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Show 32: No, Catholics do not worship Angels and Saints, part 3 · The Uncensored Catholic

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Hey, y'all, welcome today's show. Probably gonna try to keep this one
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kind of brief today, no more than about a half hour, because we
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have major storms coming in and we're under a tornado warning and all that.
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So if you could spare a few prayers for everyone who's being affected by this
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system of storms already took a few lives last night, would be much appreciated.
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And there's a lot of news going on today that I'm not going to
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be able to get into just yet, but maybe that's really for the best.
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I'm keeping a real close high on this situation. When Bishop Strickland,
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I cannot remember the name of his diocese right now, but anyway, Bishop
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Strickland, who was really the only one to really come out strongly and lead
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the march, the Eucharistic procession in protest of the absolute abomination that happened at
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Dodger Stadium. The Archdiocese of San Francis go, what do you expect?
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Yeah, what do you expect? In California, the most wealthy, most
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corrupt Catholic establishment in the United States. They want to dialogue with the perverts,
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with the demonic perverts who mocked the Crucifixion and the Catholic Church and dialogue
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away, dialogue away. But we need, well, we need faithful Catholics
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to stand on principled positions, to actually stand up for the morals and doctrine
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of the Catholic Church. And you've got a few. You've got get to
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you know, Corleone, You've got Strickland, Oh what's his name there in
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Kansas City. He's fantastic. I mean, they're just a few, but
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I mean, gosh, I mean, we've seen the Father Provone defraud recently,
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We've see in messages against traditional Catholics. And I don't even just mean
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traditional Latin Catholics. I mean, for some reason, Pope Francis hates the
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Latin Mass. I don't get it. And he doesn't seem too much like
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conservative Catholics. I promise you it is not going to turn into a Pope
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Francis bashing show. Not my intent. But there's some really troubling stuff going
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on. And actually I just wrote an article. You'll find it on missy
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O Day on Thursday. It's the Gospel Reflection for Thursday the twenty eight.
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And I think it's going to be pretty clear my position and hopefully it will
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give you a few things to reflect on and some reasons to hope. It's
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a tough statement, it's a it's a tough article, but it's not certainly
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no malice in it, and really no vocal criticism of anyone. It's just
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an assessment of where things are, and you know, I hope you'll enjoy
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it. I hope you'll take something worthwhile from it. So today, as
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the storm's approach, let's get back into Maybe I can finish up on what
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the early Church taught about praying to saints and angels. Of course, the
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only church venerated and prayed to Saint Saint angels constantly. The very first Christians
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venerated images of the blessed Virgin Mary. That it's evidenced by the painting in
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the Church of Santa Maria. Okay, here we know, go I don't
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pronounce Italian very well, m agg I O r E. Yes, I
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know all Catholics are supposed to have traveled to Rome and be fluent in speaking
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all the names of odd places like Mega Gorge and such as that. Yeah,
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I'm not Okay, I'm a convert, so I guess this is m
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maggiori maggy. Okay, I know I'm mispronouncing it. I'm just gonna spell
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it m a gg io r e. This painting is actually believed to have
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been painted by Saint Luke, the Apostle, the Hostile of Christ, an
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author of the Gospel of Luke. So that you want to talk some you
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know, anti Catholic says the early Church didn't worship. Well, they say
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worship, and that's totally wrong. They say Catholics worships angels and saints.
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The early Church didn't do that. Well, here is Saint Luke painting the
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Blessed Virgin Mary on the wall of a church and to be venerated by all
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Christians. We'll get into the charge of Catholics worship statues and paintings later,
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but that's completely ludicrous on its face. But it's worth noting without a doubt
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that one of the actual apostles was one of the founders of our tradition,
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and it likely goes back even further than that, even further, but I'll
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get into that in Well, yeah, we'll talk about Saint Joseph here in
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just a minute, but let me just just you know, besides Saint Luke,
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one of the authors of the Bible the New Testament, is believed to
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have painted one of the oldest paintings of the Blessed Virgin Mary that has been
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venerated by Catholics for two thousand years. The earliest churches the catacombs, are
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filled with religious icons, statues, and paintings to cover the walls and ceilings.
