*PASCHAL Mystery - POWER is made PERFECT through WEAKNESS (1 Cor 1:18)
An image of a lamb w/ halo & banner & cross used as a symbol of Christ (Dict)
God will provide his own lamb. (Paradise Lost, p41)
"Paschal" you can break that down to the root word "pasch". This word means lamb. The second word, mystery, describes a truth not yet understood, a truth that is still unfolding. To put these two words together, the phrase describes a truth not understood that is still unfolding about the lamb. This is talking about the truth that unfolds about Christ in our lives, the truth about passing from the slavery of sin to the freedom in the love of God. (Wikipedia)
The Paschal Mystery (suffering, death, and resurrection) of Jesus is an example of the way of (surrender) accepting death leads to an even fuller life for us. The many little deaths (esp. setbacks, putdowns, our short comings) we experience can be avenues to newness of life. Our own paschal mystery is also a great gift. To suffer and die, to carry my own cross is to find new life; and I can do this in union with Jesus Christ, uniting my death with his and inviting him to join me in mine. We need to be willing to fail. The question is not Why, but what am I going to do about it? (See SERENITY - Niebuhr's prayer) We need to accept our burdens and walk on and we will find ourselves in a new place. Even the Infinite became limited in the world by giving us freedom. [We have chosen to make the Perfect imperfect and the Complete incomplete.] (Jesuit Fr. Bill Poorten, Director of Auriesville Retreat House)
The paschal mystery is the experience of entering into a new life through death. We ussually want to be on top, but Jesus calls us to be happy at the bottom. We want to be the boss, but he wants us to be the servant. We want to be grown-up and admired, but he tells us to be like children. Too often the rich, the religious, and the self-sufficient know nothing about self-surrender. Jesus says that is a dangerous way to live. Suffering is the only way into the kingdom of his Father. (ThemesNT, p42-44)