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00:00Music
00:00Friends, brothers, welcome to this new class in this series
00:19I believe, we believe in our catechumenate formation, in our formation of disciples.
00:26We will continue with what we had been looking at in the previous session regarding creation.
00:32What does it mean to say that God is the creator?
00:37But now we will focus on creation, which is exactly what God creates.
00:44In the last session we saw God as creator, and here in this new session we will see creation.
00:52What is this creation? It comes from God.
00:56Finally, we had commented at the end of the second video in the last session, out of nowhere.
01:05Yes, from nothing. God creates from nothing.
01:09God needs nothing to obtain creation.
01:14Nothing precedes God's act of creation.
01:21God is not going to look for matter to create us.
01:24God is not going to find ways to create us.
01:26God is not going to look for souls to create us.
01:29And this is very important.
01:30And I can already say here that souls, the human soul, my soul, the soul of each one of us, your soul,
01:40It is not in a soul refrigerator in heaven, where God is going to come and get a soul and put it in a body.
01:47No, no. God is always creating from nothing.
01:53And this also leads us to believe that God's creative act is constant.
01:59When we say in scripture that God does not abandon his children, God does not abandon his creation.
02:06We are signifying this.
02:09Not only accompaniment, but the creative act of God is present.
02:16God is giving to his creature at this very moment.
02:21God is committed to his creation.
02:24Constantly, daily.
02:29And if they didn't, if God stopped sustaining his creation, we would not only die, but we would become nothing.
02:39Because after death, our soul continues to be carried by the creative act of God.
02:46In heaven, for example, the souls of the righteous, the souls of those who are blessed there,
02:54They are being created by God at every moment.
03:00In the creed, we affirm that God is the creator of the invisible world, the world we do not see.
03:09Primarily, the creed, by saying this, we are affirming that God creates angels.
03:14Yes, there are beings very similar to us, but not the same, that are also being created by God.
03:24and they are also being carried in the creative act of God.
03:28But we must have a fair view of what angels are, brothers.
03:32Because today, due to a religious pseudo-belief or a scientific pseudo-belief,
03:42You know what I mean, the New Age, the new era, this religious syncretism,
03:48This taking from all sides, and taking from science as well as from Judeo-Christian religions,
03:54but I also draw from the religions of the East, of the Far East,
04:00And I present them as a new religion, it's the new era.
04:04Well, this new religion, this new era, and all its derivatives,
04:09They want to present angels in a misleading way.
04:14In the new era, angels take the place of God.
04:17And we cannot allow this, because the angels are our brothers.
04:23Angels are intelligent, personal beings, but they are creatures,
04:30They are not in God's place.
04:33And above all, that they, like the saints, intercede for us.
04:38But the one who creates miracles, the one who produces miracles in our lives, is God.
04:43Because God is the one who is creating us.
04:45Health, for example, can be a miracle in an extreme case of illness.
04:51and that we need health.
04:53It is not the angels I am asking.
04:55Or if I ask for it, and the miracle comes to me, the miracle is by God.
05:01The miracle has an author who is God.
05:04That can happen through intercession, the prayer of angels.
05:08And all the heavenly hosts, all the angelic hierarchies,
05:14They exist, they are, but they are subordinate to God.
05:18It is God who created the angels.
05:22And this includes, brothers, a very particular angel.
05:26An angel who is almost a character.
05:28He is the most beautiful angel.
05:31His name was Luzbel or Lucifer.
05:35Whose name simply meant to carry the light.
05:40Tradition tells us that he reveals himself when he hears God's plan to create man.
05:46And the object of his rebellion is, in his eyes, in his view, in his opinion, Lucifer.
05:55A spiritual being, like an angel, cannot exist that is also material at the same time.
06:03that has a body, which is the case for us.
06:07But, for Lucifer, as an angel, God is also creating him.
06:14God is also carrying out the act of creation.
06:19There is no creature that God is not holding in his act of creation.
06:26But also, brothers, just as we speak of the invisible world created by God,
06:30We are obviously talking about the visible world created by God.
06:35And, as we discussed in the previous session,
06:38All of creation is oriented, polarized towards man.
06:44Man is the center of creation, the master, the owner of creation.
06:50Unfortunately, this word, because it is in the Bible,
06:53Because God tells man,
06:55subdue the earth, subdue nature, subdue creation,
06:59It's like a server.
07:02He is not like a king, like an absolute owner.