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While all acknowledge that the Blessed Virgin Mary holds a special rule in Catholicism,
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most Protestants would probably be surprised to learn that the earliest known prayer to
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a saint was probably to her earthly husband, and this tradition praying this prayer
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to Saint Joseph was very likely fostered by Our Lord himself. Saint Joseph died
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during the earthly life of Jesus, the Blessed Mother lived several decades after his
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resurrection. Therefore, it's not really surprising that Our Lord may have told his
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disciples very much about Saint Joseph, his earthly father, and therefore it's well
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and archaeological evidence for the following prayer is to believe to date to around fifty
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a d. Most of the apostles were still alive. They were praying a
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prayer to Saint Joseph, very likely taught to them by Jesus Christ himself.
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Of course, this is only speculation, but if the earliest known record of
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this prayer is fifty a d that should really dispel any argument by Protestants or
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anti Catholics that prayers to angels and saints are not Christian, because those were
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the ones who actually learned from Jesus. Trust me, they know a lot
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better what is Christian isn't than what you do two thousand years later, not
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even speaking the same language, with the faulty translations of the Bible, listening
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to some preacher who has no thought already whatsoever. The prayer goes, Old
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Saint Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before
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the Throne of God. I place in thee all my interests and desires,
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Old Saint Joseph, to assist me by that powerful intercession and obtain for me
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from Thy divine son all spiritual blessings for Jesus Christ, our Lord, so
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that, having engaged here below Thy heavenly power, I may offer thanksgiving an
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homage to the most loving of fathers, Old Saint Joseph, I never weary
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of contemplating thee and Jesus asleep in thy arms. I dare not approach while
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he reposes near thy heart. Press him in my name and kiss his fine
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head for me, and ask him to return the kiss when I draw my
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dying breath. Saint Joseph, Patron of departing Souls, pray for us.
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It's a very powerful prayer. That prayer in fifteen oh five was sent from
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the Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle. Because the Church
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states of this prayer, whoever reads this prayer or hears it or carries it
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will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor shall poison take
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effect on them. Neither shall they fall into the hands of the enemy,
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nor be burned by it in any fire, nor shall they be overpowered in
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battle. That has been a belief of the Catholic Church going back to the
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earliest Christians, and is also so interesting to think about this prayer because it's
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addressing Saint Joseph with the infant Jesus. We have to remember God is outside
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of time, Heaven is outside of time. When people die and go to
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heaven, they become outside of time, unbound by time and space, where
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one second is the same as a million years. And so Jesus often appears
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at various stages of his life. He may be the infant Jesus. In
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this he is presented as the infant in Saint Joseph's lap and it's it's it's
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if you really want to think about that and unpack it, there's a lot
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there. I mean, there's there's a lot there. The earliest Marriyan prayer
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or prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary for which we have evidence was written in
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Greek, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Okay, again, I cannot pronounce Greek.
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Maybe someday I'll get around to it, but for right now, you
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just have to understand that the Greek word I think it's the autocus, but
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anyway, it's spelled in the weird Greek alphabet that I can't Okay, anyway,
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it means bearer of God. Okay, she was called the bearer of
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God. The prayer was found on a fragment of papyrus that dates all the
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way back to two fifty a d. That's two centuries before the third Ecumenical
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counsel, the Council of Ephesus, in which the Virgin Mary was proclaimed Mother
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of God. So for at least two hundred years before the Church officially declared
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the Blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of God, she was known and prayed to
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as the Bearer of God or the Mother of God. This is two hundred
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and fifty a d Put that in context and realize no Protestant church would exist
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for another or what twelve hundred over a thousand years later? So by what
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authority does any Protestant criticize Catholics for continuing the same tradition that was passed down
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to us by the apostles, of praying to angels and saints. They don't
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have that right. The prayer goes beneath thy compassion. We take refuge,
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Oh Mother of God, do not despise our petitions in time of trouble,
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but rescue us from dangers. Only pure one, only bless one. The
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Blessed Virgin Mary was called the Mother of God by the earliest Christians fathers.
