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Confession with Monsignor(my post)

On Thursday June 19th 2025 I had a confession appointment with Monsignor McCormac at my church. It was nice to see him and we went to the confession room and we talked briefly before he said a prayer. He prayed and then I read my list of confessions and then we talked for a bit before he gave me my penance and then I said my act of contrition. After I read my list he said, ‘I had prayed for a nice full confession from you and the prayer was answered’ and I felt satisfied knowing my examination of consciousness was good. I also felt good about the things that I told him. I admitted I doubted God’s grace for me and Monsignor gave me an analogy of putting in so much work for a gift for someone (like Jesus did for us) and then the person receiving the gift you worked hard for just saying that they don’t deserve it or don’t feel worthy of it or telling you to give it to someone else. Imagine how Jesus would feel if you actually did that. 

He also told me that my forgiveness is given now and I don’t have to carry around the weight of my sins, even the big ones. 

I mostly need to work on forgiving myself because Jesus doesn't want me carrying around what I don't need to carry around.

My penance was ".. and if you want to do a couple our fathers or hail marys...' but then he said it was simple but important that I make a list of everything I am grateful for and all the good things in my life. in my confession I admitted that I did not take the gift of my life seriously and that I'm not grateful to be alive and he didn't say that's why but I think that that's why he wanted me to make that list. And I did... I prayed 10 our fathers, 10 hail marys and 10 oh my jesus... and then I made a list of 30 things I'm grateful for, right down to my education and learning how to think critically.

He said I have a beautiful smile and that I should keep smiling. He also said my act of contrition I wrote myself is beautiful and that I should save it. “””I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. I want to live my life for you, Lord. Please help me see the way so that I may inspire others. I have sinned against you, whom I should love above all things. I firmly intend with your help to do my penance and to sin no more. I especially do not want to sin against others. You suffered and died for these sins and I do not take that lightly. I’m sorry for all that I’ve done and have failed to do. In his name, My God, Have Mercy.””” He said he liked how it was personal and how it took lines from a few other things and brought it all together. It was nice of him to compliment because I did want to make it personal. 

I feel like now that I have been forgiven of hating people so much, I can go forth having less and less hate in my heart because I am a new person. I need to be forgiven and then go forth and sin no more. It will be easier for me to be nicer to people and more patient. 

my list!!!

Things I am thankful for

- [ ] mom, family, gf

- [ ] the analogy of the gift from jesus and not wanting to accept it. i must forgive myself

- [ ] internet friends and how good they are to me

- [ ] my pets and how i'm able to love them

- [ ] video games!

- [ ] being able to read and write and think critically

- [ ] expressing myself through art

- [ ] . living in the USA and having it be good for me, safe and clean

- [ ] 8. warm showers and peaceful nights of sleep

- [ ] good food and cooking and knowing how to cook

- [ ] being able to buy and afford any kind of food i want, i literally eat like a king

- [ ] my home and the weather of my town

- [ ] coming back to the church and finding god

- [ ] the chosen tv show and reading my bible

- [ ] finding true entertainment and joy in art and things like that and getting a true moment of release when I do those things

- [ ] enjoying and being able to do my own yard work

- [ ] plants and flowers and gardening

- [ ] my home being safe in crazy weather

- [ ] 8. having my own money, being independent and being able to do my own things and do what I wanna do

- [ ] having a car and being able to drive!!! being able to see to drive and being brave enough to drive... i love my car!!!!

- [ ] rocky and her family and knowing she's always there for me

- [ ] healthy legs, healthy body, can walk and talk and work and make my own money

- [ ] being able to keep my head above water in this crazy world, as a woman, as a worker, as a human being.

