five thousand people, as when He
multiplied the loaves and fishes. Christ taught in the simplest manner, so that all might
understand without difficulty. He used plain, homely words. He often used signs and parables,
and illustrated His meaning by examples from nature and common life.

In the doctrines He taught, a leading idea is: "Seek first the kingdom of God."

He taught a new rule of faith, and gave new commandments. He taught the precept of love,
even for our enemies. He revealed certain mysteries: such as those of the Blessed Trinity, of
His own divinity, of the Last judgment. He instituted the seven sacraments.

2. What 3 important events marked the end of our Lord’s public life?

1. After spending long years in obscurity and humble toil, Jesus Christ next entered upon a period
of activity, going about and teaching publicly. He left His home in Nazareth, and began His
public life by an act of great humility: His baptism at the hands of St. John the Baptist in the
river Jordan.

The mother of St. John the Baptist was St. Elizabeth, cousin of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St.
John lived a life of very rigorous penance in the desert, preparing himself for his role of
forerunner or precursor of the Saviour. About two years before Christ started His public life,
John the Baptist went out of the desert, and began to preach penance; he baptized in the
Jordan all those who believed in his teachings and wished to begin a new life.

St. John the Baptist was the forerunner or precursor of Christ. He spoke to the people of the
coming Messias, and pointed Jesus out to them as the "Lamb of God." He was put to death by
Herod, because he reproved the ruler for his immoral life.

Jesus came to John to be baptized; immediately afterwards, as Our Lord came out of the river,
the Holy Ghost came down upon Him in the form of a dove, and a Voice from heaven was
heard saying: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matt. 3:17).

2. After His baptism, Jesus went into the desert, where He fasted forty days and forty nights. This
teaches us to look upon baptism as a call to penance, and to prepare for all kinds of activity by
mortification and prayer.
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The forty days of Lent are intended to commentorate the forty days' fast of Our Lord. Lent lasts
from Ash Wednesday till midnight of Holy Saturday.

3. After Our Lord's long fast, the devil was permitted to tempt Him. Christ rebuked the devil, and
angels came to minister to Him.

From this temptation of Our Lord we know that a temptation is not sinful. As long as we resist
the devil, we are pleasing to God, however strong
I “Father, forgive them, may be the temptation that assails us. "God is faithful
for they know not what they and will not permit you to be tempted beyond your
do.” strength, but with the temptation will also give you a
II “Today you will be with me way out that you may be able to bear it" (1
in paradise.” Cor.10:13).
III “Woman, behold your Son.
Behold your Mother.”
IV “My God, my God, 3.Give the 7 last words of Jesus.
why have you forsaken me?”
V “I thirst.”
VI “Father, into your hands
I commend my spirit.”
VII “It is finished.

4. What took place at the death of Jesus?

- According to eyewitnesses, a man named Jesus Christ demonstrated his power over death.
They tell us that after he died on a cross and was buried, Jesus suddenly appeared to them
alive on the third day. Then he was seen by other followers, including 500 people on a single
occasion. Soon word spread everywhere that Jesus had risen from the dead.

5. A-D The qualities of Christ’s risen body, E-H the reason why Christ ascended into heaven.
a. It will be imperishable. Our present body “is sown…perishable,” that is, continually
subject to corruption and decay. But our resurrection body will be “an imperishable”
one, no longer subject to disease, aging, or death. Of this, Wayne Grudem writes in
his systematic theology: “The fact that our bodies will be ‘imperishable’ means that
they will never grow old or ever be subject to any kind of sickness or disease.” They
will be completely healthy and strong forever. Moreover, since the gradual process of
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aging is part of the process by which our bodies now are subject to ‘corruption,’ it is
appropriate to think that our resurrection bodies will have no sign of aging, but will have
the characteristics of youthful but mature manhood or womanhood forever…Our
resurrection bodies will show the fulfillment of God’s perfect wisdom in creating us as
human beings who are the pinnacle of his creation and the appropriate bearers of his
likeness and image. In these resurrection bodies we will clearly see humanity as God
intended it to be.” At the final resurrection the effects of sin will finally be no more. As
sin naturally leads to death, and death results in decay, so the resurrection will
instantly reverse this process forever.

