Third Sunday of Easter

Opening Prayer
Come, Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful and
enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
V. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray. O God, by the light of the Holy Spirit, You

have taught the hearts of Your faithful. In the same Spirit
help us to know what is truly right and always to rejoice in
Your consolation. We ask this through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
 First Joyful Mystery The Annunciation

The Second Glorious Mystery—The Ascension

And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up

his hands, he blessed them. And it came to pass,
whilst he blessed them, he departed from them, and
was carried up to heaven. And they adoring went
back into Jerusalem with great joy Luke 24:51-52
 Themes of the Pentateuch
Genesis
• Creation
– There is only one God
– This one God created everything
– Everything God created was good
– Man created in image & likeness of God
– Importance of Sabbath
• The Fall
– All die because of Adam’s sin
– All inherit the effects of Adam’s sin
– Rapid deterioration of human race
• The Flood
– Escalation of sin
– Purification
• Tower of Babel
– Pride, confusion, alienation
• Abraham, the seed of salvation
– Called to go out in faith
– Rewarded by being promised as a
blessing to the nations
– Asked to sacrifice his only son, Isaac
– “God will provide himself the lamb for a
burnt offering…” (Gen. 22:8)
• Isaac fathers Jacob, called Israel
– Israel’s 12 sons become the Israelites
• Genesis ends with Joseph, Israel’s
youngest son sold into slavery in Egypt
 Themes of the Pentateuch
Exodus
• Exodus means “leaving” in Greek and refers to the departure from
slavery
• Initially, Joseph was favored by pharaoh, but eventually a pharaoh
arises who “did not know Joseph, ” and the Israelites became slaves
• They lived and suffered in Egypt for 400 years before emergence of
Moses
• Like Abraham, Moses goes out in faith
– He pleads with pharaoh to allow Israel to journey into the desert so that
they might worship God
– After much suffering, pharaoh allows them to go
• Israel is delivered through the waters of the Red Sea, foreshadowing
Baptism
• Moses is a type of Jesus - he leads God’s people, as a miracle
worker, and one who frees them from slavery
 Themes of the Pentateuch
Leviticus
• Picks up the story in the 2nd year after the departure from Egypt
• Moses develops forms of worship more specifically
– Proper worship and holiness of life are the main points of Leviticus
– 247 laws regulating life, worship and ritual sacrifice are laid down
• Establishment of the Levitical priesthood
– Levitical sacrifices foreshadow Jesus’ perfect sacrifice on the Cross
• Day of Atonement is established, on which the Hebrews are purified
externally from sin
 Themes of the Pentateuch
Numbers
• In Hebrew, the name of the book is “in the wilderness”
• God calls a census to prove that he has kept his covenant with
Abraham
– The descendants of Jacob have grown to 600,000 in 400 years
• God calls the Jews to be a holy people
– Because they doubt God, they wander in the desert for 38 years
– God never leaves them and appears to them under the form of a cloud
– Most Israelites who fled Egypt are dead upon entering Canaan - it is a
new nation
 Themes of the Pentateuch
Deuteronomy
• In Greek, the name means “second law”
– Dates from the 7th century B.C.
• Near death, Moses promulgates the 10 Commandments
– Orders that the law be read aloud every seven years
• Israel is called to love and adore the one true God and to follow the
religious laws out of love for God
– The fire of love eventually dies, and Jews grow legalistic and pharisaical

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord your God is one Lord; and you shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all
your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be
upon your heart; and you shall teach them to your children… and you
shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
(Deut. 6:4-9)
 Messianic Prophecies

Told the Jews and us how to recognize the Messiah

Jesus is a man
Jesus is God
Passion and death of Jesus
Resurrection of Jesus
Ascension of Jesus
Prophesies from book of Wisdom
 Jesus is a man
I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your
offspring and hers; he will strike at your head while you strike at his
heel. Gen 3:15

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son born of a
woman. Gal 4:4

God replied: “Nevertheless, your wife Sarah is to bear you a son,

and you shall call him Isaac. I will maintain a covenant with him as
an everlasting pact. Gen 17:19

The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham. (The beginning
of the genealogy of Jesus) Luke 3:34
 Jesus is a man

A star shall advance from Jacob, and a staff shall arise from Israel.
Num 24:17

Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob. (The
beginning of the genealogy of Jesus) Matt 1:2

But you Bethlehem-Ephrathah... from you will come forth for me one
who is to be ruler in Israel. Micah 5:1

Joseph too went up to the city of David that is called Bethlehem. While they
were there, ... she gave birth to her first-born son. Luke 2:4-7
 Jesus is God

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you this sign; the virgin will bear
a son and name him Immanuel. Is 7:14

...the angel Gabriel was sent... to a virgin...Mary. Behold you will

conceive and bear a son and you shall name him Jesus...He will be called
the Son of God. Luke 1:26-35 Mat 1:19-23

I will proclaim the decree of the Lord who said to me, “You are my
son; today I am your father.” Ps 2:7

And a voice came from the heavens saying, “This is my beloved Son, with
whom I am well pleased.” Matt 3:17
 Jesus is God
I will open my mouth in story drawing lessons from of old...the
praiseworthy and mighty deeds of the Lord, the wonders he
performed. Ps 78:2-4

All these things Jesus spoke in parables. He spoke to them only in

parables to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: I will... Matt
13:34,35

He was spurned and avoided by men, a man of suffering,

accustomed to infirmity, one of those from whom men hid their
faces...we held him in no esteem. Is 53:3

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.
John 1:1
 Passion and Death of Jesus

And they counted out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. Zech 11:12

What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you? They paid
him thirty pieces of silver. Matt 26:15

Isaiah chap 53 foretells

He would be silent: 7
He would be scourged: 5
He would be pierced: 5
He would be buried with the wicked: 9
He would take away the sins of many: 12
 Passion and Death of Jesus

Psalms foretell of Jesus' sufferings

Betrayed by a close friend 41:9
Prayed for his enemies 109:4
They cast lots for his clothing 22:17-19
Forsaken by God 22:1
No bones were broken 35:21.
 Resurrection of Jesus

... my body dwells secure, for you will not abandon me to Sheol, nor let
your faithful servant see the pit. Ps 16:10

You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not
here. Mark 16:6

Straight to the grave they descend where their form will waste away,
Sheol will be their place, but God will redeem my life, will take me
from the power of Sheol Ps 49:15

You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not
here. Mark 16:6
 Ascension of Jesus

...from Sinai the Lord entered the holy place. You went up to its
lofty height... Ps 68:19,19

So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them was taken into heaven
and took his seat at the right hand of God. Mark 16:19
 Prophesies from book of Wisdom
Let us beset the just one because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself
against our doings; reproaches us for our transgressions of the law. 2:12

Yes the just man dead condemns the sinful who live 4:16

...and styles himself a child of the Lord. 2:13

This is he whom once we held a laughingstock... see how he is accounted

among the sons of God 5:3-5

...and boasts that God is His Father. Let us see whether His words be
true; let us find out what will happen to Him. For if He be the Son of
God, He will come to defend Him. 2:16-18

If you are the Son of God, come down from that cross... Let Him come down
from the cross now and we will believe in Him... For He said, “ I am the Son
of God.” Mt 27:40, 42-43
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