A Little Quiz
Just in case you think you know the story and don’t need to read this. Here is a 20 question quiz. All the answers are in the text of this Web publication but to make it easy to check your answers they are in order on the page: Answers to the Introduction quiz. If you can get them all correct I applaud you. However, if you can’t that is why this Web publication exists. You can’t love what you don’t know. This is provided to allow you to learn, to increase your love for Jesus, without having to spend the years required to dig it out yourself.
1. What was Caiaphas doing while Jesus came into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday?
2. What were the Essene children doing while Jesus cleaned the temple?
3. What day of the week was the Last Supper?
4. Why did the people in the front of the crowd fall over each other when Jesus approached in the Garden?
5. How many trials (opportunities to be freed) did Jesus have?
6. How many blows was Jesus given during the scourging?
7. What was the name of the woman who wiped the face of Jesus? (Hint: it wasn't Veronica.)
8. What was the given name of the man who was released by Pilate instead of Jesus? (Hint: it wasn't Barabbas.)
9. What does barabbas mean?
10. How many times did Jesus fall while carrying the cross? (Hint: it wasn't three.)
11. What were the names of the men crucified with Jesus?
12. Which Psalm did Jesus name while on the cross?
13. Which of the apostles' mothers were at the crucifixion, while they hid?
14. What were the mother's names?
15. What did Jesus say after He finished the Last Supper?
16. Which of Jesus' wounds did Padre Pio say hurt the most?
17. What was the name of the centurion who pierced Jesus' side with a lance?
18. What does INRI stand for?
19. What is the Hebrew equivalent and what does it spell both phonetically and iconically?
20. With what was the shroud bound to Jesus' body?
Here are the Answers to the Quiz
Introduction to the Rosary
The rosary is one of the most cherished prayers of our Church. It is introduced by the Creed [2] , the Our Father, three Hail Mary’s and the Doxology ("Glory Be"), [and since 1917 the Fatima Prayer] and it is concluded by the Salve Regina. The rosary involves the recitation of five decades each consisting of the Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, the Doxology, and the Fatima Prayer. During this recitation, the individual meditates on the saving mysteries of our Lord's life and the faithful witness of our Blessed Mother.
Journeying through the Joyful, Sorrowful, Luminous, and Glorious mysteries of the rosary; the individual thinks about our Lord's Incarnation, his life and message, passion and death and his resurrection from the dead. In so doing, the rosary assists us in growing in a deeper appreciation of these mysteries, in uniting our life more closely to our Lord, and in imploring his graced assistance to live the faith. We also ask for the prayers of our Blessed Mother, who leads all believers to her Son.
In 2002, Pope St. John Paul II wrote a letter regarding the rosary. In this letter, which was entitled The Most Holy Rosary, Pope St. John Paul II announced the addition of the Luminous Mysteries to the traditional mysteries of the rosary.
The Luminous Mystery Rosary or the Mysteries of Light, as they are also called, focus on the public life of Jesus: the years He was preaching, spanning the time between his baptism and his passion and death. They are called the Mysteries of Light because Jesus is the light of the World. Jesus as the light is mentioned several times in St. John's Gospel.
"And the light shines in the darkness: and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world." (Jn 1:5-9)
"While I am in the world, I am the light of the world" (Jn 9:5)
You will also discover that Jesus was conceived and born on the Jewish Festivals of Light.
Credits
The Shroud images shown in this document (used with permission from Barry Schwortz) is the photographic image used by the team of scientist who studied the Shroud of Turin in 1978.
Fr. Sherman Orr, pastor of Elizabeth Ann Seaton Parish in Wichita, KS, has been directing my journey, focusing my study, with annual retreats for the past 20 years.
I have learned so much from Scott Hahn’s Bible studies and books that it is not possible to provide the appropriate references or even identify where I have quoted him. His talks on the 4th Cup pointed me to the solution of the fulfillment of Un-Leavened Bread.
Brant Pitre's book Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, Doubleday 2011 provided the connection between the Eucharist and the Manna Jesus has provided us during our Exodus in the spiritual dimension as we follow him into the Kingdom of God.
Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries
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has provided mentoring in Hebrew and background Jewish history.
Fr. Doug Lorig retired priest in the Phoenix Diocese has provided a set of reflections on the Luminous Mysteries with a theme of “Peace”.
Arthur Eedle’s historical research in Seven Steps to Bethlehem provided the details necessary for the historical validation of the events mentioned in Luke’s Gospel.
The dates shown in this document are based on the Kaluach – Hebrew/Civil Calendar version 3.2.43.25. However, the calendar prior to 1 AD which is shown at the end of this document, was taken from the android application HEB-DATE.
Phil Ondrei, and Frank & Sally Glemba providing editing on the initial manuscript.
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