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Many of you may wonder why, others just say 'Here he goes again.'

It seems the only politically correct form of bigotry anymore is saying anything you want to condemn the Catholic Church. You've probably heard that Fulton Sheen said there are millions of Christians who hate the Catholic Church for what they think the Church believes in, but only a few who hate it for what it truly believes.

I'm going to write this without the references, the Bible quotes, Catechism, or History books, because the research seems to interupt the flow of thoughts from my heart. I sometimes think I've heard it all when I hear the things people say about the Church, but it amazes me when I see how new twists are brought up on old lies and stories. I'll take them one at a time.

Lie 1:

                             'Catholics don't read the Bible.' I think this lie grows in popularity everytime a kid drives by with his family to the local protestant church and sees a group going into the Catholic Church 'Hey mommy where are they going ? They can't be going to church, none of them are carrying their Bibles.' 'Catholics don't use the Bible in Church.'

Truth: Yes we read the Bible, at home, in Bible studies, some even carry the little NT versions with the Pslams for reading when they have an unexpected wait. In church we use a book, called a missal which has the readings from the Bible in it for each Sunday, as well as the prayers and some songs, and the Psalms verses which are read at daily masses. The readings on Sunday are normally 1. an OT reading , 2. a selection from Psalms, 3. an Epistle reading, and, 4. a Gospel reading. Mostly they are all related to a specific teaching. Last Thursday for example, the OT reading was the eating of the Passover lamb in Exodus, The teaching of Paul from Corinthians, that the Lord had given at the Last Supper about the new covenant , and the Last Supper from John's gospel. The Priest or Deacon then gives a Homily or Sermon on the relationship of the readings and their relative lesson in our lives today. Over a three year period, if you attend daily Mass, you will hear almost the entire Bible, certainly from every book, and have it related to your life today. If you don't listen, like a good many children don't, you won't notice and you'll grow a hunger for scripture, if you listen and study with your heart, the words you heard, there is enough to learn each day for certain. Sometimes, it might take years. I know I'm still hearing new things, that were always there but somehow overlooked, or didn't seem pertinent at the time I first heard them.

Long blogs are tiring. I'll come back with #2 later. God Bless you, all. I'll welcome questions.

Dan

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