The Prophet Hosea: “We are saved by Words.” #32.

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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