CL11 Module4 2ND QTR

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Religious Studies 11
SECOND QUARTER
MODULE NO. 4: Glorious Mystery: Exalting Jesus Christ and Mother Mary
I. INTRODUCTION
The Glorious Mysteries are the crown of Jesus' triumphs. How exhilarating
to know that Jesus is God and that He rose from the dead thereby destroying
death and making us heirs to Heaven.
The Glorious mystery brought to light the events of glory between Jesus
and Mary. Mary shared in Jesus' joys and sorrows. Her “yes” to God brought
Jesus into the world and her presence at the foot of the cross-connected Him to
His act of redemption. She fulfilled the prophecy of the first book of the Bible. An
old prophecy like humanity… "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed: she will break thy head, and thou shalt keep her
position." With Mary's seed, Jesus, she crushed the head of the serpent, Satan.
With Jesus, Mary overcame Satan. Just as she shared His joy and sorrow, it is
truly fitting that she will share His victory and glory by exalting with Him in
Heaven in the Glorious Mysteries.
In this module, the glorifying events of Jesus as He ascended in Heaven
and Mary’s coronation will be tackle and will be given emphasized the
importance of the completion of Jesus’ saving acts for humanity.
II. OBJECTIVE/S
In this module, you will learn the following lessons:
1. The Resurrection: Understands and describes the events of Jesus’

resurrection.
2. The Ascension: Understands and recognizes the truth that Jesus returned to
heaven to mediate for us to the Father.
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit: Understands and describes the origin of the
celebration of the Pentecost.
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4. The Assumption of Mary: Understands and discourses the dogmatic
declaration of the assumption of Mary.
5. Coronation of Mary: Understands and venerates Mary, the mother of Jesus
as she becomes the Queen of Heaven.
III. CONCEPT SUMMARY
 After the Resurrection of Jesus, He ascended into Heaven. There, He now

sits at the right hand of God the Father. He sent the Holy Spirit to
strengthen humankind. He took His Mother, body and soul up to
Heaven then crowned her as queen of heaven and earth.
 The Catholic rosary prayers are concluded with these final glorious
events. Jesus’ resurrection is the foundation of Christian belief. The
Resurrection of Jesus. Three days after Jesus is crucified, He raises
gloriously from the dead. The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. After
promising to send a Helper, Jesus ascends into heaven upon a cloud. The
Descent of the Holy Spirit. The promised Helper, descents on the apostle
and Mary and appears as tongues of fire on the first Pentecost. The
Assumption. Mary is taken into heaven, body, and soul. Coronation of
Mary. Mary is crowned by Jesus as queen of heaven and earth.
IV. LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Jesus Christ, on the third day after His passion and death, rose again in glory,
victorious over death and never to die again. Forty days after His Resurrection,
He ascended into heaven with triumph and great glory, in the sight of his most
holy Mother and all His disciples. Now, sitting at the right hand of the Father, sent
the Holy Spirit into the upper chamber where the apostles were gathered, with
the Most Holy Virgin Mary, thus, receiving the Holy Spirit and continuing the
missions. The Most Holy Virgin, twelve years after the Resurrection of Jesus
Christ, passed from this life, and was assumed by the angels into heaven and
was crowned by her divine Son as the saints rejoiced in glory around her throne.
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Christ tells us: “If a man wishes to come after me, he must deny himself, take
up his cross, and follow in my footsteps (Mk 8:34)”, for “this is my commandment:
love one another as I have loved you (Jn 15:12).” It introduces the mystery of
human suffering as it is revealed and understood through the teachings of Jesus
Christ, in his words and his deeds.
We see in Jesus an approach to suffering that is not avoidance; rather He

responds in love, acknowledging and entering the suffering of others. In His
glorious moments, He never abandoned His flock. He promised eternal life and
everlasting joy with Him in Heaven.
A. Resurrection.
Jesus rises from the dead three days after his crucifixion.
Christ’s resurrection is a real event that was historically verified (Catechism,
639). The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the primordial Christian
proclamation. The early Christian kerygma stands or falls with the resurrection
and exaltation of the crucified Jesus as LORD.
Even today, when we read the Gospel accounts of Christ raised from the
dead, we experience the incredible joy and excitement of that unique, world-
shaking event. “The Lord has been raised! It is true! He has appeared to
Simon” (Lk 24:34).
Christ’s Resurrection is far from being merely the

personal miraculous return from the dead which one might
expect of the crucified God-man. The actual event of Christ
rising from the dead was the real starting
point and foundation for the beginnings of the Christian
Faith:
 for the Christian community, the Church.

