e showed the
fulfillment of all the prophecies concerning Him and the completion of
the work of our redemption. (7) "Father, into Thy hands I commend my
spirit," by which He showed His perfect resignation to the Will of His
Eternal Father.

Q. 387. What happened at the death of Our Lord?
A. At the death of Our Lord there were darkness and earthquake; many
holy dead came forth from their graves, and the veil concealing the Holy
of Holies, in the Temple of Jerusalem, was torn asunder.

Q. 388. What was the Holy of Holies in the temple?
A. The Holy of Holies was the sacred part of the Temple, in which the
Ark of the Covenant was kept, and where the high priest consulted the
Will of God.

Q. 389. What was the "Ark of the Covenant"?
A. The Ark of the Covenant was a precious box in which were kept the
tablets of stone bearing the written Commandments of God, the rod which
Aaron changed into a serpent before King Pharao, and a portion of the
manna with which the Israelites were miraculously fed in the desert. The
Ark of the Covenant was a figure of the Tabernacle in which we keep the
Holy Eucharist.

Q. 390. Why was the veil of the Temple torn asunder at the death of
Christ?
A. The veil of the Temple was torn asunder at the death of Christ
because at His death the Jewish religion ceased to be the true religion,
and God no longer manifested His presence in the Temple.

Q. 391. Why did the Jewish religion, which up to the death of Christ had
been the true religion, cease at that time to be the true religion?
A. The Jewish religion, which, up to the death of Christ, had been the
true religion, ceased at that time to be the true religion, because it
was only a promise of the redemption and figure of the Christian
religion, and when the redemption was accomplished and the Christian
religion established by the death of Christ, the promise and the figure
were no longer necessary.

Q. 392. Were all the laws of the Jewish religion abolished by the
establishment of Christianity?
A. The moral laws of the Jewish religion were not abolished by the
establishment of Christianity, for Christ came not to destroy these
laws, but to make them more perfect. Its ceremonial laws were abolished
when the Temple of Jerusalem ceased to be the House of God.

Q. 393. What do we mean by moral and ceremonial laws?
A. By "moral" laws we mean laws regarding good and evil. By "ceremonial"
laws we mean laws regulating the manner of worshipping God i