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Farrago tells us that Saint Elizabeth called her the Mother of God, and Luke
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one forty three. Of course, hopefully we all know that verse. Nestorius's
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heresy that Mary should be called only the mother of Christ was condemned in the
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Council of Ephesism four thirty one. If, as Saint Cyril says, Our
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Lord Jesus Christ is God, how can it be that the holy Virgin who
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bore him is not Mother of God. Though the mother does not give the
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soul to the offspring, she is nonetheless called the mother. So Mary is
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called him the Mother of God, though she did not give Christ's divine nature.
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And in the Seventh General Council the Second of Nicia in seven eighty seven,
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the veneration of images was declared to be lawful. There wasn't really a
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time when the Catholic Church did not promote the veneration of images, but certain
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heresies arise, and they had to come to conclusions and say, this is
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the official teachings of the Catholic Church. Prayer. The Mother of God is
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also very efficacious, for she is full of grace, the dispenser of all
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God's gifts. Let no one, says Saint Alphonsus, consider this last title
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extravagant, For the greatest saints have so spoken of her, and the saints
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as we know, are inspired by the Holy Ghost, the spirit of truth.
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Without the Blessed Virgin Mary, there isn't of Jesus. Jesus came to
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the world through her. She is in a very special position. And it
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does not take anything away from Jesus to pray to the Blessed Virgin Mary and
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to respect her or venerate as that word means. You know, that's why
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we call someone venerable. They're respectable. There is no competition between the two.
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Every son appreciates when someone praises his mother, and every mother appreciates when
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someone praises her son. If you think you're not offending God by denigrating Catholic
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belief toward the Blessed Virgin Mary, and I've heard some very spiteful comments from
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anti Catholic Protestants about the Mother of God. Why would you do that?
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Why would you ever insult Jesus's mother, Why would you insult as earthly as
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foster Father? Why would you insult one of his cousins. You're supposed to
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build up the body of Christ, not tear it apart. And you know,
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if you want to see probably how Jesus reacts, go insult somebody else's
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mother, and see how mad they get. He's not gonna be happy.
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I'm just telling you, he's not gonna be happy. You know. I
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love his father. Sprague's book. At some point I'll really get into his
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exhaustive explanation of the Catechism, but honestly, I can put him more succinctly.
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The Ten Commandments orders us to love and respect our mother, our Lord
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and Savior, Jesus Christ. Mother is the blessed Virgin Mary. We're brothers
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and sisters in Christ. Therefore, his mother is our mother. We have
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both an earthly mother who gave us birth and a heavenly mother, who is
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our spiritual mother, who gave birth to our life through Jesus Christ, just
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as we have a spiritual brother who is our Lord, and a spiritual father,
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the eternal and Living God. Indeed, among Jesus's last words for the
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cross were John nineteen twenty six through thirty. Seeing his mother and the disciple,
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whom he loves, staying near her, Jesus said to his mother,
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woman, this is your son. Than to the disciples he said, this
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is your mother. To the disciple, he said to John. And from
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that hour the disciple took her into his home. After this, Jesus knew
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that that everything had now been completed, so that the scripture should be fulfilled.
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He said, I am thirsty. A jar full of sour wine stood
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there, so he put so, putting a sponge soaked in wine on a
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hissipstick, they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the
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wine, he said, it is fulfilled, and bowing his head, he
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gave up his spirit, his last concern, the one thing he had to
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accomplish before he died. The primary thing on his mind at that moment was
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the care of his mother. And you don't think Jesus loves his mother.
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You think you would please him by insulting his mother. No, no,
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you don't when you desecrate a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as often
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happens when you criticize Catholics for worshiping Mary and not Jesus, which is absolutely
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wrong and frankly just stupid. I mean it's ignorant. Okay, it's just
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ignorant, But then there's so many will actually insult the mother of God.
