Straight &
Simple
Understanding
Christ
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How
Can Someone ‘Belong’ to Jesus’ Body?
It’s called the ‘Mystical’ Body of Christ, which
is solely the very visible Catholic Church.
Members of This Body, This Church, aren’t connected
physically & directly in the ordinary sense. Howsoever, we are physically linked,
mystically, by means of the Holy Ghost, which is the ‘Soul’ of This Mystical Body. And the
‘mark’ of water baptism may be invisible to us, but it’s real
& visible to God.
It shows all Heaven who on earth belongs to Him. The Sacrament of
Baptism, Real & Valid, links us continually to His Body until we die
(if in the state of grace, then forever after
we die, too). And Profession of Faith, Whole & Entire, links us
continually to His Mind until we die (if
in the state of grace, then forever after we die as well).
Starting to get it? We can’t usually see these things
straight out with our everyday eyes on earth. Yet we can see them with the eyes
of our mind, knowing it’s true because of a Whole & Rational Catholic
Faith.
And don’t be put off by the word ‘mystical’.
It’s not New Agey or goofy. It just means something that we can’t
completely understand here in this life, normally, but which we can understand enough, together
with a rational (not blind!) Roman
Catholic Faith, to know it is perfectly, solidly & doubtlessly true --- indeed, that human
beings really can be part of
His Body and thus become His Wife.
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