All Christians love and respect St. Paul! His second letter to the early Catholics in Corinth, 2 Corinthians 9:6-10, tells us to live by this simple command: “Brothers and sisters: ‘Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
Every person is one of God’s beloved “Replicating Free-Will Programs”! We are free to serve or shun God and The Church His Beloved Son Spoke Into Being with His Church-Creating Word 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.'”
Catholics are blessed to know and live by This Simple Fact: “He Who Is The Living Fulfillment of God’s Messianic Prophecies knows more than I do about everything!” May we all share one goal: “I want those ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’ for my and for every immortal soul! May all be Catholic enough to get them!”
Then, God tells St. Paul about the important work that each of His Replicating Free-Will Programs must do to get those “keys to The Kingdom of Heaven”:
“Each must do as already determined (That is a “Hidden Catholic Prophecy” explaining that all of God’s beloved “Replicating Free-Will Programs” were written by God and downloaded by His angelic downloaders at our conception!), without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” That is an “Order from God” telling Catholics to be “cheerful givers” of whatever help to God, His Church, and our neighbors that we have been programmed to provide!
Then, The Loving Programmer makes His Promise to every person on earth! “Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work.” We do not “need” much more than that which is received by every Catholic monk, nun, and person in every earthly cell.
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Catholics know: “The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.”
Today’s Psalm 112:1-2,5-9 gives us more “Hidden Catholic Prophecies” that guide, support, and reward all who try to “Be as Catholic as we can!”: “Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need… Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commands… an evil report he will not fear (That is a ‘Hidden Catholic Prophecy’ of being criticized for being ‘too Catholic!’), … his horn shall be exalted in glory.”
Today’s “Alleluia” from John 8:12 makes what should be the goal of every person clear: “‘Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’, says The Lord.”
Then, Jesus lets us see what we must do to “walk in the light of life” in John 12:24-26! “Jesus said to His disciples: ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.”
Next, He Who Fulfilled the Messianic Prophecies tells us why we should “Be as Catholic as we can!’ in One, Simple Sentence: “Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.”
We end Today’s Reading by praying that we all will be blessed to understand this “Hidden Catholic Prophecy” well enough to “Be as Catholic as we can!”
“Whoever serves Me must follow Me, and where I am, there also will My servant be. The Father will honor whoever honors Me.”
Is there a better reason to “Be as Catholic as we can!”?
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “May all be blessed to clearly be / on God’s path to immortality!”
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