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Trust me, you're not pleasing Jesus. And note that our Lord did not
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addressed Saint John as John. He did call Saint Peter or Peter, you
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know when a signing a specific authority. He said to John man, this
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is very important. Protestant saus often believe it's some kind of insult when Jesus
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referred to his mother as a woman during the wedding Fiesa Cana. However,
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in that era, addressing someone as woman or man as opposed to their familiar
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name is actually a sign of respect. Notice how in the Bible the term
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man is so often used when serious matters are at hand. Jesus called himself
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the son of man. I mean it was a role and a title of
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respect. No one thinks when he refers to a man as man, or
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when God speaks to one of the prophets as man and he says, listen
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to me, they don't take that as an insult. But when Jesus called
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his mother woman, Protestants somehow think that was an insult a little bit of
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a misogyny going there on there in the Protestant Church. Maybe Obviously, in
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the dying words of the God who is the very embodiment of love, he
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would not be insulting those whom he loved, but more than that. Both
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our first parent, Eve and our blessed Mother are called woman in the Bible.
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This is further evidence of their universal role as mother to humanity. Through
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Adam and Eve, all our flesh is given birth through the Mother of God,
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the blessed Virgin Mary we give our soul is given life through her son,
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and the Mary becomes the new woman referred to in the Book of Revelation.
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As I discussed last week, who would defeat Satan through her son?
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You go to Jesus through Mary. There is no man Jesus Christ without the
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mother Mary. Jesus could have come without a body. He could have come
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in any other way. He chose that way, and to denigrate it and
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to question it is remarkably insulting to the order and the way God did things.
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I mean, it's saying you know better than God. And that's the
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worst to the original sin. That's the sin of the devil, not the
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tree, even the trickery he of giving the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
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But that is the heart of the original sin, is saying you know
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better than God. And not only that, but saying you know better than
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God's church, the church that stood for well over a thousand, was fifteen
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hundred years before Martin Luther came up with his fantasies. If you think you're
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smarter than everyone who lived in the first fifteen hundred or so years of the
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Church, trust me, you've never read Saint Augustine. You've never read Saint
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Thomas Aquinas, You've never read Saint Benedict of Nursia. You've never read the
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greatest thinkers, scholars, researchers, theologians who have ever walked the face of
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the earth. All you have to do is read the early Church fallows to
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find out how little you actually know, and to putting that in perspective.
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You know, Saint Augustin said, once he realized how little he knew,
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and he was probably the most brilliant man ever lived. It was nothing compared
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to the mind of God. But you're not even going to get that much
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if you don't read the doctors of the Catholic Church and the saints and the
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visionaries. No. No, not only are schools turning out essentially illiterate people,
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but there is nothing in a Protestant Church that is even a billionth of
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a fraction of the knowledge and wisdom that you will find in the writings of
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Saint Augustine and a Quietas and etc. Don't take my word for it.
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I'm sure that offends you if you heard it, but go read it.