 for an adequate understanding of Christ, his
Passion and Death.
 for how Christ fulfilled the Old Testament
prophecies.
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 for the apostolic commission to preach Christ to the whole world.
Simply put, without Christ risen from the dead, there would be no Christian Faith.
IMPORTANCE, NATURE, and EVENTS

OF THE RESURRECTION
 Salvific Importance
We can sketch the meaning and salvific importance of Christ’s Resurrection

in five points.
1. His Resurrection confirmed everything Christ had done and taught.
2. Through His Resurrection, Christ fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies

promising a Savior for all the world.
3. The Resurrection confirmed Jesus’ divinity.
4. Christ’s death freed us from sin, and His Resurrection brought us a share

in the new life of adopted sons/daughters of the Father in the Holy Spirit.
5. The Risen Christ is the principle and source of our future

resurrection. This means Jesus rose not only to a “glorious” higher state
of life himself but also to become the source of this new life for all.
Nature of the Resurrection
The Resurrection was Jesus’ passage from death to a new, definitive

glorified life. Thus, it can be described from three points of view:
As passage: an event in human history.
As an event, Christ’s Resurrection is both historical and trans-historical. It is

historical in terms of the testimony of witnesses to the Risen Christ, the empty
tomb, etc. But it surpasses and transcends history in that no one claimed to see
the event, no one described how it took place, no one can explain what “risen,
glorified existence” is essential.
As the glorified life of the Risen Christ.
The glorified state of the Risen Christ is both like and unlike the historical,
earthly Jesus. He has personal continuity with his prior earthly bodily existence.
The Risen Christ re-established direct relations with his disciples, even with the
marks of his Passion.
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As effected by the Blessed Trinity.
Christ’s Resurrection did not mean a return to earthly life. Christ arose to an
entirely new “glorified” existence. We recognize this in the fact that “Christ, raised
from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over Him.”
Significant events in the Resurrection.
1. Joseph of Arimathea gave the tomb where Jesus’ dead body was laid.
Love and respect were the reasons for men like Joseph of Arimathea to
step up and courageously express deep concern for Jesus.
2. Jesus had announced His resurrection long before it happened.
He announced it to His disciples three times, but they never understood
Him. Jesus knew that He would die. Everything was part of the plan of the
Father.
3. Logic entails that if Jesus has the power to put the dead people back to
life, He also has the power to resurrect Himself from the dead.
Jesus is God, He can make things possible for Himself as He did for
humans as supported by His miraculous act of putting the dead back to life.
4. The resurrection of Jesus led to the triumph of God over death and sin.
The resurrected body of Jesus tells us that we, too, shall have the same
body at the end of the days. It is a true body. It shall not be corruptible but be
forever glorious and perfect.
5. The resurrected Jesus appeared various times to His disciples.
He showed Himself to St. Mary Magdalene, the woman whom He casted
out seven demons and followed Him since then. He showed Himself to His
disciples on the road of Emmaus and finally to the whole of His disciples to give
them strength and hope.
B. Ascension.
Forty days after rising from the dead, Christ ascends into heaven.
The story of the Ascension of Jesus,
found in the first chapter of Acts, describes
the ascent of Christ from the Earth to the
Heavenly realm. His glorious Ascension
signified the completion of his time on
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earth, which is celebrated by the Church forty days after the Resurrection and ten
days before the Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Christ's work of redemption has become known as the Paschal Mystery of