b. It will be glorious. Our present body “is sown in dishonor.” This is another way of
saying it is common. But our future body will be “raised in glory.” It will be glorious. This
seems to indicate that there will be a brightness of splendor about our resurrected
bodies. In Daniel’s vision of the final resurrection, believers “shine brightly like the
brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness,
like the stars forever and ever” (Daniel 12:3). When speaking of believers after the final
judgment, Jesus said, “Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in
the kingdom of their Father” (Matt 13:43). When the disciples witnessed the
transfiguration of Jesus, “His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as
white as light” (Matt. 17:2). There will be something gloriously beautiful about our
resurrection body.

c. It will be powerful. Our present body “is sown in weakness;” it is without strength. It

easily succumbs to suffering. In 2 Corinthians 13:4, the same word is used to refer to
the physical sufferings of Jesus. But our future body will be “raised in power.” It will be
filled with ability and might from God. Twice, Jesus visited the disciples at their
particular gathering place, first on the evening of that first resurrection day and then
again eight days later. On both occasions, without explaining how Jesus physically got
into the room (For example, it does not say something like “He walked through the
wall”), John makes it clear that He stood in their midst, while on both occasions “the
doors were shut” (John 20:19, 26). No matter how He did this it seems His resurrected
body no longer had the limitations of physical weakness.

d. It will be spiritual. Our present body “is sown a natural body.” It is under the control of
the flesh. But our future body will be “spiritual.” This is not spiritual in contrast with
physical, for Jesus’s resurrected body was indeed physical. His wounds were visible
and touchable (Luke 24:39). He walked, talked, and ate breakfast with His disciples
(Luke 24:43). Likewise, our resurrected bodies will be physical, but instead of being
under the influence of sinful flesh, they will be completely under the control of the Holy
Spirit. In our resurrected bodies the command be controlled by the Holy Spirit will be a
constant reality.

e. When Jesus ascended and sat down at the Father's right hand, the Father verified the
accomplishment of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and confirmed that the
final payment for sin had been made (Heb. 10:11-14).
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f. When Jesus ascended, the intercessory work of Jesus on behalf of His people began.
In this ministry, we are assured that we will always have access to the Father forever
(1 John 2:1).

g. When Jesus ascended, His eternal reign over all enemies began. As Peter wrote,
"Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God's right hand with angels, authorities,
and powers subject to Him" (1 Pet. 3:22).

h. Finally, when Jesus ascended, the church was empowered to accomplish its mission.
In Ephesians 1:22-23, writing about Jesus' resurrection and ascension, Paul said,
"[God the Father] put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over
everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all things
in every way."

6. Discuss briefly why Filipinos are meal-oriented.

We Filipinos have had a long history of very sharp and colorful religious experiences: From our pre-
Christian times, through the centuries of Spanish Christian evangelization, to the American Protestant
influx in the Commonwealth era, and the Japanese occupation during World War II, right up past
Vatican II’s “Second Pentecost,” to “People Power” and today’s “Basic Christian Communities,” and the
2nd Plenary Council of the Philippines . Our understanding and love of Jesus Christ has been colored
by our personal and national historical experiences of pain and struggle, of victory and celebration. Our
faith in Jesus is marked by our deep devotion to Mary, his Mother, and our Mother and Model. All these
experiences have somehow defined and clarified our unique identity as persons, as Christians,
as Filipinos, as a nation.
PCP II was held “to take stock of where we are; to look where we are going; to reanimate our life in
Christ; to unite all things in Him. Our Catholic Faith, therefore, must be “enculturated” within our specific
and unique Filipino character which has in part shaped our faith-experiences through the years. This
Catechism represents a serious effort at just such an enculturated presentation of the essentials of the
Faith to the Catholic Filipino of today.