Catholics learn God’s DNA facts from David, Saul, and Goliath. They represent three kinds of people on earth in Today’s Catholic Reading from passages in 1 Samuel: 17-51, 3,000 years ago.
1. We know David’s DNA was “Upgraded” because his descendant, Mary, would combine Her and David’s DNA with God’s DNA a thousand years later and give Birth to The Son of God in fulfillment of over 300 Prophecies. David told Saul: “I am at your service to go and fight this Philistine… The Lord, Who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will also keep me safe from the clutches of this Philistine.”
Catholics know that we are “safe from the clutches of every Philistine” because our DNA has been upgraded to let us become “Children of God” by obeying The Church-Creating Word of David’s Descendant, Jesus, to His First Catholic Pope: “And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.”
We thereby receive The Seven Catholic Sacraments that are God’s “DNA Upgrades”: Baptism, Confession/Absolution, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Healing, and Holy Orders.
2. Saul represents the DNA of those who are blessed to believe in the God they do not love and trust enough to obey as much as they could. He symbolized the “Confusion Headache” of every Protestant in History who gave into the demands of earthly rulers when he told David: “You cannot go against this Philistine!”
3. Goliath symbolizes the corrupted DNA that takes form in every human evil. “The Philistine cursed David with his gods.” Catholics understand that Goliaths in every age follow fallen angels who have convinced their followers that they are “gods” who “curse” those who meaningfully follow God.
Catholics know more than that! Goliath was between 7 and 9 feet tall, wore 120 pounds of expensive armor, had a huge “spear”, and a sword. His “shield-bearer” carried a costly shield. He may have had, in today’s money, over $50,000.00 worth of expensive, hand-made equipment.
David had a sling that cost a dollar and “five smooth stones”. He cured Goliath’s “Confusion Headache” with one of them.
David is every Catholic who obeys God well enough to stand and fight for Truth, despite the earthly odds and awful gods of the Philistines against us.
Catholics know from Today’s Bible Reading: “It only takes one stone” to keep Goliath from overwhelming us, and that “one stone” is: “Be as Catholic as you can!”
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Stand tall and do not fall! / Follow David, not Goliath or Saul.”
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