Jesus told us who will be “exalted” in Heaven! May we all be blessed with “The Holy Vanity” to put His Teachings ahead of our worldly desires.
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Question 1: “Why do Catholics think that ‘humility’ is the only thing that lets us be ‘exalted’?”
Answer: “Catholics guide our lives by Words of Jesus! In Today’s Reading from Mt 23:1-12, Jesus tells us to be ‘humble’:
‘Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, ‘The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example.’”
Question 2: “What ‘example’ of theirs should we ‘not follow’?”
Answer: “Jesus was clear about the ‘scribes’ and ‘Pharisees’! ‘For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’”
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Question 3: “What example did Jesus tell us that we Catholics should ‘follow’?”
Answer: “Jesus told us to not seek honors on earth! ‘As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven.’”
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Question 4: “Why do Willful Protestants say that Catholics are wrong to call our Catholic priests ‘Father’?”
Answer: “Willful Protestants do not want to understand! God has The Power to let His Spirit live in those who are Ordained in Living Link with His Ordination of The First Catholic Bishops at The Last Supper!
No Willful Protestant understands that Jesus has The Power to let The Spirit of His Father live in His Catholic priests on earth.
No Willful Protestant wants to see that by calling our priests ‘Father’, we are honoring God by recognizing that He is blessing us with direct access to His ‘Spirit’ on earth Who lives in Catholic priests and religious who take Holy Vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience.”
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Question 5: “What leads people to become Willful Protestants?””
Answer: “Willful Protestant do not recognize that we should obey the ‘One Master’: ‘Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but One Master, the Christ.’”
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Question 6: “How do Catholics see our Catholic priests and religious?”
Answer: “We see them the same way Jesus does! ‘The greatest among you must be your servant.’ Catholics are led by those who live as Jesus lived. Their vows of Poverty, Celibacy, and Obedience prove that our leaders are among those whom God has Chosen to be ‘exalted’!
‘Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.’”
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Every person’s ‘unholy vanity’ becomes a ‘Holy Vanity’ when we thank God for giving us His Catholic priests and religious to lead us to ‘the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’ that God gave only to His Catholic Church!
‘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.’
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