St. Paul had spent many years “Being Catholic!” His efforts provided Catholic Churches and Parishes in Turkey and Greece. Then, Acts 20:17-27 explains: “From Miletus (on the Western end of Turkey), he had the presbyters from Ephesus summoned.”
“Presbyters” is an early name for Catholic priests. Only Peter, The First Catholic Pope, could have given Paul the Authority to ordain Catholic priests from among both Gentiles and Jews. Catholics are blessed to Think Clearly enough to understand the simple fact: Paul was a Catholic priest, a Catholic Bishop, and a Catholic Saint! That is a “Hidden Prophecy” that humble seekers for truth are blessed to see clearly enough to “Be Catholic!”
“When they came to him, he addressed them, ‘You know how I lived among you the whole time from the day I first came to the province of Asia. I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came to me because of the plots of the Jews, and I did not at all shrink from telling you what was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public or in your homes.'”
That “Hidden Prophecy” proves The Power of God! A few years before, Paul had been leading “the plots of the Jews”!
In Acts 22: 19-20, Paul reminds us: “They all know how obsessed I was with hunting out those who believed in Jesus, beating them up in the meeting places, and throwing them in jail. And when your witness Stephen was murdered, I was right there, holding the coats of the murderers and cheering them on. And now they see me totally converted. What better qualification could I have?’
He was also in the “plots of the Jews” when they sent him to persecute the Catholics in Damascus! Acts 22:6-21 tells us that Jesus appeared to let Paul see and hear Words from “The Light on the road to Damascus” that led Paul to “Be Catholic!” Paul spent the rest of his life being persecuted by every “plotter” for spending every day: “Trying To Be As Catholic As I Can!“
Paul then gave us a “Hidden Prophecy” of how billions of Catholics would face the problems caused to us by such “plots” for the next 2,000 years. Instead of hating them, we follow Paul’s example: “I earnestly bore witness for both Jews and Greeks to repentance before God and to faith in our Lord Jesus.”
Why do “plotters” always want to destroy The Only Church Spoken Into Being by The Church-Creating Word of 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.”
Today, computers help Catholics be blessed to see that every person is one of God’s Beloved “Replicating Free-Will Programs on earth.” We are human versions of God’s Angel Programs. They had Free-Will. Some of them chose to reject God. Led by Michael, God’s Obedient Angels threw them out of Heaven.
Fallen to earth, these “living, negative electrons” lead many to believe the vanity they believe: “I am as good, or better, than God!” That conclusion condemned them, and still condemns all who let the demons of pride, envy, greed, gluttony, anger, lust, and sloth keep them from loving God and their neighbors as much as themselves. The Catholic acronym “peggalas” helps us remember the seven tribes of demons to avoid!
Sadly for their souls, the earth’s “plotters” still reject grateful obedience to The Loving Programmer Who wrote The Creation Program and made it so huge! It is 40 trillion light-years across and expanding so that we cannot see an end to The Loving Programmer’s Programming Power!
“Plotters” also reject The Holy Spirit! Our familiarity with computers and cell phones lets us see Him now as “The Downloading Verb of God”. He “Downloaded The Creation Program” and downloaded each person to take form in our special, unique “image of God”!
“Plotters” hate all blessed to think clearly enough to understand that. They also hate and reject The Prophesied Son, The Word of God. He is the living essence of The Loving Programmer’s Creation Program in Human Form! All “plotters” hate for anyone to ever Think About The Holy Trinity!
For 2,000 years, and all the time remaining, Catholics have been and will be the only people on earth to get all the “keys to The Kingdom of Heaven” that Jesus died to leave to His First Catholic Pope! They include all Seven Catholic Sacraments that Jesus gave His Life to leave on earth: Baptism, Confession/Absolution, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Healing, and the Holy Orders of God that take human form in His Catholic priests, religious, and people to bless and guide our souls and lives.
If someone who hated Catholics as much as St. Paul can give his life to love God and his neighbors enough to live and die to help us to “Be Catholic!”, there is hope for everyone on earth, including the “plotters”. Even near death, their souls may be saved by sincerely pleading with God to forgive them for not following the example of St. Paul as quickly as he did.
May every person on earth be blessed to ask God: “Help Me Be As Catholic As I Can!”
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Today’s Hidden Rhyme: “May every life be blessed to end / Among God’s own ‘obedient friends'” (John 20:23)
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