St. John gives us one short sentence that may be The Most Brilliantly Inclusive Sentence in History.
Question 1: “What makes us ‘victims’?”
Answer: “Every person on earth is ‘victimized’ by evil demons who lead us to desire ‘worldly things’. St. John describes those who let God save us from being ‘victimized’ by those overcome by pride, envy, greed, gluttonly, anger, lust, and sloth. Today’s Reading from 1 John 2:12-17 is God’s Wisdom in human words:
‘I am writing to you, children,
because your sins have been forgiven for His name’s sake.
I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know Him Who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have conquered the Evil One.
I write to you, children,
because you know The Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know Him Who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong and the word of God remains in you, and you have conquered the Evil One.
St. John is describing those blessed to resist being ‘victimized’ by ‘worldly concerns’.”
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Question 2: “How can we keep our souls being ‘vicitmized’ and spend eternity being tormented by vicious demons of pride, envy, greed, gluttony, anger, lust, and sloth?”
Answer: “St. John tells us! ‘Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of The Father is not in him.’”
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Question 3: “Does St. John tell us how to identify the demons who want to make us ‘victims’ of evil?”
Answer: “‘For all that is in the world, sensual lust, enticement for the eyes, and a pretentious life, is not from the Father but is from the world.’”
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Question 4: “Does That Short Sentence describe every evil that draws us away from God?”
Answer: “That Short Sentence, 1 John 1:16, is one of the most brilliantly inclusive descriptions in History. It should be memorized and repeated at every temptation we meet.”
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Question 5: “What are Catholics blessed to learn from That Short Sentence?”
Answer: “Every Catholic is guided by The Simple Truth that follows! ‘Yet the world and its enticement are passing away.’”
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Question 6: “What keeps Catholics from being ‘victimized’ by ‘worldly enticements’?”
Answer: “Catholics are guided by connecting This Word from St. John: ‘But whoever does the will of God remains forever.’ with This Word from He Who Fulfilled The Prophecies!
‘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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Question 7: “What keeps people from being in The Only Church Spoken Into Being by That Word from God?”
Answer: “They let themselves be ‘victimized’ by demons who lead them to believe: ‘I know more than God about getting my soul into Heaven.’”
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It is an eternal blessing to not be a ‘victim’ of ‘worldly concerns’. May we all do as St. Faustina suggests, and throw ourselves upon The Mercy of Jesus by saying These Words:
“Jesus I trust in You”
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