- [ ] my teachers that I loved in school, being able to graduate and learn

- [ ] being given that scholarship opportunity. like I truly had my opportunity to do my big one

- [ ] releasing I do NOT EVER WANT TO BE a nurse before I did all the work thank god

- [ ] my job at the bank

- [ ] victoria and her finding my the job and inviting me out to WA, showing me you can be brave and do things that people aren't around you are doing

- [ ] finding my place and no longer torturing myself over it

- [ ] my dad dying has taught me so much and has made me so strong

- [ ] nana taught me so much

- [ ] just enough hardships in life to give me a little edge

- [ ] humor as coping

- [ ] being healthy enough for two jobs

- [ ] keeping myself together

- [ ] learning how to be nicer to people.

- [ ] not being obsessed or controlled by money

- [ ] WANTING to learn how to be nicer to people

- [ ] seeing the value in loving and respecting others

- [ ] i'm not as nihilistic as i used to be

- [ ] i've come so far from my naturalism days

- [ ] i have an open mind

- [ ] i believe in gay marriage and abortion so i have my own mind and don't just follow mindless things from the church

- [ ] i still seek the truth on those two things. i want to do what is right but i want to u derstand it and im grateful I want to actually understand.

the priest gave me this list as a penance for mentioning I do not take the gift of my life seriously or am happy to be alive. clearly he wants me to reflect and see how much good there is and how much good there is to live for

just thank you so much and thank you for letting me get through my day to day life

for these things and many more I am so thankful

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Father David Michael Moses: 

Importance of Tradition? 

Tradition helps us understand what the bible means, teaching and meditations of saints, theologians and church leaders over thousands of years, helping us understand what scripture means. The bible could not create itself, some other outside authority had to put it together. Jesus and the apostles in the bible explain the scripture to people in the gospels. A pastor may just make their own tradition and culture which is incomplete. Cherry picking scripture makes it easy to make different ideas and traditions. The Catholic church controls this and keeps faith united. 

Historically, Jesus created the Catholic church. Catholics are the original Christians. Catholic means universal, our faith is meant for everyone, across all cultures and nations. Catholic churches all over the world share their own cultural expressions in their masses. In the gospel, Jesus did not just come for one group, he came for everyone. 

Who Mary? 

Catholics don’t worship Mary. We venerate Mary, meaning we have a high level of respect for her. (ex. Jesus asks your opinion on his mom and you say, well I certainly don’t have a high level of respect for her- it will not go over well with The Lord.) We respect and love Mary because Jesus respected and loved her first and we wanna be more like him. We also call Mary the Mother of God, which sounds intense but logically, Mary was the mother of Jesus, and Jesus is God, so Mary is the Mother of God. Simple. 

Catholics pray to Mary, to pray means to make a request, asking your mom or best friend to pray for you is normal. We ask Mary to talk to God for us. Hail Mary is quotes from the bible, the angel Grabriel’s greeting, Elizabeth’s words to Mary, the rest is just asking for Mary’s prayers. 

Doctor John Lennox: 

You and I are biologists and there is a desperate need for some kind of grain that resists floods or drought. We sit in the lab and we genetically engineer a new type of wheat that is very successful and sturdy- a thousand years in the future people will investigate the archaeology of this, and they are trying to determine what is related to what- now they don’t know about the biologists- and their research, if it’s done on the basis of dominant naturalism, will completely miss the fact that there was an intelligent input at one point creating this new level. Due to methodological assumptions. 

From the biblical description of creation it is very minimal and only a hundred words or so. What is emphasized in the description is “And God said,...” So the various stages of genesis, are each introduced by God speaking. The new testament says very little about the how of creation but it does say that “in the beginning was the word…” 

It also says the Word already was and this is an existence statement, because through the Word all things came to be. The Word already Was, The Word never came to be, the world came to be. The Word came to be flesh, God became human.. This is a Word based creation- based on that. 

Evidence of that would be that lots of things in this universe are mathematically describable, that is we can use the language of mathematics to describe them. That is amazing that really clever people like Einstein said, “the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it’s comprehensible". A word based universe at such a level.  

In biology we see that life itself is a Word based phenomenon, as well, and information is macro macules and DNA. So, at the heart, physics and biology, it’s all word based and resonates with those Words from the Bible. 

