The Life and Ministry of Jesus

Jesus didn't tell parables to make everything _

• Clear

• Confusing

• Complicated

• Simple

With parables, Jesus wanted to provoke the _.

• Imagination

• Logic

• Intuition

• Reason

Many Israelites wanted to revolt against Rome and _ for their freedom.

• Fight

• Negotiate

• Surrender

• Cooperate

Jesus was a _ traveling prophet, healing the sick, inviting people to follow him. This did not fit people's expectations.

• Poor

• Wealthy

• Famous

• Violent

Jesus also told parables about the _ values of God's Kingdom, about how the least important people in the world are actually the most important people to God.

• Hierarchical

• Upside-Down

• Traditional

• Royal

Jesus, like the other prophets, also told parables to _ leaders because they mistook their kingdom for God's.

• Criticize

• Praise

• Support

• Ignore

The culmination or goal of God's plan of salvation and the reign or rule of God over the hearts of people and, as a consequence of that, the development of a new social order based on unconditional love

• Kingdom of God

• United States of America

• Kingdom of Israel

• Self-Actualization

1. 1. The Baptism at the River Jordan 2. The Wedding at Cana 3.The Preaching of the Kingdom of God 4.The Transfiguration 5.The Institution of the Eucharist; These events of Jesus' life are known as

• The Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary

• The Five Sacraments of the Church

• The Brilliant Miracles of Jesus

• The Enlightening Parables of Jesus

The Wedding at Cana does NOT reveal that Jesus is:

• Wicked powerful

• Obedient to his mom

• Concerned for us in our in most tender moments

• Just here for the party

The Preaching of the Kingdom of God reveals that Jesus is...

• brushing up on looking down and working on his roar

• Going to be the main event, like no king was before

• Inviting people into deeper moral excellence

• Going to be a mighty king, so enemies beware