07:05He owns nature, but to serve it,
07:09to serve her, to use her moderately, for her happiness.
07:14Unfortunately, today we are reaching an extreme where man proclaims himself the owner,
07:21creator, owner of nature, and therefore, corrupts it, dirties it, contaminates it,
07:29It takes it to such extremes that it's not respecting its rhythms.
07:33Let's consider, for example, the pollution of water, of the seas,
07:38excessive tree felling,
07:41the emission of gases by factories, companies, industry, etc.
07:46I think you have more examples than I do,
07:48and it is not the subject of this class,
07:50But what is certain is that creation is at the service of man.
07:55But man is also at the service of creation to care for it, to respect it,
08:01And that is why, as Christians, we have an opinion to give in the world of ecology.
08:08In the world of respect for nature, in all its senses,
08:13The Christian has much to say,
08:15Because it is the Catholic faith, it is the Christian faith that teaches us that this creation is that,
08:26Indeed, a gift, a creation of God.
08:30When we read the Genesis narrative regarding creation,
08:36We see that creation is divided into days.
08:41There was a day, there was a night, and God saw that it was good.
08:44Thus, for example, God separates the waters of the sky from the waters of the earth,
08:49the seas, and on the other hand, the sky.
08:53In an archaic way, Genesis speaks of the sky as the waters of space.
08:58Then, from the waters of the earth, the land emerged,
09:03and the waters, sea and land.
09:08And this was another day, and God sees that it is a good thing.
09:12Then came plants, then animals, and finally man.
09:16And God, Genesis says, is constantly viewing his work as something good.
09:22And this phrase, God saw that it was something good,
09:25It is a phrase that we should keep in mind throughout the Bible and throughout our lives.
09:32God always sees the creature as something good.
09:37That is why St. Paul will say, in the Letter to the Romans,
09:40God does not repent of his works.
09:43We can comment, God does not regret his creation.
09:47God does not repent of his rule.
09:49God will never regret creating us.
09:52If we see it in some pages of the Bible,
09:55It is because the human author of this book,
09:58This happens, for example, in Esaías, a little bit.
10:00It also happens in Genesis,
10:02The human author is attributing feelings to God,
10:05But this seems to highlight the evil of man.
10:09Yes, the sin is very great.
10:12Yes, sin is regrettable.
10:14The wickedness of man is lamentable.
10:16It's unheard of, it's growing at an exorbitant rate.
10:20But God always sees his work, his creation, as something good.
10:26And I could add,
10:28Even sin has not made us ugly, it has not made us ugly.
10:35Sin defiles us, yes,
10:38But God never stops seeing us as beautiful and good.
10:42So, let's think about the father in the parable.
10:48The son arrived dirty, the son arrived a sinner,
10:50The son arrived after having robbed his father,
10:53Because that's what happened, he squandered the entire inheritance.
10:56And worse, what did he squander it on?
10:58We would have said, well, at least he invested in a business that didn't work out.
11:01Or at the very least, he shared it recklessly with the poor.
11:06No, he spent it on prostitutes, he spent it on vices, he spent it on bad friends.
11:13And yet he arrives and his father greets him with kisses and hugs.
11:19And effusive kisses, says Saint Luke, says the scripture.
11:23God always sees his creation as something good.
11:26And that is already written in Genesis.
11:29This is already written in creation.
11:31This is already inscribed when we say it.
11:34I believe in one God, the Father, creator of heaven and earth,
11:37creator of all that is visible and invisible.
11:41Everything he creates, we might add, is good.
11:45That's a good thing.
11:47That's why I have no right to discriminate against any brother.
11:53Racism, indifference, lack of inclusion.
11:57Beyond any political context, or any political ideology.
12:03That's why I'm not here, I'm not in this debate.
12:06I'm in the debate, if I may put it that way,
12:08that I, as a Christian, have to see my brothers and sisters,
12:12all my brothers, whatever their race,
12:14whatever their skin color, whatever they may be,
12:19To put it simply, it's a good thing.
12:22They are good things, they are good creatures from God.
12:26And finally, God creates and rests.
12:30God comes to rest.
12:32God rests on the seventh day.
12:35The seventh day is consecrated to God's rest.
12:38Because?
12:39How interesting.
12:41To begin, we must understand this rest from God.
12:44What does it mean?
12:45To begin with, God never gets tired.
12:48God never gets tired.
12:49Because?
12:49Because it has no body.
12:51We got tired.