The point is that their method—the assumption that everything must have a natural explanation—stops them from even considering that intelligent input was involved. So their conclusions are wrong, not because they didn’t try hard enough, but because they were using a limited approach.

This matters because it shows how our assumptions shape our understanding of the world. If we always rule out the possibility of design or intelligence, we might miss important parts of the story—especially when looking at things in nature that seem too complex or perfectly suited for their environment.

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Not one of these sentences on this page is mine or from my mind, I am taking quotes both read and said and copying them. 

“” Put on the armor of forbearance and refresh yourselves in faith, that is, in the body of the Lord, and in love, that is, in the blood of Jesus Christ.. Let no one be down on his neighbor, let not the folly of a few give occasion to the pagans to calumniate your pious community. Woe unto him through whom thy name is calumniated before others without cause. And so, be deaf when any one speaks to you apart from Jesus Christ, who was of the race of David, the son of Mary, who was truly born and ate and drank, who was truly persecuted under Pontius Pilate and was really crucified and died in the sight of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth. Moreover, he was truly raised from the dead by the power of His Father, in like manner, His Father through Jesus Christ will raise up those of us who believe in Him, apart from Him we have no true life. 

If, as some say, who are Godless, in the sense that they are without faith, He merely seemed to suffer, it is they themselves who merely seem to exist. Why am I in chains? And why do I pray that I may be thrown to the wild beasts? I die, then, to know purpose, I do but bear false witness against the Lord. Avoid therefore, the evil sprouts that bring forth deadly fruit, merely to taste this fruit is to lead to sudden death. Such are not the plants of the Father, if they were, they would appear as branches of the cross and there fruit would be immortal. It is by the cross, by his passion, that he invites you, who are his members, the hand can not be born without the members. That it is God, that he himself- “”

St Ignatius of Antioch (A letter to the Trallians & A letter to the Philadelphians) 

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-If someone doesn’t believe in God and accept them, will they suffer eternal damnation? Yes. How can something love me and also want to give me pain? Think carefully. Bible says hell is an eternal separation from God. Because God is tolerant, and because God respects your free will, he refuses to force you to live life now with him, and haul you into heaven against your will. Instead, he respects your free will and if you choose to live your life separate from him, he will respect that right and he won’t force you to be in heaven. If you want to live life separate from him, you will spend eternity separate from him- that’s hell. 

Hell isn’t eternal pain and suffering? It’s just being separated from God? Being happy, beautiful, smart, those are all gifts from God- and when you’re separate from God, your separate from the one who gave you all those good gifts- hell is where you’re separated from the one who gave you all the gifts you enjoy. When I think of a fatherly being watching over me, and giving me free will, I don’t feel connected to that. I feel more connected when I think of evolution and nature? If God used evolution to create then that’s fine. But if you take God out of the equation of evolution, social darwinism and eugenics make total logical sense. There is nothing good about either of those things but without God it makes sense. Without God there is an argument that can be made of why would you waste the world's limited resources on handicapped people, let’s instead push for the survival of the fittest…instead let’s all evolve up the ladder- according to evolution without God. Without the belief that we are all made in the image of God and are valuable living beings—no matter what we look like or what we can do—there is no foundation for equal human worth. 

-Cliffe Knicktley (Give me Answers)  ""Cliffe Knechtle - Evolutionary Theory and Religion Debating the Boundaries"" - Youtube Channel: Keep The Faith about nine minutes in they say this quote

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YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Capturing Christianity  Video: I Spent a Year Researching Sola Scriptura—Here's 9 Reasons Why It's False

Why is the Catholic church important for scripture interpretation? 