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You're going to have to train, You're going to have to do some mental
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exercises to get up to the You're going to be lost because you don't have
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the well, you don't have the fullness of the Holy Spirit through confirmation in
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the Eucharis that one receives in the Catholic Church. But even then you would
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have to be a genius to fully understand everything they're saying and have an actual
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knowledge of history, which most Protestants do not have. The early Church was
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very devoted to both the Apostles and the Mother of God. St Ignatius wrote
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the following letter, and it truly pains me that these fascinating relics of the
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early Church are unknown by most Protestants, by all Protestants essentially, and even
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most Catholics. Saint Ignatious actually wrote letters to John, Saint John the Apostle
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and to the Blessed Virgin Maryan. They replied, and we actually have these
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letters. This correspondence Ignatious and the brethren who are with him. To John
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the Holy Presbyter, we are deeply grieved in the delay, and strengthening us
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by thy address and constellations. If thy absence be prolonged, it will disappoint
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many of us hastened then to come to us, where we believe that it
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is expedient. There are also many of our women here who are desirous to
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see Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and wish day by day to run
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off from us to you, that they may meet with her and touch those
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breasts of her which nourishes the Lord Jesus, and may inquire of her respecting
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some rather secret matters. These were living saints, and they were abso venerated
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on earth long before they died. Let's see several well known persons relate that
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she is full of all graces and all virtues after the matter of the Virgin,
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fruitful and virtue and grace. As the report, she is cheerful in
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persecutions and afflictions, free from murmuring in the midst of penury, and want
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grateful to those that injure her, and rejoices when exposed to trouble. She
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sympathizes with the wretched and the afflicted, as sharing in their afflictions, and
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is not slow to come to their assistance. Moreover, she shines forth gloriously
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as contending in the fight of faith against the pernicious conflicts of vicious principles or
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conduct. She is the lady of our new religion and repentance, and the
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handmaid among the faithful of all works of piety. She is indeed devoted to
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the humble, and she humbles herself or devotedly than the devoted, and is
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wonderfully magnified by all. Why at the same time she suffers detractions from the
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scribes and Pharisees. Besides these points, many relate to numerous other things regarding
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her. We do not, however, go so far as to believe all
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in every particular, nor do we mention such to thee But as we are
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informed by those who are worthy of credit, that there is and marry the
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mother of Jesus and angelic purity of nature allied with the nature of humanity.
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And such reports of these have greatly excited our emotions and urge us eagerly to
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desire a sight of this, if it be lawful, so to speak,
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heavenly prodigy and sacred marvel. But do thou in haste comply with our desire,
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and fellow fair thee will amen. You don't see the early Church venerated
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the blessed Virgin Mary. Yeah, here's Saint Jerome, Saint Natius. Sorry,
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here's Saint Ignatious writing to the apostle John, who wrote the Gospel of
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John about the miraculous aspects of the blessed Virgin Mary, who was still alive
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on earth. He also wrote, if thou will give me leave, I
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desire to go to Jerusalem and see the faithful saints who are there, especially
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Mary the Mother, whom they report to be an object of admiration and affection
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to all. For who would not rejoice to behold and address her who bore
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the True God from our own womb, provided he is a friend of our
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faith and religion. And in like matter I desire will see the venerable James,
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the apostle James was still alive, who is surnamed the Just, whom
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they relate to be very like Jesus Christ and appearance. Remember he was a
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cousin of Jesus in life, and a method of conduct as if he were
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a twin brother of the same wound. They say that if I see him,
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I see also of Jesus himself, as to all the features and aspects
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of his body. Moreover, I desire to see the other saints, both
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male and female. Asked why do I delay? Why am I kept back?
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Kind teacher, bid me hasten to fulfill my wish and fare thou well.
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Amen. They did not hesitate to call the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin
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Mary saints and to give them every form of veneration allowable under the laws of
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heaven. They had a strong love for them, a devotion for them.
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They were inspired by them, and we continue to be inspired and to love
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them in Heaven as they do us. It's the living body of God.
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God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And
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the holier a person is, the more they radiate with the grace and holiness
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of God. God lives through them. You've seen, You've probably seen before
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someone who just radiated the love of God. I think of Father Hagen,
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who works with the poorest of the poor in Haiti. You look at his
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face and you see Jesus to an expert from his actual letter to the blessed
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Virgin Mary, thou oughtest to have comforted and consoled me, who am a
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neophyte and a disciple of thy beloved John. For I've heard things wonderful to
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tell respecting thy son Jesus, and I am astonished by such a report.
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But I desire with my whole heart to obtain information concerning the things which I
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have heard from THEE, who was always intimate and allied with him, and
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who was acquainted with all his secrets. I have also written to THEE at
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another time and asked me concerning the same things. Fair thou well, and
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let the neophytes who are with me be comforted of THEE and by THEE,
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and in THEE. Amen. The Blessed Virgin Marry knew things about Jesus that
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others didn't know. They had her as a living testament, and she could
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tell them, and she did. She's very important in forming the early Church.