12:52We need to sleep, we need to eat to regain strength.
12:58Sometimes we need to slow down.
13:01That's normal, because we have a body and the body gets tired.
13:04But we humans also need another kind of rest.
13:09What kind of break is it?
13:10It is spiritual rest, which can be fraternal, it can also be in celebration, it can also be in the encounter with creation.
13:21Let me explain.
13:23I rest, indeed, sleeping, resting, breathing slowly.
13:29But I also rest when I am with my brothers, with my family, in a fraternal moment.
13:37When I'm with them, I feel, I can even say, relaxed.
13:43When I celebrate, when we are in the Eucharistic celebration par excellence, it is a rest.
13:49Because we meet as brothers, we meet as friends, as God's family.
13:54And finally, there is a rest in nature.
13:57When I see a mountain, when I see the countryside, when I see—and I don't know if I can see behind you right now in this video—
14:05When we're recording it, I can see an avocado tree, and the avocado is almost at its peak.
14:12It will be a few days before the fruit is ready, before it is ripe.
14:18And we can cut it and enjoy it.
14:20And the thing is, I personally love avocado.
14:22In other countries, if they're watching us, it's the avocado, in South America.
14:28It's delicious guacamole.
14:30Okay, what does he mean by this?
14:31And yes, it makes me laugh. Why?
14:33Because I find rest when I observe nature.
14:36When I see that a tree is maturing, growing, bearing fruit,
14:41and then I enjoy this fruit, because, to put it simply,
14:45I enjoy and relax in this.
14:49When I see a mountain, when I see a calm sea, when I see a lake,
14:54When I see, for example, those who live in places where it snows,
14:58When I see a desert that has this ability to transmit peace and tranquility, silence.
15:08This is rest.
15:09Therefore, as Christians, it is not right that, in order to rest, I spend all of Sunday in bed.
15:18And so, here I come in with this topic, here I string together the next idea.
15:22For us, as Christians, Sunday is our day of rest.
15:28But it is not the day God gave us to rest, to be in bed all day, 12 hours, 24 hours,
15:36of laziness, lying around, as grandmothers would say, you spend your time lying down, or the mothers.
15:44No, it is also the day of encountering Christ, of celebration, of resting in this holy mass that I attend with my family,
15:52to rest in the family gathering, in the fraternal encounter.
15:56That's why Sundays are the day, par excellence, to visit grandparents and uncles.
16:02But I also find rest in creation.
16:04This is the day I need to cut down on social media, I need to reduce my contact with devices,
16:10to live in harmony with nature.
16:13Maybe spend time with my pet, with my puppy, with my kitten.
16:17Well, sometimes cats don't let you, but...
16:19Go out, leave the house, spend a little time in a park, see the mountains,
16:26If I live near the sea, I go and appreciate it, and give thanks to God for this creation.
16:33This is truly Christian rest.
16:37This is contemplative rest, the rest of the Son of God.
16:41Although I certainly have to respect my body's rest.
16:46And in these last few minutes I have left, I just want to address something that would be very beautiful.
16:56to continue debating it, to continue discussing it, to continue talking about it with you.
17:00But it is a reality that even philosophy already knows.
17:05That even philosophy, the oldest wisdom of the Greeks, had already discovered.
17:11The soul.
17:13We are human beings and we have a soul.
17:17We are soul and body in an inseparable unity.
17:22In fact, the only separation that can come from the soul and the body is death.
17:29That's why I have a very deep respect for what my body is.
17:38Because it is essentially the body of my person.
17:43My soul created by God.
17:45My body created by God in my mother's womb.
17:49And today it is growing and taking its own pace.
17:51This soul, this body, is being seen by God.
17:56Finally, this human person as children of God.
18:01And this is where a big debate comes in.
18:06For example, respect for the dying on their deathbed.
18:11Respect for the baby in the womb of its mothers.
18:18Respect for your partner, whether male or female.
18:23Respect for children.
18:25And, once again, respect for everyone.
18:28Because this soul, we must realize, we are so unique.
18:33It means that God is creating us.
18:35This soul is not repeatable.
18:38No, God has made us so unique.
18:41And this original production that we are, and I can say it like that.
18:47It is already very present and very real in our bodies.
18:52The more so in our soul.
18:55And well, brothers.
18:56I hope you've enjoyed it so far.
18:58We pause.
18:59And in the next video, we'll talk.
19:02And we will go into depth regarding creation.
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