“One-minute Reasons to ‘Be Catholic!'” #14.

Jesus gives us “Three Direct Orders” in Today’s Catholic Reading!  Obeying them lets us get our souls into Heaven.

~

Question 1:  “Does Jesus specifically tell us how to get our soul into Heaven in Today’s Catholic Reading?

Answer:  “He lets obedient believers escape the fate of King Ahab and his family in 1 Kings 21:17-29!  We and our families avoid dying with ‘dogs licking their blood from the streets’!”

~

Question 2:  “How can we avoid that?”

Answer:  “We look at Psalm 51:3-6, 11, 16, and ask God to:  ‘Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;  in the greatness of Your compassion wipe out my offense.  Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me.’  We then ‘acknowledge our offense’ and realize:  ‘Against You only have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight.’  Then, we ask God to:  ‘Turn Your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt.  Free me from blood guilt. . .'”

~

Question 3:  “After we have been freed from the ‘blood guilt’ of supporting any belief that contradicts This Catholic Teaching:  ‘Life must be protected from conception until natural death.’, what must we do to save our soul?”

Answer:  “We obey Direct Order #1 from He Who Fulfilled The Prophecies!  John 13:34:

Direct Order #1:  ‘I give you a New Commandment:  love one another as I have loved you.’

~

Question 4:  “How are we supposed to obey Direct Order #1 from Jesus?”

Answer:  “Jesus defines conventional wisdom in Mt. 5:43-48:  ‘Jesus said to His disciples:  ‘You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

Jesus replaces that earthly teaching with Two More Direct Orders!

Direct Order #2.  ‘But I say to you, love your enemies

and

Direct Order #3.  ‘Pray for those who persecute you.’

~

Question 5:  “What does that let us do?”

Answer:  “Obeying Jesus lets us be ‘children of God’‘that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for He makes His sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.’

~

Catholics know:  ‘loving our enemies’ and ‘praying for those who persecute us’ let us be ‘Godlike’ enough ‘to shine our love on the bad and the good and cause rain (our prayers!) to fall on the just and the unjust.”

May God bless all to obey Today’s Three Direct Orders from Jesus so our souls may go to His Judgment among those described in John 15:14:  “You are My friends if you obey My Commands”!

~

Author's Notes:

Related:

Today’s Gospel tells us what Protestants…

May all the groups of people on earth be blessed to stop arguing with Jesus. ~ Question 1:...

Holy Thursday commemmorates The Last Supper.

Jesus Provided His Body and Blood for the First Catholics at The Last Supper. It is too much...

God asks One Eternal Question! May our…

What Question has God been asking every person who ever lived? ~ Question 1: “What ‘Eternal Question’ does...

The Prophet Isaiah tells Catholics: “You and…

God used The Prophet Isaiah to tell us exactly why Catholic priests are blessed by God. ~ Question...

Today’s Reading shows Catholics how to be…

God's grateful people know: "Each must do as already determined" by the gifts God has given to "each"...

Proof that Being Catholic cures “Confusion…

Proof that Catholics are blessed to cure the "Confusion Headaches" that afflict all who are not blessed to...