Tim Francis prepared this educational program to help you increase your faith and love for the Holy Trinity and our Blessed Mother. His website is http://YouShallBelieve.com
I have known Tim for many years and recommend his work highly. He is a strong advocate for the “The Real Body and Blood Of Jesus” and the numerous miracles that occur on a daily basis. Both of us are greatly inspired by the amazing writings of Catalina Rivas.
Catalina is one of the few individuals in history who personally experienced the “Stigmata Of Jesus Christ.” The video below was broadcast on FOX TV.
Gospel Matthew 3:13-17
Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John tried to prevent him, saying,
“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?” Jesus said to him in reply,
“Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him. After Jesus was baptized, he came up from the water and behold, the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
535 Jesus’ public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan. John preaches “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” A crowd of sinners, tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes come to be baptized by him. “Then Jesus appears.” The Baptist hesitates, but Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, comes upon Jesus and a voice from heaven proclaims, “This is my beloved Son.” This is the manifestation (“Epiphany”) of Jesus as Messiah of Israel and Son of God.
From “The Visible Face of the Invisible God” Testimony of Catalina Rivas(Ch. 1:10, 41, 43-47)
10) …. “When I felt that My time had arrived, after having spent many hours in prayer, in the moving and always new Hypostatic Union of which we will speak later on, I decided to go to Galilee in order to be baptized by John in the Jordan River.”
41) …. “It was a surprise for John because he knew Me as his relative, but he did not know that I would be the One whom He was announcing. That is why he said, I did not know Him’…
43) “The look in My eyes was thankful. I told him that it was essential that it be so, for it was the first step of the Good News’, conveyed by the One who had received the anointing of the Spirit of God in front of man. It was essential to show My belief in front of human beings so that My preaching be trustfully received, given the culture of the people. My disciples would bear testimony of all that they saw, of all they heard, starting from My Baptism.
44) “Many of the early Christians would ask themselves later, why I was baptized if I was not a sinner as all men and women, if I was not born with original sin. And there even arose great theological discussions in this respect. They did not, nevertheless, analyze the fact that My being baptized meant that I was allowing My submersion in the human condition, represented by the water. I was accepting My human condition with its sufferings and its death. To be baptized before preaching the Kingdom was precisely to state that I had the capacity to preach a Kingdom, which can solely be established on the loyalty of man for God.
45) “My Baptism represented My total commitment to the good of humanity, the establishment of a new human relationship which would be based on justice, in order to form a different kind of society. I was aware of the opposition that My work would have in the circles of power, but I could not demonstrate My dissent. I could not tolerate injustice, and My love for humanity would later take Me to My death in the fulfillment of My mission.
46) “In the same way today, I remind you that in proclaiming the Good News, it is necessary many times to preclude sweet and diplomatic words, which at times can foster deceiving postures and exchanges, due to economic, sectarian or political interests.
47) “All of you, by being baptized, have been submerged in Me, incorporated to Me, taken by Me, immersed in Me, and thus, with Me and in Me, you have entered in the same relationship with the Father: You are children of God. The Sacred Scriptures tell you: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have past away, behold they have all been made new.’
Each week we will be presenting a portion of the following Sunday’s readings, and linking it to relevant parts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and messages from the Testimony of Catalina. Pay special attention to the italicized underlined sections. Any comments you have are certainly welcomed.
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