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The evil one has a strategy. Hit the head of the Church so that the whole Church falls apart. |
He forgot one small detail......
THE CHURCH IS DIVINE!!!!!!
THE CHURCH IS DIVINE!!!!!!
Also, as Mary's role of being the mother of Jesus, she also became the mother of all who love God . See below*
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
The arrogant devil thinks he can destroy the children of God, but Jesus gave us His greatest resource....Mary, His Mother
Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.'
Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
John 19:26-27
Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
John 19:26-27
On the cross, moments before He died, He gave us His most treasured person on earth to be our advocate and example, our weapon to defeat the enemy....
- Then the dragon was enraged at the * woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.
Revelations 12:17
Revelations 12:17
Because Jesus, the Lord is Victor, she knows the secret of Victory because He never leaves her side.....
"Hail (Mary) full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women" embodies the words used by the Angel Gabriel in saluting the Blessed Virgin
Luke I :28
Luke I :28
Mary the mother Jesus, was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit and is the spouse of the Holy Spirit.
Together the Spirit and the bride have the living water that can bring us through the trial of exile into everlasting life
Together the Spirit and the bride have the living water that can bring us through the trial of exile into everlasting life
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Luke 1:35
Luke 1:35
So loading his ammunition, the evil one, planned to fool masses of people, blinding them to the greatest help, the greatest advocate we can ever have, the Theotokos, the Mother of God.
Guess what? Mary is Mother of the Church....will her Son ever let her fail in protecting it?
NO!!!
NO!!!
The evil one wants us to incite judgement on the Church, which is well-spring of graces that leads us into a sanctified life. He doesn't want us to lead a grace filled life, because he will not be successful in capturing and imprisoning us for all eternity.
He wants us to judge the church according to those who disobedient to the church.
He wants us to judge the church according to those who disobedient to the church.
But we are to pray and lead people back into the fold. Not to judge!
Jesus told the parable of the lost sheep, when the people around Him were saying he sits with sinners....
check out this link
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So Jesus is our example, and if He wants us to follow his lead, we should copy Him
He wants us to retrieve the lost sheep also!!!!!
Not to judge, but win them over for God!
Not to judge, but win them over for God!
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
John 8:12
Jesus also panned out the Head of His Church.
Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means 'rock'), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.
Matthew 16:18
Matthew 16:18
Isn't it cool that from Peter until Pope Francis there has been a direct succession of Pontiffs to head the church? God is great.
Again, the devil wants us off the track so that we separate ourselves from the Church Jesus founded. Keeping in line with the Church, which is guided by the Holy Spirit, gives us tremendous graces, and is our firm foundation, and though we don't understand everything..we should be like Mary
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart..
Luke 2:19
So we need to be ever close to the Holy Spirit and to Mary...to ask for their help every day , every moment, to pray for priests and especially our Pope. To know the teachings of the Church and be obedient to the Pope.
Do you think that God the Father would send you the Holy Spirit?
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Luke 11:13
Luke 11:13
