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To: TradicalRC; sittnick; PalestrinaGal0317; ninenot
The Keys are Peter's and recently John Paul II's and now Benedict XVI's. Countries (temporary conveniences or worse) come and go. The Church is permanent. That's guaranteed on the Highest Authority.

I remember the part in the Apocalypse where, at the final judgment, Jesus Christ told those heaven-bound that they were His children in whom He was well-pleased because when He was naked they clothed Him, and when He was hungry they fed Him and when He was thirsty they gave Him to drink and when He was jailed they visited Him and so forth. AND, at the moment of their salvation, they asked when they had done these things and He told them that when they did these things for the LEAST of His brethren they had done them for Him.

At the moment, the least of His brethren available to us are likely Juan and Rosa. In other eras, it may have been Brendan and Colleen, Giovanni and Maria, Klaus and Katrina, Boris and Natasha, Schmuel and Aviva, Willie and Sojourner, Silas and Prudence or Squanto and Sacajawea and their children. They are/were all His children and, in various eras, among the LEAST of His brethren. Socialism is certainly not required by Scripture. Hospitality and personal charity (consistent with one's means) certainly are.

200 posted on 03/30/2006 8:45:57 AM PST by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: BlackElk

Well spoken, Black Elk!


207 posted on 03/30/2006 4:55:44 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Live and Let Live)
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