Catholics know: The Living Word of God brings life to us.
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Question 1: “Does The Prophet Hosea tell us we are saved by ‘words’?”
Answer: “Today’s Catholic Reading tells us in Hosea 14:2-10! ‘Thus says The Lord: Return, O Israel, to The Lord, your God; you have collapsed through your guilt. Take with you words, and return to The Lord;’”
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Question 2: “What ‘words’ does Hosea order us to take to ‘The Lord’ to keep our minds and souls from ‘collapsing through your guilt’?”
Answer: “The word ‘word’ appears over a thousand times in The Bible! Hosea tells us to say three ‘words’ to God! ‘Say to Him, ‘Forgive all iniquity . . ‘ Hosea concludes with ‘words’ describing the Two Kinds of people: ‘Straight are the paths of The Lord, in them the just walk but sinners stumble in them.’”
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Question 3: “Do The Psalms reinforce ‘words’ from Hosea?”
Answer: “Today’s Psalm 51:3-17 repeats ‘My mouth will declare your praise.’ (with ‘words’!) five times while it tells us to live by these ‘words’: ‘Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness, wipe out my offense; wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me; wash me and I shall be whiter than snow; a clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me;’”
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Question 4: “Did The Prophesied Messiah tell us it would be easy to obey His Words?”
Answer: “No! Mt 10:16-23 tells us the Words Jesus said to His Apostles, Catholic priests, religious, and every Catholic! ‘Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. . . But beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, . . Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. You (Catholics) will be hated by all because of My Name, . . ‘”
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Question 5: “Why should we be Catholic?”
Answer: “Those who are blessed to ‘die Catholic’ are given These Words of Jesus: ‘but whoever endures to the end will be saved.’”
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Question 6: “What ‘words’ of Jesus lets us ‘endure to the end’?”
Answer: “Obeying The Church-Creating Words of Jesus 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.’”
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May Those Words of Jesus echo in every mind, spirit, and soul!
Forever
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