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And no, that's not included in the Bible, because what does the
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Bible say. These things were written down, so you may believe Jesus didn't
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said many other things, and all that would feel more books than could feel
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the whole world. They had the living testimony of his every moment from the
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day he was born, from the day he was conceived to the day he
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died. That is something you will only find in the Catholic Church. It's
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called sacred tradition. And what does the Bible say? Hold fast to the
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Church, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth. Not everything in
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the Bible is all you need to know. Nowhere in the Bible to say
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the Bible's soul authority or complete. Let's see returning to Father's farago. The
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Holy Spirit works in all its members. That's first Corinthians. The soul,
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says Saint Augustine, animates all the organs of the body and causes the eye
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to see and the ear to hear. Just so does the Holy Spirit work
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in all the members of Christ's body. As the Holy Spirit proceeds from Christ.
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Christ is the head of the Christian body, is the vine carrying strength
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and nourishment to the branches. That's a quote from John or a reference.
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I should say. Each member the body has its own special functions, so
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each member of the church has its own gifts. Each member the body works
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for the whole body, so every member of the church works for the common
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good. All members of the body share the pain or pleasure felt by one,
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and the same is true of the mutual sympathy of the Communion of Saints.
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If one member suffers anything, all members suffer with it. If one
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member of glory, all the members rejoice with it. Thus the saints in
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heaven are not different, are not indifferent to our condition. Catholics who have
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fallen into mortal sins are still members of this great body, though dead members,
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but they cease to be members if they are excommunicated. You can only
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particu dissipate in the Communion of Saints through communion with the Catholic Church, and
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if you don't, you are missing out on so much. He goes on
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and says, we can also help the holy souls in purgatory by prayers and
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other good works. They in turn can help us by their prayers, especially
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when they reach heaven. The Jews believe that help could be given to the
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souls that departed, for we read in Second Maccabees how Judas Maccabeus caused sacrifices
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to be offered for those who had fallen in battle, and sent money to
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the temple for that purpose. The passing bell and the nail or signs to
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pray for the dying and the dead. In the memento. After the consecration
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at Mass, a special petition is made for the departed. Prayer, says
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Saint Augustine, is the key by which we open the gates of Heaven to
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the suffering souls. The prayers of the living, especially at Holy Mass,
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alms deeds, and other works of piety, are of great efficacy in lessening
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the suffering of holy souls. The souls in purgatory can also help us.
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Many saints held that we can call on the holy souls to help. The
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saints in heaven can help us by their prayers before the Throne of God.
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And there's a reference there to the Book of Revelation. It was at chapter
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eight, I think, verse four. Especially if we call upon them for
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help, the saints must know much of what happens on earth, for their
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happiness consists in the complete satisfaction of all their desires. The devil knows all
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our weaknesses, as we as we know from the way he which in tips
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in which he tempts us. The profits of the Old Testament sometimes foretold future
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events and knew the most hidden things. Is it likely that the saints are
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less favored than they? They rejoice when a centner is converted. What can
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escape those? Says Saint Thomas Aquinas, who see Him who sees all things.
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And the Church teaches us that we call upon saints for their prayers,
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they join their prayers to ours the intercession. Their intercession has great efficacy continual
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prayer of a just man on earth of veileth What power Abraham had when pleading
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for Sodom? If, says Saint Jerome, the saints had such power in
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the flesh, what can they not obtain for us now that they have secured
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their victory. Saint John Christostom compares the intercession of the pleading to the pleading
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of old soldiers who display their wounds. Their power has often been demonstrated by
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miracles. Our dead relatives and friends who are in heaven are always pleading for
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us at the throne of God, and often save us from danger. According
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to First Corinthians, charity never dies, and the ties which bind us to
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those we love remains unbroken by death. Even in hell. The wretched Debas
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showed he had some affection for his relatives on earth. The prophet Jeremias and
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the Holy High Priest Onias prayed in Limbo for the Jewish nation, and the
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Christ promised his apostles that he would pray for them. John was at fourteen
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sixteen first John two one Saint Augustine, after the death of his mother's Saint
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Monica and Saint winces Lass. At the death of his grandmothers Saint Ludmilia,
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rapidly advanced to greater heights of sanctity. So to the Saints help souls in
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purgatory. Our Lady alone rescues daily some souls from purgatory by her prayers.