Sola Scriptura places the final interpretive authority in the hands of every believer or pastor, so the doctrine essentially guarantees a steady multiplication of competing interpretations. Without a universally recognized teaching authority to arbitrate these disagreements, each doctrinal dispute inevitably results in new denominational splits. It is possible that these fragmentations are for some greater purpose, such as doctrinal diversity or stimulating theological insights or spiritual growth. Though, notice, these goods achieved by fragmentation such as theological richness or adaptability, are already fully realized within catholicism, through their diverse spiritual traditions, religious orders, and vibrant theological discussions- all within a unified doctrinal framework. So while fragmentation may not utterly disprove sola scriptura on its own, it strongly hints that a better system exists, one that achieves these goods without sacrificing unity. Sola scriptura makes you the final authority on interpreting scripture. If the bible alone is your only infallible guide, the responsibility falls squarely on you, a limited failable human, to get doctrine correct. 

STM is a perfect method for understanding God and Bible for society across time. 

Scripture: inspired, infallible text. Tradition: preserved authentic understanding of scripture across time. Magisterium: authoritative interpretation to resolve disputes clearly. Self sufficient, coherent, and incapable of improvement- which is exactly what a perfect God would institute for his church. 

The trinity can not get any better as well: three divine persons is not arbitrary. Three is the number you need for communal love, if you take one away you will lose something essential, add a divine person then you gain something unnecessary. The trinity is perfect in principle and STM works in the same way. If you take one away, you lose something vital, if you add something then you pile on redundancy. These systems are what we’d expect from a God who values clarity and completeness. Scripture supports STM over scripture alone (Timothy 1 3:15) Paul says The church is not just the scripture, it is the pillar and foundation of the Truth. Quote: “If I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” 

(Thessalonians 2 2:15) Quote: “So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letters.” 

(Thessalonians 2 3:6) “Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. 7) For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because you were not idle when we were with you,”

Paul in Thessalonians threatens disciplinary actions 3:14 Quote: 13) As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good, 14) If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed. 15) Do not regard him as an enemy, but arn him as a brother.” 

He tells them to keep away from or avoid brothers who are idle and disruptive and not living according to the tradition passed down by the apostles (v. 6). Paul reminds them that when he and his companions were with them, they worked hard, earning their own living so as not to burden anyone. He gives a rule: “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat” (2 Thessalonians 3:10)

(Thessalonians 1 2:13) And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.” 

These apostles clearly expected believers to trust their spoken teachings as God Breathe. Authoritative and binding, even before being written from oral tradition- Paul makes it clear this tradition is not something he invented, it’s something he received (from God) and then passed along. 

(Corrinthians 1 15:3) Quote: 3) For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also recieved; that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, 

These are binding, apostolic commands for the sheep of Jesus to follow. 

(Luke 10:6) Quote: 6) “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.” Authoritative teaching is not limited to written text, it is entrusted to human beings who bear define authority. (Acts 15) Apostles and elders authoritatively decide on doctrinal questions and then their decisions are delivered to the local churches. 

(Acts 8) Ethiopian eunuch in acts 8, Phillip encounters him reading scripture and asks him if he understands, he responds honestly: How can I unless someone guides me?’ (2 Peter 3:16) Quote 16) as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do with other scriptures. 7) You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 

This shows it's easy that you need that divine, magisterial, authority to avoid doctrine chaos. The Holy Spirit is what guides followers to know what is best. 

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im going to mexico in november officially (:

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not my post but i want to save it

Thinking about disease, thinking about how things fall apart fast, thinking about power vacuums and when/what is possible. Dreamt I was in the last mcdonald's at the end of the world preaching direct democracy in the nude, people were confused at my lack of shame and I answered that "it's a new world and nothing is the same" lol. Walked through a fancy neighbourhood, sprinklers, shiny purple cars, white men with pot bellies and sunglasses, wifi enabled door cameras and all that. My only solace was that all of this would be gone in 6 short days when the tariffs brought on the end of society and the hungry broke down there doors. I whistled for Percy but she didn't come. Woke up and she was in my bed of course, but there were still fresh cat tracks at the back door, maybe the tomcat heard my whistle from the unconscious. Thought becomes dream becomes material becomes destiny, carefully carefully.

