Catholics begin The New Year with a “New Idea”!
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Question 1: “When we figure out what ‘C 2 B Catholic’ means, what do we do?”
Answer: “May all be blessed to ‘C 2 Stay Catholic!’”
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Question 2: “After Mary, Joseph, and three wealthy Wise Men came to The Manger in Bethlehem, who were the 1st people who could ‘C 2 B Catholic!’?”
Answer: “‘Poor, homeless shepherds’ from the countryside and ‘Kings from Parthian palaces’ were the first to ‘C 2 B Catholic’. Middle-class residents of Bethlehem could not ‘C 2 B Catholic’.”
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Question 3: “What let both rich and poor be the first people who could ‘C 2 B Catholic’?”
Answer: “Today’s Catholic Reading includes Numbers 6:22-27: ‘The Israelites would be blessed by The Lord letting His Face shine on you.’ Rich ‘Parthian Kings’ and Bethlehem’s ‘shepherds’ had ‘Israelite’ connections on whom ‘The Lord looked and kindly gave you peace'”
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Question 4: “Does Today’s Psalm 67:2-8 tell us that those who ‘C 2 B Catholic’ are blessed?”
Answer: “‘His face shines upon us and we make His way known. Nations are glad and exult from God’s equity. The ends of the earth fear Him’.”
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Question 5: “What is the final reward to those blessed to ‘C 2 B Catholic’?”
Answer: “Galatians 4:4-7 tells us we are the most blessed group of people on earth because we ‘receive adoption as sons who are no longer slaves, but heirs’ to God’s Kingdom.‘ Hebrews 1:1-2 tells us the most blessed people on earth have God ‘speak to us through His Son.’”
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Question 6: “Does Luke 2:16-21 tell us what the ‘shepherds’ did after they saw the Son of God had Fulfilled The Prophecy about The Messiah taking Human Form in Bethlehem?”
Answer: “‘The Shepherds’ were trustworthy working men. They had credibility! ‘When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds.’”
30 years later, those ‘shepherds’ were respected men in their fifties and sixties. They all talked about Jesus: ‘I was there when He was born! I saw what Kings had given Him! I saw God’s Angels! I heard them singing! I saw God’s Prophecy in Micah 5:2 fulfilled in Bethlehem right before my own eyes!’”
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May we all be as enthusiastic as those “shepherds” and help our beloved neighbors: “C 2 B Catholic!”
Today’s Simple Rhyme: “If I love God instead of Sin. / I’ll go to Heaven, and get in!”