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On the anniversary of the assumption of Our Lady, thousands of souls are delivered
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from their prison. According to Saint Peter Damien and Saint Alphonsis visionaries, they
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saw heaven. On Saturdays, the day specially dedicated to Our Lady, she
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rescues many poor souls from purgatory. Nor are the Holy Angels indifferent to their
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future companions. One of the church's prayers speaks of Saint Michael leading souls into
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Heaven. Our Angel Guardian and the angels whom we have specially honor on earth
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would take up our cause in purgatory. But some would argue, even if
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the saints can hear our prayers, the Bible prohibits communicating with the dead.
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That's considered necromancy and as a sin. I was actually charged by this with
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a Southern Baptist a couple of days ago. However, you have to remember
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the saints are not dead. They are more alive than we are. When
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Jesus was transfigured on Mount Tabor, he spoke with Moses and Elijah. He
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spoke with two saints. Moses and Elijah have been dead to this life for
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a very long time, but they were very much alive in eternity. Jesus
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is God, and God cannot sin. Jesus instructs us to imitate him,
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which means we should be talking with saints as well. If it was a
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sin to talk with saints, Jesus sin. If Jesus committed a sin,
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he's not God. You cannot be a Christian and believe that Jesus sinned.
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So just how powerful are these supposedly dead saints who are truly alive? Consider
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Kings thirteen twenty one. This was the verse I was trying to remember the
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other day when a dead man was placed into the grave of the prophet Alicia.
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Upon touching the bones of this saint, the man rose from the dead.
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The Bible is indeed an authority that God has great, a great that
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God has granted great power to his saints and through their relics. If you
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believe in the Bible, you have to believe what was just said about Alicia.
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You can't say Catholics or worshiping idols when we venerate the relics of a
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saint, such as the bones of Alicia. Great Bishops Strickland, just a
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couple of weeks ago, when he did the march against the abominations going on
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at Dodger Sadum Stadium, carried a piece of bone from Saint Pope Saint John
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paul a Second and heard Jack Pisovic talking about it this morning. He's been
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to thousands of events where Antifa and other violent leftist protesters will attack people.
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This was the first time he has ever been in a protest against a leftist
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cause, especially transgendered mess and all that where everyone was perfectly safe. Fathers
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Strickland carried that relic of Pope Saint John Paul's Second and prayed for safety over
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everyone who showed up on the side of right and truth and they were protected
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from being harmed, and the police were not going to protect them. The
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police just put up some yellow tape and turned their backs. They would have
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been thrilled. The politicians, I should say, would have been thrilled.
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Had Antifa and all the leftists you know, just beaten, beaten the Christians
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half to death, they would have turned their backs on it. You know,
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in the BM rights people weren't prosecuted. They killed people and they've walked
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free. That was what was set up to happen. And through the intercession
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of Pope Saint John Paul the Second Christians were protected. The Bible witnesses to
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the role of saints, the early Church witnesses to the role of saints.
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If you believe that all Christians are part of the body of Christ, and
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you believe that we have eternal life in heaven, there really is no logical
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position against interacting with angels and saints, praying to them, which means pracada
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to ask, not worshiping them to God alone belongs worship, but asking for
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their intercession. And I hope, really I pray Protestants will begin to realize
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this, so we can begin to bring unity to the body of Christ and
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to drive out the evil that is taking over our world in our country.
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All right, y'all have a going and I will talk to your moor.
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Remember in the words of Saint Padre Pio, there's an amazing saint. We'll
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talk about him someday. Pray, hope and don't worry.