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ACQUISITION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE
Biblical Grounding:Phil 2: 6-8
“Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be
grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the
form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and
found human in appearance, he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death, even death on a
cross.”
PASCHAL MYSTERY - God’s love and salvation
revealed to us through the life, passion, death, and
resurrection and glorification of his Son Jesus
Christ.
PASCHAL – from Passover
Jewish - a journey or passage from slavery
to freedom
Jesus – a life of self-donation to God and
others with the Cross (final and ultimate act) and
the resurrection (crowning glory)
Mystery- refers to our faith.
We do not understand how God will save us, or
even why God loves us so. We do not appreciate
the joy that awaits us in eternal life.
Jesus' entry into Jerusalem manifested the coming of
the kingdom that the King-Messiah was going to
accomplish by the Passover of his Death and
Resurrection. It is with the celebration of that entry on
Palm Sunday that the Church's liturgy solemnly opens
Holy Week. CCC 560
At the end of the lesson, the students
can:
D: Present clearly the meaning and
significance of the Paschal Mystery based
from Sacred Scriptures and Church
Teachings through an artwork
M: Express concrete ways of how one can
share in the Paschal Mystery of Christ
through a reflective essay
W: Celebrate Christ’s Paschal Mystery, on
his great act of love, by reflecting/singing
prayerfully the song “How Beautiful”
Learning Outcomes
CapSoul of the Session
"Create in me a clean
heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me."
Psalm 51:10

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The Passion of Jesus (CCC 595-612)
The Passion refers to the sacrificial suffering and death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion on mount
Calvary. Jesus foretold these events and made it clear to his disciples that he would suffer freely
for the salvation of the world (Matthew 20:18-19).
After his Last Supper, Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane outside the walls of
Jerusalem. He was tried, found guilty and then handed over to Pontius Pilate who had him
crucified. After this, he was scourged, crowned with thorns and led to the hill of Calvary carrying
his cross. He died between two thieves. As he died he said, “It is accomplished” (John 19:30).
What is the atonement?
The word ‘atonement’ describes well Christ’s saving action. It implies both a repayment for our
sins (to atone) and a reunion of God and humanity (making at-one). The atonement is
accomplished through a sacrificial petition offered by Christ to God, the divine love of which utterly
revokes the offence of all sins and bears the pain and cost of sin in itself. Only a person who was
truly divine, human and innocent could make such an effective sacrifice on our behalf.
The atonement and ourselves

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WHAT THE ATONEMENT DOES FOR US
Repays our debt of guilt
“The Son of Man came … to serve and to give his life as a ransom” (Matthew 20:28).
Gains mercy for us and repeals our punishment
Upon him was the punishment that made us whole (Is 53:5); “This is my blood … which is poured
out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Matthew 26:28).
Defeats the claims of the devil over us
“Now shall the ruler of this world be cast out” (John 12:31); deliver those… subject to lifelong
bondage… (Hebrews 2:15).
Reconciles us to God
In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself (2 Corinthians 5:19).
Fulfils Scripture and salvation history
As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth,
making peace by the blood of his cross (Colossians 1:20).
The atonement also teaches us the seriousness of sin by the bitterness of its remedy, and
manifests the extent of God’s love for us, “God shows his love for us in that while we were yet
sinners Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). By the atonement, Jesus has also given us the supreme
example of sacrificial love, “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for is
friends” (John 15:13).
The SEVEN LAST WORDS OF JESUS
1. “Father, forgive them; they know not what they do” (Lk 23: 34).
2. “Today you will be with me in Paradise” (Lk 23: 43).
3. “Woman, behold, your son…Behold your mother” (Jn 19; 26-27).
4. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Mt. 27: 46).
5. “I thirst” (Jn 19: 28).
6. “It is finished” (Jn 19: 30).
7. “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Lk 23: 46).
A. Scriptures
The Doctrine of the Cross (Mark 8: 34-38)
Verse 34 – Jesus carried the cross of redemptive suffering for us.
Verses 35-36 – life does not end in the here and now. The life in Christ is the life that gives us our
true meaning and joy.
Verse 38 – Christ demands of his disciples absolute allegiance.

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B. CHURCH TEACHINGS
Christ instituted the Eucharist at his last supper with his apostles, so that his bloody sacrifice on
the cross could be perpetuated through all ages… (CFC, 1689)
The Lord instituted the sacrament of his love the night before he died. “Do this in memory of me”
(Lk 22: 19)
The passion and death of Jesus is the center of the Christian vision of life. It points to us what it
means to believe, live, love and forgive.
The Council of Trent emphasizes the unique character of Christ’s sacrifice as the source of eternal
salvation… (CFC, 617)
The cross is our only hope. For only he who loves unto death for others can give hope. Out of
love for us, Christ faced death that all may truly live. In the world of misery and death, of division
and sin, the Church is called to witness to the cross as the enduring and radical sign of God’s
love which embraces all.
The CROSS of CHRIST is ultimately not an instrument of death but a means of bringing new life
to others. When our daily self-giving and sacrifices are rooted in Christ, they are transformed into
powerful means of salvation and redemptive suffering for others.
“The cross of Christ is the sign of God’s all-embracing love…”
-Nostra Aetate, 4-
Death of Jesus (CCC 613-618) Christ's death is both the Paschal sacrifice that accomplishes
the definitive redemption of men, through "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the
world",439
and the sacrifice of the New Covenant, which restores man to communion with God by
reconciling him to God through the "blood of the covenant, which was poured out for many for the
forgiveness of sins". CCC 613
The descent to the dead
The soul of Jesus descended to the dead in the period between his death and Resurrection.
Scripture refers to him “preaching to the spirits in prison” (1 P 3:18-20). In other words, he
released those just souls who had died before his coming and opened heaven to them.
The Resurrection of Jesus (CCC 638-655) "We bring you the good news that what God
promised to the fathers, this day he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus." The
Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the
central truth by the first Christian community; handed on as fundamental by Tradition; established
by the documents of the New Testament; and preached as an essential part of the Paschal
mystery along with the cross:

