Catholics see how 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52:50 connects to The Memorial of The Presentation of The Blessed Virgin Mary after The Temple had been Purified: “Judas and his brothers said, ‘Now that our enemies have been crushed, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it … they arose and offered sacrifices according to the law on the new altar… all the people prostrated themselves and adored and praised Heaven who had given them success… There was great joy among the people, now that the disgrace of the Gentiles was removed.” God’s Temple was restored about 164 years before Jesus was born.
Catholic Tradition tells us that the Maccabees had made it possible for Mary to be presented by her parents, St. Joachim and St. Anne, to the Temple as an offering to God. Being in the restored Temple kept Mary so holy that the Prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 came true! “Therefore, the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Catholics know that the name means: “God is with us”!
Catholics realize that Catholic Communion, where The Miracle of Transubstantiation makes the bread and wine given to Abraham in Jerusalem by Melchizedek, nearly 2,000 years earlier, in Genesis 14:18-20, lets us be blessed to receive The Body and Blood of Christ from Catholic priests. For the last 2,000 years, they have been Ordained in The Order of Melchizedek.
When Catholics receive Communion, we are the only people on earth who are blessed to fulfill Isaiah’s Prophecy: “God is with us.”
He Who Fulfilled the Prophecies proved that by saying in John 10:27, “My sheep hear My voice, says the Lord. I know them and they follow Me.” Then, Luke 19:45-48 explains the nature of many groups: “It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.” That is why “The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put Him to death.”
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Christ’s Body and Blood / Give life to the mud / that is us.”
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