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A Protestant once was visiting a Catholic church in the company of a Catholic friend. They passed across the tabernacle area. The Protestant asked the Catholic what that box was and why a little lamp was burning near it. The Catholic explained that Jesus the Lord is present there. The Protestant then put the vital question: "If you believe that your Lord and God is here present, then why don't you genuflect, even prostrate and crawl?" The superficial Catholic got the message. He genuflected.

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4 posted on 04/12/2006 7:42:19 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (Colossians 4:5)
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5 posted on 04/12/2006 9:11:59 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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