Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, recognized that The Blood and Wine that Melchizedek’s Blessing gave to Abraham at the First Catholic Communion (Genesis 14:18) would be passed on through his son, Judah. That is why Jacob made this Prophesy in Genesis 49:2: “‘You, Judah, shall your brothers praise, your hand on the neck of your enemies: the sons of your father shall bow down to you.'”
Catholics make the blessed “Catholic Connection” with that Word of God. It still cures the “Confusion Headaches” suffered by all others: Catholics are the true “sons of your father” because they continue to “bow down to you” by respecting the current Successor to Peter.
We make that connection between Judah and the Catholic Pope by seeing that the preceding 3,000,000 years of unwritten Human History entered a new age in the year 1 AD, when He Who Fulfilled over 300 prophecies spoke One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church into Being. We see that God’s chosen “son of Judah” has ruled God’s Church for the past 2,000 years!
“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.”
As the writer of Psalm 72 predicted: “Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.” Catholics still “bow down” before our Popes who lead Catholic priests, religious, and us because: “He shall defend the afflicted among the people… save the children of the poor… In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.”
Our Catholic Popes embody “O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love; come to teach us the path of knowledge.” Those who refuse that “guiding” suffer from the “Confusion Headaches” that keep many from Being Catholic.
Today’s New Testament Reading from Matthew 1:1-17reminds us of the 14 generations between Abraham and David, 14 more between David and the Babylonian exile, and the 14 generations from then until The Birth of Jesus!
May all be blessed to cure our “Confusion Headaches” by connecting the Prophecy of Jacob to over 13 trillion light-years of History from the moment God said “Let there be light, and there was light!” and see The Power of God at work on earth in His One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Catholics are bright / enough to be right.”
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Postscript: Melchizedek was God’s first Catholic priest.
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