Chapter-3 Jesus and the Catholic Church

Jesus the Lord founds the Catholic Church

Jesus the Lord appoints Peter the very first head – the first Pope of the Catholic Church. Peter – Peduru means Rock. The leader disciple Peduru, that is Rock, on this, Jesus the Lord builds the catholic church. The evil forces of the burning hell would not stand facing the Catholic Church and they will meet with heavy defeat. The divine Catholic Church, which was blessed by the Lord Jesus, is being guided by the Popes down the centuries starting from Saint Peter.

The word of God and the sacraments are the keys to heaven

All the different countries of the world with their leaders have a flag. So also, the Vatican leader and the world leader of the Catholic Church, the Pope, has a flag. On the flag the two keys of heaven are engraved. The first key symbolizes the Lord's divine words and the second the sacraments. These are the holy keys which will open the heaven for us. Jesus the Lord entrusts the keys of heaven to Peduru (Peter) the first Pope.

The holy Father Pope's flag has two colors – white and yellow – whitish golden colors. The present pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is the 270 Pope. He has the keys of heaven. To attain heaven we have to go through the Catholic Church only. Because our Holy Father Pope has the keys of the kingdom of God.

The Pope allows the statues

Whatever the Pope permits in the Catholic Church on earth, the Lord Jesus permits it in heaven. The statues of Jesus, the statues of the Mother of God, Saint Joseph, St. Peter, St. Antony, St. Francis Xavier are installed in the catholic churches and in the houses of catholic Christians. The Pope has permitted the installation of statues. So, we thus know that the Lord Jesus too grants permission to keep statues. They are adorable memorial signs, therefore praying before these statues cannot be idol worship. The saints whom we see as statues on earth are in heaven and we shall meet them face to face in heaven. Meeting them, talking to them in heaven is an inexplicable joy.
Whatever the Pope bans on earth, the Lord bans them in heaven.The Lord Jesus blesses the Popes and gives them all divine blessings so that in heaven and on earth they could shower blessings on all people. Jesus the Lord blesses with his divine hands the Popes, Bishops, Priests, the Religious, the Laity with all heavenly, spiritual, material and all types of blessings. He leads us to heaven.

Jesus the Lord appears before Peter

In the first century A.D. king Nero's murderous, fanatic, dictatorial rule was there in Rome. He murdered all Christians. He looked for Peter, the first leader of Christians, to murder him. In order to protect the first pope Peter from the king's atrocities the Christians wanted him to move out of the city. He submitted to the kindness of the people and leaving Rome he was walking in the Appian Street.

Just then a miracle took place. Jesus Christ was coming in front of Peter from the opposite side. And Peter saw Jesus, he asked him, “where are you going Lord?” The Lord replied to Peter saying, “I am on my way to Rome to be crucified once again”. Having heard the words of Jesus, Peter looked at him and his body trembled. The Lord disappeared. Peter realised his mistake and felt sorry for the same. Then he went back to Rome on the same road. We could very well sense that the Lord Jesus guides the Catholic Church. Being in Rome Peter served as Pope for 33 years. Finally, under the rule King Nero he was scourged, crucified upside down in the Janikulam mountain and thus gave up his life for the church. Peter asked that he be crucified upside down as against the crucifixion of his Master, the Lord Jesus. As according to his wish, he was crucified upside down. A marvellous huge Church is there now on the spot where Peter was crucified.

God's Church – the Catholic Church

In the later years, like Saint Peter all the Popes who guided the Catholic Church were martyred. Starting from rd St. Peter to John - XXIII, the marble statues of all the popes are in the hall in Rome.They are living in heaven. With the intention of destroying the Catholic Church many Christians were tortured and killed. But no human being could ever up root it. Because the divine Catholic Church was founded by Jesus the Lord. The Holy Spirit pours his divine blessings on the people of the church and guides us to the life in heaven. The Holy Spirit protects the Catholic Church in a holy way. In God's family-the Catholic Church there are innumerable duties to be carried on in Christ's mystical body. All have equal share in her development. Joining hands with the Holy Spirit, let us together build the kingdom of God.

The Martyrs - Witnesses of the Church

Among the disciples of Jesus except John all others were killed . The pictures depicting the scenes of their deaths are kept in the Saint Thomas Mount Church in Chennai where St Thomas himself was pierced and martyred. One of the disciples Philip, was tied to a cart and was cut into pieces like wood using saw. Saint John was put into a vessel with boiling oil. Just then John said that some parts of his body were not yet boiled. Having heard this, the torturers were afraid and they lifted him and put him down and ran away.