Why can only Catholics most truly say “God is with us.”?
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Question 1: “Why can only Catholics say ‘God is with us.’?”
Answer: “That Word of God is a Prophecy! Today’s Reading from Isaiah 7:10-14 and 8:10 explain: ‘Then Isaiah said: ‘Listen O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary people, must you also weary my God? Therefore, The Lord Himself will give you this sign: The Virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and shall name Him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
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Question 2: “What do Catholics do when seeing That Prophecy from Isaiah?”
Answer: “‘We know that it connects us to The Bible in Today’s Psalm 40:7-11: ‘Here I am Lord, I come to do your will.’ so we try to be as Catholic as we can! Catholics know God does not want ‘holocausts or sin offerings’ but for us to know: ‘to do Your will, O My God is my delight ‘ because ‘Your law is within my heart!’
We even ‘announce Your justice in the vast assembly’ of Your One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church for the past 2,000 years because we Catholics ‘cannot restrain our lips.’ We see The Truth of John 1:14: ‘The Word of God became flesh and made His dwelling among us, and we saw His Glory.’”
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Question 3: “What do Catholics believe God did?”
Answer: “Luke 1:26-38 explains that ‘The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph of The House of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.’ One of the most powerful Angels in God’s Creation ‘came to her and he said, ‘Hail (Mary), full of grace, The Lord is with you.’”
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Question 4: “Did God ever say that to anyone else?”
Answer: “He said something similar to Moses, David, and Isaiah, but told no one: ‘Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of The Most High and The Lord God will give Him the throne of David, His father, and He will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of His Kingdom there will be no end.’”
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Question 5: “What did Mary reply to the Angel Gabriel?”
Answer: “Mary was a woman with common sense! So, ‘Mary said to the Angel, ‘How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?’”
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Question 6: “Did Gabriel explain?”
Answer: “‘And the Angel said to her in reply, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the Power of The Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, The Son of God.'”
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Question 7: “Did the Angel offer any proof of this great miracle from God?”
Answer: “‘And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.’”
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Question 8: “What did Mary say to these astonishing Words from God through His Angel, Gabriel?”
Answer: “Mary said what every good Catholic woman says! ‘Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the handmaid of The Lord, may it be done to me according to your word.’”
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Only Catholics understand: / God is with us in every land.”
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