Christ and was accomplished principally by his Passion, death, Resurrection, and
Glorious Ascension into Heaven. The Paschal Mystery of Christ constitutes one
action for the salvation of mankind, for Jesus “was handed over to death for our
trespasses and was raised for our justification” (Romans 4:25).
CHRIST’S ASCENSION
Christ’s Ascension, then, brings out several basic truths of our Christian Faith.
1. The Ascension marks Jesus’ exaltation into the heavenly realm of His Father.
2. It does not separate Christ from us because as He promised, from heaven He

“draws everyone to Himself” (Jn 12:32).
3. Since “He lives forever to make intercession,” Christ continues to exercise His
priesthood since He entered “heaven itself, that He might now appear before
God on our behalf” (Heb 7:25; 9:24).
4. The ascended Christ as Head of the Church gives us, members of His Body,
the hope of one day entering glory with Him (cf. CCC 661-67).
The Preface of the Ascension summarizes these truths neatly as it

proclaims:
Christ, the Mediator between God and man,

Judge of the world and Lord of all,
has passed beyond our sight,
not to abandon us but to be our hope.
Christ is the beginning, the head of the Church;
where he has gone, we hope to follow.
Significance of Jesus' Ascension

1. The ascended and enthroned Christ pours out His Spirit on the church.
Before the Ascension of Jesus, He commanded His disciples to go
into the world to proclaim the gospel.
Jesus Himself had told His disciples that it was good for Him to go away
because only then would He send them another Helper, the Spirit of truth (John
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16:7-16). And that’s exactly what happened on the Day of Pentecost, ten days
after Jesus’ ascension. The Spirit descended on the church with power,
inaugurating a new age in the history of salvation.
2. The ascended and enthroned Christ applies the blessings of salvation.

The Ascension of Jesus is the fulfillment of the vision of the “one
like the son of man in the Book of Daniel.”
Having accomplished redemption through His suffering on the cross, the
risen and exalted Christ now applies the salvation He has won, by granting the
gifts of repentance and forgiveness of sins.
3. The ascended and enthroned Christ cares for His suffering people as
they bear witness to Him.
The Ascension speaks of Jesus as humanity’s mediator to God.
All of this should give us great encouragement! When feeling weak in
ourselves, Luke reminds us that the exalted Christ has given us his Spirit, who
equips us with the power, boldness, and courage we need to accomplish our
mission.
C. The Descent of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit descends on Mary and
the Apostles
Pentecost came from the Greek word ‘pentecoste’ meaning the fiftieth day
after Easter. We, Christian Catholics know the meaning of Pentecost – the
descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the birth of the Church. For
many of us, when we speak of Pentecost, we quickly connect three unusual
events that happened at Pentecost – the rushing wind, the tongues of fire, and
the speaking of tongues. However, if the emphasis is only on these exterior
signs, then we will be missing the true meaning of Pentecost – the descent of the
Holy Spirit, which is the most important event.
We know the Holy Spirit: in the Scriptures, He inspired, in the Tradition, in the
Church’s magisterium, in the sacramental liturgy, in prayer, in the charisms and
ministries by which the Church is built up, in apostolic and missionary life, in the
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witness of saints (Catechism, 688). Christ is a teacher, model, savior. The Holy
Spirit is our animating principle, our partner.
"'Holy Spirit' is the proper name of the one whom we adore and glorify with
the Father and the Son. The Church has received this name from the Lord and
professes it in the Baptism of her new children" (CCC, 691).
That means we should be aware of the work of the Holy Spirit all around
us, and in ourselves, we should recognize the gifts He distributes, the
movements and institutions he inspires, the affections and decisions He
provokes in our hearts. The Holy Spirit carries out in the world the works of God.
There is no gift of God more excellent than this. It alone distinguishes the sons of
the eternal kingdom and the sons of eternal perdition. Other gifts, too, are given
by the Holy Spirit; but without love, they profit nothing.
The Sacred Teaching on the report on the Descent of the Holy Spirit
1. The Holy Spirit has been revealed in the first verses of the
first book of the Sacred Scriptures.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness,
to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock,
and overall, the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
2. Jesus promises the coming of the Holy Spirit during the

Last Supper.
In the Gospel of John, Jesus talked about and promised the coming
of the Holy Spirit. He was clear on saying that the Holy Spirit would come
after He returned to heaven.
3. The promise of Jesus sending the Holy Spirit is part of the

expectations already aspired at the time of Jesus.
The coming of the Holy Spirit speaks of the vision of the end to the
curse proclaimed against humanity during the erection of the Tower in
Babel.
4. The Holy Spirit came during the Feast of the Pentecost.

