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Dear Friends in Christ,

Today, in our Gospel reading (Saint Matthew 22:34-46), we receive profound instruction from Jesus on the Divine Nature of the Son of Man. The Pharisees, though they recognized His human form, were veiled from the mystery of the Incarnation — that Jesus is both True God and True Man.

For us today, with the blessings of the Gospels and the guidance of the Church, we believe that the Son of God, the Word, is before the beginning. This same Word of the Father became human to share in our humanity and lift us to God. We cannot be like Jesus in His Divinity because He is the Creator, and we are His creatures. He is the Maker, and we are among the things that were made. We rise to God by following Jesus in His Humanity. We become like God when we become like Jesus Christ, but we can never become gods. We will never be equal to the Son of God.

The question Jesus put before the Pharisees to guide our thinking and belief in the right direction is to consider how King David referred to his Son in the flesh as his Lord. Naturally, the father is lord over the son, not the son over the father. Yet, King David, speaking of his Son, the Christ, calls Him Lord.

What may have confounded the Pharisees is, to us, a matter of spiritual enlightenment. We can easily discern the dual natures of Jesus Christ. It is our unwavering faith that removes any obstacles. However, it is the absence or loss of faith that can turn this simple truth into the greatest obstacle, as it did for the Pharisees.

The devils are very clever in using our gifts and talents from God against us. We are intelligent beings, and reason is a truly wonderful gift from God. It is truly demonic suggestions that tempt or lead us to deny God intellectually. Putting on an air of superiority, many look down upon those who believe in God as being ignorant or even imbecilic. They pretend that they cannot believe in anything that can't be proven, yet their intellect has become so darkened that they will not see or accept the evident proofs that are right before them.

The lies of the devils are easily uncovered, and we see that they call light darkness, and darkness light. We see buildings or even ruins of buildings, and we can logically conclude that there was a builder who built this structure. We may not see him, or know of him, but we know that he exists, because the work of his hands is clearly before us. We understand that the building did not build itself. We see paintings or artwork, and we logically know that there must be an artist who made this because these things did not make themselves, nor did they just come from nothing. Nothing can make nothing. Things cannot come from nothing. It is, therefore, logical and reasonable for us to see the universe or this world either in its entirety or in its minutest part and know that there is a Creator.

As we begin to dispel the darkness of doubt, we find evidence of God's existence everywhere, all the time. But it is not enough to acknowledge the presence of a Creator. We must come to understand that Jesus Christ is His Son and He alone is the Light, the Way, and the Truth that leads us back to our Creator. He is the One who reveals and enables us to understand and fulfill our very purpose in being created.

Jesus provided superabundant proof of Himself, in and through every human way of comprehending. He has shown Himself to be the historical fulfillment of the prophecies. He shows us the reasonable, or logical proofs of Who He is. He performed many miracles, showing and proving to everyone who was honest enough to see it that He had the power and authority of God. All of His creation (except humankind) obeys Him. He raised the dead to life. And most importantly, He raised Himself back to life after He died on the Cross.

Every honest and reasonable person cannot deny that Jesus possesses the power of God and does what only God can do. Human eyes verified and confirmed the Humanity of Jesus. Likewise, human eyes and intelligence verified and confirmed the Divinity of Jesus.

Closing our eyes and refusing to see the proof right before us does not make that proof disappear or go away. The Truth remains even though many choose to close their eyes and stay in darkness. It would be laughable if it were not so tragic that so many, who have closed their eyes and turned away from the obvious, put on such demonic airs of being truly scientific, smart, wise, intelligent, sophisticated, etc. What the demonically inspired world presents as intelligence and wisdom is actually ignorance, darkness, and foolishness.

May the Immaculate Heart of Mary inspire, guide, and protect us!

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