Holy Vanity lets Catholics look at the wounds of Jesus and realize: “He suffered that for me.”
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Question 1: “Does Jesus explain how ‘vanity’ can be made ‘holy’?”
Answer: “Jesus answers that question in Mt 16:24-28! ‘Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me‘. ‘Self-denial’ begins to make ‘vanity’ become ‘holy’ by putting our thoughts, words, and deeds in accord with His Teachings.”
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Question 2: “Why did Jesus order everyone who is meaningfully ‘Christian’ to ‘Follow Me’?”
Answer: “Jesus tells us! ‘For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.’”
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Question 3: “Of all the people on earth, which ones most meaningfully ‘follow’ Jesus and find the ‘life’ He promised?”
Answer: Those who obey The Word of Jesus that SPOKE One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church into Being! ‘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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Question 4: “Do we find His promised ‘life’ by replacing our self-serving ‘unholy vanity’ with ‘The Holy Vanity’ that lets us ‘follow’ Jesus?”
Answer: “We gain the ‘life’ He promised 12 times in the last half of John 6 and twice more at The Last Supper! ‘If you do not eat My Body and drink My Blood you do not have life in you.’”
May all who willfully disobey Any Teaching of Jesus be blessed to Think Clearly enough to understand the simple fact: Willfully disobedient souls do not ‘follow’ Jesus and cannot ‘find life’.”
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Question 5: “What will the souls of willfully disobedient people find instead of ‘life’?”
Answer: “Their immortal souls risk the eternal agony that is worse than death.”
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Question 6: “Does Jesus make it clear that letting ‘unholy vanity’ lead us to disobey Him is a ‘bad investment’?”
Answer: “Jesus makes that clear with His Question! ‘What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?’”
After giving greedy gluttons a moment to think about that, Jesus asks another question: ‘Or what can one give in exchange for his life?’”
Catholic priests, religious, and all Catholics have the answer to that! ‘Obedience to Jesus in all things, great and small.’”
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Question 7: “What do we gain by obeying Jesus?”
Answer: “Jesus makes that clear to everyone who Thinks Clearly! ‘For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then He will repay each according to his conduct.’”
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May we all be blessed to replace every self-serving “unholy vanity” by getting our spirit to in line with “The Holy Vanity” that lets us be among:
“Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom.”
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