The Paschal Mystery in Jesus of NazarethThe Paschal Mystery in the Catholic religion is the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Passion is the suffering of Jesus on the cross for the forgiveness of the sins of humanity. Death is when he died because he was crucified on the cross. The resurrection in the Paschal Mystery is the central point of our faith and the moment when Jesus rose from the dead before ascending into heaven. The paschal mystery is not only in the past, it is current and present. This is possible because by dying on the cross for all the sins of humanity, Jesus transcends all times and makes them present. The religious message of Jesus' passion, death, and resurrection is that God's inherent goodness and love for us overcomes all evil. This message is apparent in Jesus of Nazareth because forgiveness and love are demonstrated by Jesus. The Passion of the Paschal Mystery is shown in Jesus of Nazareth as the extreme suffering he endured. In the movie, the passion happened because Judas betrayed Jesus. Because of this betrayal, he was taken to the Sanhedrin and accused of blasphemy. Before the Sanhedrin, he could not deny that he was indeed the son of God; the Messiah. They could not condemn him without the Roman's permission. He was therefore tried under Ponce Pilote but not sentenced to death. Instead, he was sentenced to flogging; be whipped 39 times. In the film, Jesus is shown tied to a stake and whipped until he is in a very weak state. After being whipped, the soldiers placed a crown of thorns on Jesus' head, of their own choosing. This amount of suffering was not satisfying enough for those who wanted to see Jesus dead, so Pontius Pilote gave the public a cho...... middle of paper ...... The Paschal Mystery of Christ; the passion, death and resurrection and the religious message of these are shown in Jesus of Nazareth. Passion is Jesus resisting torture to show the unconditional love he has for each of us. By his death, Christ frees all humans from their evil deeds and forgives them. The greatest importance is given to the resurrection of Jesus, because by resurrecting he opens the way to new and eternal life for us. The film accurately depicts these three parts of the mystery and religious message. He shows that the meaning of the paschal mystery is new life through death; finding light through darkness. This allows us to go beyond death and find new meaning in it, instead of seeing it as the end of life, with faith we know that it is only the beginning of a entirely new life with God. It allows hope to overcome evil.