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Pentecost is a Jewish feast instituted for an annual celebration of
thanksgiving for the blessings received counting fifty days after the
celebration of the Feast of Passover.
5. One needs to invite the Holy Spirit for guidance and help.
The Holy Spirit comes to each one of us as we receive the
Sacrament of Confirmation. Through the Bishop, the minister of the
Sacrament of Confirmation, we are confirmed to our faith.
The Holy Spirit appeared under the form of tongues of fire to fill the
Apostles with truth and to prepare them to bear witness to Jesus. He also
come to fill their hearts with love. He is the Person of Love in the life of
God. He is also like a breath, an aspiration of infinite love, from which we
draw the breath of life. How does the Holy Spirit work within us?
The Holy Spirit moves the Church toward its mission and ministry.
According to PCP II, the Holy Spirit:
• is the principal agent of evangelization.
• continues and brings the work of Christ to perfection.
• precedes, accompanies, and fructifies the work of the Church.
• impels everyone to proclaim the Gospel, and
• causes the word of salvation to be accepted and understood in the
depths of conscience.
• shows His presence, power, and activity not only in the Church but in
the signs of the times that mark the contemporary world (cf. PCP II
212-15).
D. Assumption.
At the end of her life, Mary is taken body and soul into heaven.
The Most Blessed Virgin Mary, when the course of her earthly life was
completed, was taken up body and soul into the glory of heaven. In heaven, Mary
already shares in the glory of her Son’s resurrection, anticipating the resurrection
of all members of his body.
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The Mother of Jesus, “in the glory which she possesses in body and soul
in heaven, is the image and beginning of the Church as it is to be perfected in the
world to come.” Moreover, thus “preserved free from all guilt of original sin, the
Immaculate Virgin was taken up body and soul into heavenly
glory [Assumption] upon the completion of her earthly sojourn”. With her
Assumption to join her Son, the Risen Christ, in the fullness of her personality,
Mary reveals the fullness of God’s redeeming work for all of us, “a sign of certain
hope and comfort to the pilgrim People of God”.
Both privileges of Mary, her Immaculate Conception, and her Assumption,

are not exceptions that separate Mary from us. They are rather privileging of
fullness and completion.
Dogma of the Assumption

The dogma of the Assumption is directly linked to the dogma of the
Immaculate Conception. The Immaculate Conception means that Mary was
conceived without Original Sin. Since Mary, through a special privilege of grace
did not have any sin, including Original Sin, her body did not suffer the normal
consequences of death that we do. The Tradition, both Catholic Church and the
Orthodox Church maintain that Mary died in the presence of the Apostles.
Sacred Teaching on Jesus and the Assumption of Mary

1. Since the fall of Adam and Eve, God promised the coming of a
woman whose offspring shall strike the tempting Serpent.
This woman promised from eternity is the Virgin Mary. She is pure
and immaculate that the Archangel Gabriel greeted her with the utmost
respect.
2. Mary is in heaven, and she acts as our mediatrix.
The title Mediatrix refers to the intercessory role of the Blessed
Virgin Mary as a mediator in the salvific redemption by her son Jesus
Christ and that he bestows graces through her.
E. Coronation.
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Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and earth.
When we investigate the Old Testament, we find even more support for the
Queenship of Mary. Jesus is the Messianic King. This Messianic Kingship is pre-
figured in the ancient and Godly Kingship of David and Solomon.
In Scriptural terms, therefore, just as Jesus’s Messianic Kingship is prefigured

