May all be blessed to let God’s “light” get from our eyes to our minds.
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Question 1: “How does Today’s Reading let us see ‘Simple Reasons to ‘Be Catholic!’?”
Answer: “1 John 1:1-5 and 2:2-10 is written to those identified as God’s ‘beloved’ people! ‘Beloved: This is the message that we have heard from Jesus Christ and proclaim to you: ‘God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.’
Catholics are the Blessed People on earth who see ‘the light’ in Jesus Christ’s Church-Creating Word to The 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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Question 2: “What lets Catholics see ‘the light’ in The Church-Creating Word of Jesus to His First Catholic Pope?”
Answer: “Catholics are blessed to know This Simple Truth! ‘If we say, ‘We have fellowship with Him,’ while we continue to walk in darkness, (then) we lie and do not act in truth.’”
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Question 3: “What keeps people from seeing That Simple Truth?”
Answer: “Demons of vanity lead many to ‘walk in This Darkness’: ‘I know more than Jesus about getting my soul into Heaven.’
and/or:
‘Jesus has to let me into Heaven!’”
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Question 4: “What is the cure for that vanity?”
Answer: “Reading The Next Two ‘If’ / ‘Then’ / ‘And’ Teachings respectfully!
1. ‘But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the Blood of His Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.’
2. ‘But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the Blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.’”
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Question 5: “What if we let the usual demons of vanity keep us from seeing those ‘If’ / ‘Then’ / ‘And’ Passages?
Answer: “We fall farther into darkness! ‘If we say, ‘We are without sin’, (then) we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.’”
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Question 6: “Is there any hope for Willful Protestants?”
Answer: “Every person makes one of two choices about facing our disobedience:
1. ‘If we acknowledge our sins, (then) He is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing.’
OR:
2. ‘If we say, “We have not sinned,” (then) we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.’”
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Question 6.: “Is there any way we can be forgiven for disobeying Any Word of Jesus?”
Answer: “There are three answers!
1. ‘My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin.’
2. ‘But if anyone does sin, (then) we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.’
3. ‘He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.’”
Today’s Psalm 124:7 explains the importance of Being as Catholic as we can! ‘Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare.’
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “May God bless me to understand, / And be as Catholic as I can.'”
