Question 1: “Did The Holy Spirit direct The First Catholic Bishops and priests to obey The Father and The Son?”
Answer: “Acts 13:1-4 mentions The Holy Spirit’s Direction to spread The Catholic Church two times.
First: ‘While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, The Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, completing their fasting and prayer, they laid hands on them and sent them off.
Second: ‘So they, sent forth by The Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.’“
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Question 2: In Today’s Reading, do The Psalms tell people of every Nation to praise and bless The Holy Trinity that Jesus would tell them about?”
Answer: “Psalms 67: 2-8 begin with The Response addressed to The Father: ‘O God let all the nations praise You.’ and,
‘May God have pity on us and bless us; may He let His face shine upon us. So may Your way be known upon earth; among all nations, your salvation.’ and
‘May all the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise You! May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear Him!’“
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Question 3: “Does Today’s Reading from John 8:12 connect Words of Jesus with Words of The Father and Holy Spirit?”
Answer: “’It was Jesus Who said ‘I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows Me will have the light of life.’
Catholics say: ‘Alleluia, alleluia.’ before and after That Word from The Son!
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Question 4: “Does The Son tell us specifically that He and The Father are One?”
Answer: “John 12:44-50 tells Catholics what is important to know:
First: ‘Jesus cried out and said, ‘Whoever believes in Me believes not only in Me but also in The One Who sent Me, and whoever sees Me sees The One Who sent Me.’
Second: ‘I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me might not remain in darkness.’
Third: ‘And if anyone hears My words and does not observe them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.’
Fourth: ‘Whoever rejects Me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day, because I did not speak on My own, but The Father who sent Me commanded Me what to say and speak.’
Fifth: ‘And I know that His commandment is eternal life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me.’”
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He Who Fulfilled over 300 of The Prophecies given by His Father to The Prophets is clear: If we disobey Any Word of The Son, we are disobeying Words of The Father that echo in The Catholic Church and in our minds by The Power of The Holy Spirit.
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