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Christ is risen from the dead!
Dying, he conquered death;
To the dead, he has given life.
The Resurrection is the bodily rising of Jesus Christ from the dead after three days in the tomb.
St Peter states that Jesus rose physically: “[we] ate and drank with him after he rose from the
dead” (Ac 10:41), but his glorified body had extraordinary new abilities. He appeared at different
times and places, and his body, though glorified and transformed in appearance, still bore the
wounds of the crucifixion (Jn 20:28).
The physicality of the Resurrection of Jesus, witnessed by so many, rules out the claim that only
Jesus’ soul or ghost returned, or that only his message lived on, or that he merely revived, or that
it was all an elaborate hoax.
The importance of the Resurrection for us
By his Resurrection, Jesus confirmed the validity of all he taught and did, showed that human life
does not cease with death and manifested the reality of a glorified risen humanity.
The Ascension CCC 659-664 Ascension is Jesus’ physical departure from his disciples. This
event took place after forty days of appearances and teaching following his Resurrection.
Scripture records him ascending to heaven, which signifies the “definitive entrance of Jesus’
humanity into God’s heavenly domain” (CCC 665). Jesus is now in heaven, where he intercedes
and prepares a place for us, and from where he shall come again at the end of time.

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The NEW WAY of the CROSS
The 1st Station: THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST
While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave
it to his disciples. “Take and eat it,” he said; “this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks
to God, and gave it to them. “Drink it, all of you,” he said; “this is my blood, which seals God’s
covenant, my blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will never again
drink this wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” (Matthew
26:26-29)
The 2nd Station: THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE
Jesus left the city and went, as he usually did, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples went
with him. When he arrived at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into
temptation.” Then he went off from them about the distance of a stone’s throw and knelt down
and prayed. “Father,” he said, “if you will, take this cup of suffering away from me. Not my will,
however, but your will be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened
him. (Luke 22:39-43)
The 3rd Station: JESUS IS SENTENCED TO DEATH BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN
The High Priest stood up in front of them all and questioned Jesus, “Have you no answer to the accusation they bring
against you?” But Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest questioned him, “Are you the
Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?” Jesus answered: “I am, and you will all see the Son of Man seated on the
right of the Almighty and coming with the clouds of heaven!” The High Priest tore his robes and said, “We don’t need
any more witnesses! You heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” They all voted against him: he was guilty and
should be put to death. (Mark 14:55-64)

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The 4th Station: THE SCOURGING AND CROWNING WITH THORNS
Then Pilate’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s palace, and the whole company gathered round him. They
stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it
on his head, and put a stick in his right hand; then they knelt before him and mocked him. “Long live the King of the
Jews!” they said. They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head. When they had finished mocking
him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. (Matthew
27:27-31)
The 5th Station: JESUS RECEIVES THE CROSS/THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
When they had finished mocking him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him
out to crucify him. (Matthew 27:31)
The 6th Station: JESUS FALLS UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE CROSS
He was pierced for our offences, crushed for our sins. Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his
stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way. But the Lord laid upon him
the guilt of us all. Though he was harshly treated, he submitted, and opened not his mouth. Like a lamb led to the
slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth. (Isaiah 52:5-7)
The 7th Station: SIMON OF CYRENE CARRIES THE CROSS OF JESUS
As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’
cross. (Matthew 27:32)
The 8th Station: JESUS MEETS THE PIOUS WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
A large crowd of people followed him; among them were some women who were weeping and wailing for him. Jesus
turned to them and said, “Women of Jerusalem! Don’t cry for me, but for yourselves and your children. For the days
are coming when people will say, ‘How lucky are the women who never had children, who never bore babies, who
never nursed them!’ That will be the time when people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Hide
us!’ For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” (Luke 23:27-31)
The 9th Station: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
When they came to the place called “The Skull,” they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right
and the other on his left. Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don’t know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:32-34)
The 10th Station: THE REPENTANT THIEF
One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” The other
one, however, rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God? You received the same sentence he did. Ours, however, is
only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong.” And he said to
Jesus, “Remember me, Jesus, when you come as King!” Jesus said to him, “I promise you that today you will be in
Paradise with me.” (Luke 23:39-43)
The 11th Station: MARY AND JOHN AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
Standing close to Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing there; so he said to his mother, “He is your son.” Then he
said to the disciple, “She is your mother.” From that time the disciple took her to live in his home. (John 19:25-27)

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The 12th Station: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS
Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath (for
that sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken
away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him; but
when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers
pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. He who saw it has borne witness—his
testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth—that you also may believe. For these things took place that the
scripture might be fulfilled, “Not a bone of him shall be broken.” And again another scripture says, “They shall look on
him whom they have pierced.” (John 19: 31-37)
The 13th Station: JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB
When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus.
He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate gave orders for the body to be given to
Joseph. So Joseph took it, wrapped it in a new linen sheet, and placed it in his own tomb, which he had just recently
dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away. (Matthew 27:57-
60)
The 14th Station: THE RESURRECTION
Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared. They found the
stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb, so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two men in bright shining clothes stood by them. Full of fear, the
women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, “Why are you looking among the dead for one who is
alive? He is not here; he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man
must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.'” (Luke 24:1-6)
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