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You believe important and powerful Hebrews may be there? Possibly. You're very keen, Simon. In fact, the most important and powerful person I know will be there. Yeah? My mother.

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Youtube Debate Questions I liked

(not my answers)

Why do Muslims say that the Quran says that Jesus never died on the cross?

Because the evil tries to remove the sacrifice of Christ. The sacrifice of Christ is the salvation of every single person who ever lived. The idea is to get people to not believe in Jesus so the attornment will not apply to them.

Why is Christion empathy bad sometimes?

For example, if you have someone who is a serial killer and kills everyone, the average person would say that they don't deserve the empathy of Christians because he's done acts and atrocities against people, right? We view sinful nature and evil differently than God does- we have a perception of ourselves where we believe we're self righteous. We believe people who aren't self righteous if they're doing enough evil they should be wiped out or we shouldn't offer forgiveness for them. But god's perspective is that all have fallen short of the glory of God, because God and the kingdom of heaven requires perfection- there can't be evil in perfection- we have all already fallen short, which is why Jesus comes and dies on the cross. Even if you sin once, you have committed an act of evil, meaning you are not perfect meaning you can not enter the kingdom of heaven. The purpose of the bible explains there are different levels of evil. But everyone has done evil. So if you're gonna do the standard of saying, "you're not good enough, you shouldn't have forgiveness"- well then neither should you. According to God's standard, if you were apply that same logic to yourself, there's nothing you can do to make yourself seem better than the murderer because you can't stand up yourself because you've already sinned against an all powerful creator.

Can a person that has never heard of God's law still manage to be saved?

People who have heard the gospel have to choose or not choose to follow The Way. If people on an isolated island, with no contact with the outside world, remain true to their intrinsic morality—holding onto what genuinely matters to them, following their hearts, and avoiding evil—I believe they will go to heaven. Deep down, we all have an innate sense of right and wrong, like a seed planted by God. Since these people were never exposed to the law and didn’t even know what they didn’t know, their salvation comes from following that God-given moral compass. However, once someone learns the word, their path becomes a conscious choice.

What's a reason why there is bad in the world?

Sin entered the world, creating chaos and manifesting in various ways. Many people are spiritual, but spirituality and the Bible coexist, both recognizing the soul and a higher dimensional reality. Within this reality, good and evil energies exist, along with spiritual forces and principalities that influence the world. When a person commits an act of evil, they reap what they sow—meaning their actions create a cycle where evil energy spreads. Evil operates within a divine legal system, where demonic entities gain permission to act when sin is present. This is not merely karma but a structured spiritual law: if humans willingly partake in sin, they legally allow demonic forces to project more evil into the world. As more people engage in wrongdoing, the system enables demonic forces to intensify their influence. Adam and Eve’s original sin changed God’s plan, as their awareness of evil altered human nature. While God could have easily nurtured perfect beings who remain grateful, sinful beings can take advantage of what they have. However, God allows hardships and negative events to shape people, using them as a means for spiritual growth and transformation.

"How does the relationship between God and Jesus illustrate the connection between the human-body and soul?"

When you die you are no longer in the physical- that's when your spirit is released from yourself, so you exist in a higher dimensional state. Jesus is like the body of the person who is alive and God is his "soul". The soul exists in a higher dimensional state. You can't comprehend your soul, yet it's actually a part of your nature, you are your soul. You're your soul but you're also not your soul because when you die your soul leaves your body. So when Jesus is physically here we know that God is his spirit, so when God attaches his 12th dimensional self to Jesus' human form, he doesn't cease to be God, because the spirit that is within Jesus is still God. Mary is the mother of God but not in the sense that she is God's creator, in the sense of God's begotten son becoming a human of the salvation of humanity. The fact that we have a soul and a body like God does, it shows that we are truly made in his image. And the fact that humans know the difference between good and evil.

