First Glorious Mystery
Resurrection - Faith
Narrative:
The Resurrection of Jesus
1. The body of Jesus is placed in the tomb on the evening of Good Friday.
2. His soul descends into the realm of the dead to announce to the Just the tidings of their redemption.
3. Fearing the body of Jesus will be taken, the chief priests place guards at the tomb.
4.On the third day Jesus rises from the dead, glorious and immortal.
5. The earth quakes as the angel rolls back the stone, the guards flee in terror.
6. The holy women coming to anoint the body of Jesus are amazed and frightened to find the tomb open.
7. An angel calms their fears: “He is not here. He has risen as He said.”
8. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalen and Peter and two disciples on the way to Emmaus.
9. That evening He appears to the apostles behind locked doors: “Peace be unto you… do not be afraid.”
10. Jesus breathes on them and gives them the power to forgive sin.
Spiritual Fruit:
Faith
1. Believe
2. Important for Salvation
3. Hold Firmly (not Cherry Pick)
4. Cooperation
5. Not more than one can Handle
6. No Need for Explanation
[1. Believe]
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."
-St. Augustine
"Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand."
-Saint Thomas Aquinas
"I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind."
-St. Bernard
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
-Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying."
-St. Joan of Arc
[2. Important for Salvation]
"I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if Faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek it where true Faith first began, seek it among those who received it from God Himself."
-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
"It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards one's progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken."
-Saint Francis Xavier
[3. Hold Firmly (not Cherry Pick)]
"Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church."
-St. Thomas Aquinas
"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
-Saint Augustine
[4. Cooperation]
"When I steeped myself in prayer, I was transported in spirit to the Chapel, where I saw the Lord Jesus, exposed in the Monstrance. In place of the Monstrance I saw the glorious face of the Lord, and He said to me, "What you see in reality , these souls see through faith. Oh, how pleasing to Me is their great faith! You see, although there appears to be no trace of life in Me, in reality it is present in its fullness in each and every Host. But for Me to be able to act upon the soul, the soul must have faith. O how pleasing to Me is living faith! (1420)"
-St. Faustina, Divine Mercy in my Soul
[5.Not more than one can Handle]
"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much."
-Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
[6. No Need for Explanation]
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
-St. Thomas Aquinas
"Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith."
-Saint Francis Assisi
