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Bondage always is a burden and tough to bear.

Jesus told us that His yoke is easy and His burden light.

Jesus also had this to say as well:

Mathew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

And this: Matthew 10:38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Perhaps you missed this verse as well: Luke 14:27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

And of course: Luke 9:23 And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

Let's not forget this one: 1 Peter 2:21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

How about this one: Mark 8:34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

If Catholicism is that difficult, it's clear then that it's not of Jesus or Jesus was lying.

Maybe you are missing these verses as well: John 15:18 "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Acts 14:22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.

1 John 3:13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

Seems to me the Catholic Church is the one not lying because we are the only ones following Jesus.

I make that as 11 verses for the Catholics, as opposed to 1 out of context for the prots. The Catholic Church wins again.

Seems to me the Catholic Church is the one not lying because we are the only ones following Jesus.

Until you can take the average Catholic and 'show' where this person has taken up Jesus' cross and followed in his footsteps, it's clear that those scriptures are foreign to you...You could use yourself for an example...

And in the process of your pat on the back (you must have a sore arm), you completely neglected the gospel of the Grace of God along the way...Course that was a mystery revealed to the (real) church which apparently wasn't revealed to you or your fellow Catholics...