in the role of King of Israel, so Mary’s role is prefigured in that of the Gebirah or
as Mother Queen. The existence of this rare and unusual institution in Israel and
Judah is providential. It reflects and prefigures the Messianic order. Mary is
Heavenly Queen Mother because her son Jesus is the Heavenly King.
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon
under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed
aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was
a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven
diadems. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an
iron rod. (Revelation 12:1-3, 4-5)
Since the fifth century, Christians have given Mary the title of the queen in
acknowledgment of her sublime dignity as the mother of God. Christians call
Mary our queen also because of “her importance in the life of the Church
and the lives of individuals.”
The Significant of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1. The Second Vatican Council teaches that Mary “has been
exalted by the Lord as queen of all so that she might be more fully
conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords” (Lumen Gentium, 59).
2. “Crowned in glory – as she appears in the last glorious mystery –
Mary shines forth as Queen of the angels and saints” (Rosarium, 23).
3. Mary is “the anticipation and the supreme realization of the
heavenly state of the Church” (Rosarium, 23).
4. “As the queen who reigns in the glory of God’s Kingdom,
Mary remains close to us at every step of our earthly pilgrimage,
supporting us in our trials and sharing with us the life and love of
Jesus her Son” (Pope John Paul II, June 1997).
5. “We believe that the Holy Mother of God, the new Eve,
Mother of the Church, continues in heaven to exercise her maternal
role on behalf of the members of Christ” (Pope Paul VI, Credo of the
People of God).
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6. “The Father blessed Mary more than any other created person
‘in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places’” (Catechism,
492).
Mary As One True Queen of Heaven
 The Old Testament tradition following the “principle of gebirah.”
As mentioned above, the principle of gebirah is the norm where the
mother of the king reigns as queen. This tradition of having the mother of the
king as his queen begins with King Solomon who made his mother, Bathsheba,
his queen.
 Jesus, the King, following the Old Testament traditions of Kings, has
His mother, Mary as His Queen.
The kingship of Jesus has been very clear in the New Testament passages.
From the beginning to the end, Jesus is presented as the “Son of David,””
successor to the throne of David,”” King of the Jews,” among others. With His
mother, Mary, in heaven, she reigns as His queen. And this follows the Old
Testament tradition of the principle of gebirah.
V. EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT
*You have completed this lesson. Before you go to the next lesson, you must
answer the following post-assessment.
REINFORCEMENT TASK:
It’s now time to evaluate your learning. If you do well, you may move on to
the next module. If your score is not at the expected level, you must go back and
take the module again.
VI. REFERENCES
1. The Holy Bible, CFC, CCC
2. Jesus, From Eternity… to Eternity
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St. Mary’s Academy of Sto.

In this module, you will learn the following lessons:

1. The Resurrection: Understands and describes the events of Jesus’

III. CONCEPT SUMMARY

 After the Resurrection of Jesus, He ascended into Heaven. There, He now

IV. LEARNING EXPERIENCE

We see in Jesus an approach to suffering that is not avoidance; rather He

Christ’s Resurrection is far from being merely the

 for the Christian community, the Church.

IMPORTANCE, NATURE, and EVENTS

We can sketch the meaning and salvific importance of Christ’s Resurrection

2. Through His Resurrection, Christ fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies

3. The Resurrection confirmed Jesus’ divinity.

4. Christ’s death freed us from sin, and His Resurrection brought us a share

5. The Risen Christ is the principle and source of our future

Nature of the Resurrection

The Resurrection was Jesus’ passage from death to a new, definitive

As passage: an event in human history.

As an event, Christ’s Resurrection is both historical and trans-historical. It is

As the glorified life of the Risen Christ.

Significant events in the Resurrection.

Christ's work of redemption has become known as the Paschal Mystery of

2. It does not separate Christ from us because as He promised, from heaven He

The Preface of the Ascension summarizes these truths neatly as it

Christ, the Mediator between God and man,

Significance of Jesus' Ascension

2. The ascended and enthroned Christ applies the blessings of salvation.

2. Jesus promises the coming of the Holy Spirit during the

3. The promise of Jesus sending the Holy Spirit is part of the

4. The Holy Spirit came during the Feast of the Pentecost.

Both privileges of Mary, her Immaculate Conception, and her Assumption,

Dogma of the Assumption

Sacred Teaching on Jesus and the Assumption of Mary

In Scriptural terms, therefore, just as Jesus’s Messianic Kingship is prefigured

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