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My Witness - Rev 12:11
JESUS IS LORD! ALLELUIA! (1 Cor 12:3)
They conquered him (satan) by the Blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death. (Rev 12:11)
Jesus is my Lord and Savior, my Eucharistic King and His holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, is my Heavenly Mother. (1 Cor 12:3, John 29:27, Pro 8:1, Eph 6:2-3)
Why Am I Catholic?
Our Savior, Jesus Christ declared to us, “I am the Bread of life; whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst." The day that our Lord Jesus rose from the dead he met and spent time with His disciples. On the Road to Emmaus His disciples' hearts "were burning" when He revealed the mysteries of Scripture to them BUT it was in the "breaking in the Bread" that they knew Him - (to know means to be intimate with) (Luke 24:32, 35)
This is why I am Catholic.
Revelation 19:9 declares to us, "Blessed are those who have been called to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb.” The most powerful prayer on earth, the Mystical Wedding Feast of the Lamb of God, the Holy Mass, the re-presentation and perpetual remembrance of the Birth, Life, Passion, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, And the Coming in the power of the fiery Sword of the Holy Spirit of loving TRUTH Who is our Lord Jesus Christ Who slays all evil as He goes forth from the abundance of our hearts out of our mouths. Alleluia! (Jn 1:1-5, 14, Rev 11:5, Jer 23:29, Is 55:11, Matt 10:8)
This is why I am Catholic! :)
Catholic means "universal" the Catholic Church is the universal Church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus promised us that the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church of whom He made Peter the first pope. (Matt 16:18) Jesus birthed forth His Catholic Church through the first apostles, with Peter as the head and Mother Mary as the spiritual mother, in the Upper Room in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit in FIRE anointed their tongues so they could boldy proclaim the Love of God to all people! Alleluia! (Acts 1:14-15, Acts 2)
This is why I am Catholic! :)
The Catholic Church is where our Eucharistic King Jesus' is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar - the Bread of LIFE - fulfilling the Jewish feasts. (Matt 5:17) "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill." (Matt 5:17)
A terrific reference for deeper understanding of this can be found in the below simple book:
Understanding the Mass by Reverend Maynard Kolodziej, O.F.M.
Jesus is truly present in the Bread upon the altar through the power of the Holy Spirit.
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the Bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the Bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat It and not die. I am the living Bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this Bread will live forever; and the Bread that I will give is My Flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [His] Flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For My Flesh is true Food, and My Blood is true drink. Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood remains in Me and I in him. (John 6:47-56)
This is why I am Catholic! :)
Jesus Christ is Lord! Alleluia! (1 Cor 12:3)
God Promises That He Will Make a Great Nation of Us
(Exodus 19:4-5)
if you obey me completely and keep my covenant,* you will be my treasured possession among all peoples,c though all the earth is mine. You will be to Me a kingdom of priests,* a holy nation. (Ex 19:4-5)
Today I have set before you Life and Death. The Blessing and the Curse! Choose LIFE!
Each child is an "arrow in our quiver" Each Child that God gives to us is our inheritance! Each child is destined for greatness - to speak forth the Word of God ushering in God's kingdom here on earth as it is in Heaven. (Psalm 127:3-5)
We are God's children in a special way for He has made each one of us for purpose and for mission - for greatness! What is in each of our hearts is how God has made us and how He plans to manifest His amazing plans through us -especially as a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, an aunt, an uncle, a grandmother, a grandfather. Within our own family we speak LIFE to one another building up God's kingdom here on earth as it is in Heaven. Within our own family God builds HIs kingdom of sacrificial love.
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His own, so that you may announce the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.h Once you were “no people” but now you are God’s people; you “had not received mercy” but now you have received mercy (1 Pet 2:9-10)
You are a Child of the Most High God, Jesus Christ and He has a future full of HOPE for you!
Learn More about your destiny in Christ - You are a royal priesthood, a chosen race, a holy people - God's child - by reading the book "No More Orphans" by Maria Vadia!
Our Heavenly Father has promised us that He will not leave us as orphans. He promised us the following,
"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate*to be with you always,the Spirit of Truth,* which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you.l I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
(Jn 14:16) For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the LORD—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope. When you call Me, and come and pray to Me, I will listen to you.f When you look for Me, you will find Me. Yes, when you seek Me with all your heart, I will let you find Me—oracle of the LORD—and I will change your lot...and bring you back to the place from which I have exiled you. (Jer 29:11-14)