St. James tells Catholics: Our “patience” must become “endurance” as we carry His Word into the world.
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Question 56: “What does St. James tell every Catholic to do?”
Answer: “We have seen for 2,000 years the plea he makes to every Catholic in James 5:7, ‘Now be patient, brothers, until the Lord’s coming.’”
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Question 57: “How ‘patient’ do we have to be?”
Answer: “Every Catholic has to be as ‘patient’ as a farmer! ‘Think of a farmer: how patiently he waits for the precious fruit of the ground until it has had the autumn rains and the spring rains.’
Catholic ‘farmers’ are those who ‘plant the seeds of God’s Word’ with our prayers, words, and deeds.”
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Question 58: “What do we do as we ‘plant the seeds of God’s Word’?”
Answer: “James 5:8 reminds Catholics to never stop ‘farming’! ‘You too have to be patient; do not lose heart, because the Lord’s coming will be soon.’”
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Question 59: “How are we to show our ‘patience’ as we wait for His Coming?”
Answer: “We must focus on God and not on the errors of those who weaken His Word with desires that turn into disobedience. ‘Do not make complaints against one another, brothers, so as not to be brought to judgement yourselves; the Judge is already to be seen waiting at the gates.’
As we see Him, ‘The Judge’ is seeing us. He is ‘waiting’ to see how obedient each of us is to His Word!”
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Question 60: “How ‘patient’ should Catholics try to be?”
Answer: ” James 5:10 is clear. ‘For your example, brothers, in submitting with patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord; . .’ We have to be as ‘patient’ as the ‘Prophets’!
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Question 61: “Is it enough for us to be ‘patient’?”
Answer: “We must let our ‘patience’ become ‘endurance’! ‘remember it is those who had endurance that we say are the blessed ones.’”
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Question 62: “Will God give us that strength?”
Answer: “Yes! ‘You have heard of the patience of Job, and understood the Lord’s purpose, realizing that The Lord is kind and compassionate.’”
Catholics know! God is so ‘kind and compassionate’ that He will let everyone who meaningfully wants them have the only ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’ that He left on earth!
‘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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