Q. 1086.  Say the five glorious mysteries of the Rosary.  A. The five glorious mysteries of the Rosary are:  (1) The Resurrection of Our Lord; (2) the Ascension of Our Lord; (3) The Coming of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles; (4) the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin—­after death she was taken body and soul into heaven; (5) the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin—­on entering heaven she was made queen of all the Angels and Saints and placed in dignity next to her Divine Son, Our Blessed Lord.

Q. 1087.  On what days, according to the pious custom of the faithful, are the different mysteries of the Rosary usually said?  A. According to the pious custom of the faithful, the different mysteries of the Rosary are usually said on the following days, namely:  the joyful on Mondays and Thursdays, the sorrowful on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the glorious on Sundays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Q. 1088.  What do the letters I.N.R.I. over the crucifix mean?  A. The letters I.N.R.I. over the crucifix are the first letters of four Latin words that mean Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.  Our Lord did say He was king of the Jews, but He also said that He was not their temporal or earthly king, but their spiritual and heavenly king.

Q. 1089.  To what may we attribute the desire of the Jews to put Christ to death?  A. We may attribute the desire of the Jews to put Christ to death to the jealously, hatred and ill-will of their priests and the Pharisees, whose faults He rebuked and whose hypocrisy He exposed.  By their slanders and lies they induced the people to follow them in demanding Our Lord’s crucifixion.

Q. 1090.  With whom did the Blessed Virgin live after the death of Our Lord?  A. After the death of Our Lord the Blessed Virgin lived for about eleven years with the Apostle St. John the Evangelist, called also the Beloved Disciple.  He wrote one of the four Gospels, three Epistles, and the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelations—­the last book of the Bible.  He lived to the age of a hundred years or more and died last of all the apostles.

Q. 1091.  What do we mean by the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and why do we believe in it?  A. By the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin we mean that her body was taken up into heaven after her death.  We believe in it:  (1) Because the Church cannot teach error, and yet from an early age the Church has celebrated the Feast of the Assumption; (2) because no one ever claimed to have a relic of our Blessed Mother’s body, and surely the apostles, who knew and loved her, would have secured some relic had her body remained upon earth.

Q. 1092.  What do the letters I.H.S. on an altar or sacred things mean?  A. The letters I.H.S. on an altar or sacred things mean the name Jesus; for it is in that way the Holy Name is written in the Greek language when some of the letters are left out.