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THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN

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""Let me tell you why a Muslim would drive his car into a crowd of innocent people. I was raised Muslim, and I know exactly why this happens. It’s not poverty. It’s not oppression. It’s not even radicalization. It’s the logical outcome of Islamic doctrine itself. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Muslim or not; we, as human beings, carry guilt deep inside us. We know we are not good enough and spend our lives trying to redeem ourselves through good deeds, thinking it will make the guilt disappear.

Christianity, for example, offers a way out of guilt, a solution not based on your works but on Christ’s. Salvation isn’t earned; it’s given. You accept that you can’t redeem yourself because Christ did everything on your behalf. That means you’re free. Free to live, free to build, free to serve, free to love. When Christians feel lost, broken, and needing forgiveness, they can go to church, talk to a pastor or priest, and leave knowing they have been forgiven.

Islam, on the other hand, doesn’t offer redemption; it weaponizes guilt. Instead of providing salvation, Allah exposes you, holds your sins over your head, and threatens you with hellfire and torture in the grave. The Quran isn’t a book of peace; it’s a book of threats. It bullies Muslims into obedience through fear, humiliation, and punishment. So, what happens when a Muslim seeks redemption? They try to be better Muslims. They pray, fast, give to charity, go on Hajj, and do everything Allah commands. But it never works. I know. I did it. And no matter how much you pray, no matter how much you try, the guilt never goes away. Because deep down, every Muslim knows it’s not enough. Allah always demands more.

Allah loves those who die fighting against the infidels. That’s not an opinion, it’s in the Quran, Hadith, and every lesson taught to children. This is why Muslims, even the so-called "moderates," always hesitate to condemn terrorism. Because they know Allah requires jihad. They might not be willing to commit it themselves, but they cannot say it’s wrong.

So when a Muslim fails to reach peace through religious rituals, they have two choices: Give up, stop being devout, and learn to live with the guilt, or commit to jihad because that’s the only way to be true to yourself. The Quran spells it out clearly: “Kill those who do not worship Allah or obey the Prophet” (9:29). So when a Muslim embraces this identity fully, killing infidels isn’t just justified; it’s joyful. It’s an act of:

✔ Saving yourself

✔ Obeying Allah

✔ Securing your eternity

✔ Finally escaping the crushing weight of guilt

This is why a Muslim can drive his car into a crowd of innocent people and feel nothing but satisfaction. Because for the first time in his life, he finally believes he has done something worthy of redemption.""

- Dan Burmawi

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Great post

people can't live by rules because there are always people who will look you for loopholes. the people will either follow out of fear and obligation or they'll look for loopholes. the christian message is not obey the rules, it's that you can't obey the rules, you need to submit to Christ because he can do what you can't.

it's not about how much you can do. it's about what Christ has done. we don't need better rules, we need to change people's hearts. which is what God can do

jesus' experience allowed god to fully empathize with humans. This experience made God’s grace and forgiveness feel tangible and relatable. For some believers, imagining God “learning” compassion through Jesus makes God seem more relatable and approachable—a divine figure who truly understands the messiness of being human.

someone who converts to islam in USA is safe. there are people in middle east today who are persecuted for leaving islam or even blaspheming / honor killings

how did the laws go from so strict to graceful? Think of it like stages of parenting. In the early days of the Old Testament, humanity was seen as spiritually immature, needing clear, strict rules (the Law) to guide them in a chaotic and brutal world. As history unfolded, God revealed a deeper part of His nature—grace and love—through Jesus, when humanity was ready to understand it. Jesus didn’t cancel the Old Testament law but fulfilled it by living a perfect life and becoming the ultimate sacrifice. After His death and resurrection, ritual sacrifices and harsh penalties were no longer necessary. The harshness of the old laws underscored the need for grace. Jesus’ death on the cross became the ultimate act of love and mercy, transforming the relationship between God and humanity.

The Old Testament required continual sacrifices for sin (see Leviticus)... Jesus’ death on the cross became the final sacrifice, rendering the sacrificial system obsolete. We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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