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It’s too bad Catholics weren’t as focused on following Jesus as they are in following Mary and their church.

The only way they seem to be able to relate to Him is either eating Him, or worshiping a wheat wafer, thinking they are worshipping Him.

Acts 17:24-25 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

Acts 17:29 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

I wish all Catholics would pay attention to ALL texts of the Bible. That way, they could worship their made up Mary (the one they worship now is in no way the one of the Bible), and just be honest about it not being biblical:

“Yeah, I bow down to this plastic statue I call “Mary” - hang on a sec and let me get the light inside it turned on - several times a day and ask her to ask God if He would do something for me. So? You gotta a problem with that?”

And, “Yeah, where I come from Jesus is a cracker. A Jewish cracker, but a cracker nonetheless. And I eat that Jesus cracker so that I won’t wind up in hell. My priests turns the wine into blood and I drink that. Not bad, really, once you get past the smell.”

And, “Well, yeah, I know our priests molest the innocent little children and that they, the priests, have a lot of homos in the group. So? You gotta problem with me supporting that?”

Etc., etc., Metmom. You get my point. That way the argument would at least be honest.

We could respond, “Well, the God we worship is Spirit and must be worshiped in spirit and in truth. We don’t chew on Him, but we do “chew” on His words. And we darn sure don’t drink His blood! That is forbidden by Our Lord and Savior.”

You posted the perfect verse from Scripture:

Acts 17:29 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

It’s too bad Catholics weren’t as focused on following Jesus as they are in following Mary and their church.

Yes, just too bad for us...Not.
Your clueless to the Faith of the Church.
Focused on following Jesus?... Christ IS central for Catholics.. despite what you have been told... there is no need to Focus on something you already know and understand !!!

You focus on something when you can't see it very well- you need to focus because one is easily distracted...

Catholics take The Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity into our own bodies- to have full Communion with Christ...

Those who deny that flee from Christ as they did in John 6.
Christ did not call them back... they could only believe in Christ to a point- where their assent decided how to bind the will of God...just like we see today...

Catholics do not need no stinking focus... like one needs of examining Christ under a microscope- We have Faith and Trust in him- he is our center - always with us.
We keep Christ close- at home in our Crucifixes-
above the Altar at every Mass of Thanksgiving Prayer
to the tabernacle of Christ's perpetual presence,,
and in celebrating his Resurrection,
In every we time we bend a knee for him, or bow our heads in His name- we keep Christ with us...
in silent Eucharistic Adoration- where contemplation brings Christ into our heart,
And when we confess our sins to him, he is with us.

I could go on...but you were right- Christ, although mostly an intellectual assent for you... yoh need to look harder.
Christ is NOT substantially present for you...
You NEED to have concern to "focus" on and "study" him... because you do not know him- not in the way Catholics of the Church know Jim and take Christ into our bodies and lives.

Now I know it was a slip of the tongue...but to focus on something is for one who needs to see better...
but Christ is with us, as promised.

This post then is quite ironic for any Catholic.
While the post was to be just another FR Catholic smear jobs, and it garnered much success on the hater side fir sure- it backfires spectacularly for anyone paying attention.

Now I do admire MGT somewhat for her fight against the DC political corruption.
I am disappointed she has used her notoriety to smear the Catholic Faith and those faithful smeared as well.
And if she did not believe in the Real Presence of Christ in Mass - then she should by all means leave the Church.
St. PAUL warned us if we approach the precious Body and Blood of Christ unworthily- then we condemn ourselves.
Not believing in the Eucharist is as about as unworthy as you can get..
Even the satinists (who MGT claims is running the Church) even the Satanists believe Christ in the Eucharist and try to destroy him.
If her children weren't safe as Catholic family- by all means - why would anyone stay? So many choices await... like a mrnu at a restaurant!

So just where did MGT find a home? Well she found Christ to be in a Mega (millions) Church, with 10-15,000 other faithful.
It's near Atlanta and it's a thriving enterprise. The main preacher is a guy named Stanley.
His dad was a a famous preacher too. Imagine that.
Yes that family must have the preacher gene don't ya know.
But father and son- with competing Churches had some falling out over what was being sermonized..they believed in different Christian concepts or something.. theyre all patched up Now...
whatever..If that's what you people call worship...
But MGT traded an Altar and Tabernacle for an auditorium with sound and light shows and a 15,000 seat arena.
Not an easy place for a personal Lord and Savior...
You know those ones in the way back need focus.
If this is your idea of Chritian worship MGT... American auditorium entertainment with some feel good preaching thrown in...
You go for it.

You were privileged to have the Life of Christ in you through the Catholic faith.
But lo, it is not for everyone.
And just keep in mind- you will need to keep focus.