God still uses This Word of Jeremiah to bring people to His Catholic Church.
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Question 1: “What ‘warning’ does God give to politicians, weight-lifters, athletes, and all who put earthly things before Him?”
Answer: “The same ‘warning’ He gives to those obsessed with wealth. Jeremiah 17:5-10: ‘Thus says The Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in the flesh, whose heart turns away from The Lord.’”
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Question 2: “Does God tell us how they are ‘cursed’ to spend their lives?”
Answer: “Each one ‘is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season but stands in a lava waste, a salt and empty earth.’”
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Question 3: “Does God tell Jeremiah about the fate of obedient believers?”
Answer: “‘Blessed is the man who trusts in The Lord, whose hope is The Lord. He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its root to the stream: it fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green: in the year of droughts it shows no distress, but still bears fruit.’”
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Question 4: “Is there a ‘Catholic Connection’ in that Word of God to Jeremiah?”
Answer: “The end of Today’s Reading tells us who passes the ‘test’ left by The Prophesied Son of God: ‘I, The Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart, to reward everyone according to their ways, according to the merit of their deeds.’”
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Question 5: “And what is the greatest ‘reward’ we may earn by ‘the merit of our deeds’?”
Answer: “The greatest ‘reward’ anyone may gain on earth are these specific ‘keys’ that Jesus died to leave to His First Catholic Pope: ‘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.’
Those ‘keys’ include The Seven Catholic Sacraments that let God live within us.”
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Out of twelve, eleven / got ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven..”
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