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August 2010

How to Share Christ with Others

More and more we find ourselves in a society that is reclusive in its behavior. We have developed a mentality that we should keep to ourselves and leave others alone. “What is good for me is good for me, and what is good for them is good for them.” We are taught at an early age not to be controversial and to not push our beliefs on people.

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However we often find ourselves compelled to share Christ with others and to reach out to them. We want to show people the joy we have found in our Lord and Savior.

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God’s name, “I AM”

God revealed Himself as “I AM” through the burning bush to Moses. Besides John 1:1, this is the greatest revelation to Whom God is before the expounds of Christ. Moses had asked the Father, “who shall I say that you are?” and the Father could only theologically reply “I AM”.

Why?

It is because God has no contingency. He is Himself, not a cluster of components that creates a whole. He simply IS.

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What is ‘Living the Mass’?

Catholics have three types of Mass. Only two are really spoken of. First is High Mass which is the Saturday evening, Sunday morning Masses. The second is the weekday masses held most commonly every day; typically held in the morning, the other in the evening. But the third Mass is what the Church calls ‘Living the Mass’.

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Living the Mass is an actual form of Mass, and the most important because it is a continual offering of our lives and devotion that is to remain in constant submission to God’s will. Allow me to take you through Holy Scripture and re-unveil a truth that the Church has always taught over her 2000 years of service.

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