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00:00And so we reach the great moment we call the leap of faith. I don't know how it's going to be, I don't understand.
00:22This is all very well, but there are many questions crowding my heart. I can't tell you, look, angel.
00:29Well, let me think about it carefully, let me analyze the situation a little more, let me discuss it with Jose and see what happens.
00:35He thinks, "Let me talk to my parents and see what they say." She takes a profound leap of faith.
00:45Brothers, it is a joy to have you back in our virtual classroom for active evangelization
00:53Entering the final stretch of our fundamental evangelization course, the following and
00:59The last three episodes will be dedicated to getting to know the humble servant of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
01:05Today we begin our journey to connect with our sweet mother by recognizing her as a role model.
01:12A teaching of faith and obedience to God, worthy to be followed by anyone who calls themselves a Christian.
01:19that is hidden in the answer she gives in the mystery of the annunciation and how that is done in
01:25According to your word, Mary must become our response to God's will.
01:31Don't miss a single detail of this teaching in your life, it will lead you to trust blindly in God.
01:39Thanks for watching the video
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01:46Thanks for watching!
02:16Thanks for watching!
02:46Hello dear brothers and sisters! We're back with you again in our fundamental evangelization course, now practically at the end of our development.
03:00We want now, in this last part, after having seen all the main teachings of Christ, after seeing how He has shown us His love and how this love, well, we are invited to live it.
03:14After learning about the wonderful promises He has made to us, we conclude our course with a final part where we will discuss a very important topic: the topic of faith.
03:28To the gospel, to all that we have been seeing throughout these sessions, the Christian responds with faith.
03:38And well, to speak of faith is to speak of the Virgin Mary, because she truly is our role model.
03:49Once a person has come to know Jesus, they need to make an act of faith and adhere to Him in order to live the abundant life He has brought us through the Word of God.
04:01We will see then in this last chapter that Jesus has called us to live with Him and this last part will help us to continue growing, it lays the foundations so that our Christianity is already well established.
04:22We are getting to know Jesus; later we will need to make a personal acceptance, an acceptance that, as we will see in this last part, comes through faith.
04:37So let's analyze what it really means to have faith and how this faith becomes alive and active, because we will reflect on this a little later: faith that is not demonstrated, faith that is not related to life, is, as the apostle James will say, a dead faith.
05:02If we truly want our faith to bear fruit, it must be alive and active.
05:11Let us then, in this same unit, see how the Blessed Virgin responds, and she will be our model of faith.
05:21Furthermore, since we are going to be talking about the Blessed Virgin Mary, let's also take the opportunity to talk about her and her dogmas.
05:31Above all, I would like to address some sensitive topics that, unfortunately, some Christian brothers and sisters who do not have the privilege of belonging to our Catholic Church are unaware of, and this causes many people to be somewhat confused about certain aspects of the Virgin Mary.
05:48In this way we will not only complete a fundamental evangelization course, but also learn about this wonderful model that Jesus has left us, which is his Blessed Mother, and we will learn not only how she has responded to faith, but we will also see how God has wanted her to be a model for us in different areas of her life.
06:14So, with all this introduction, let's begin now with this very interesting topic about faith.
06:25And well, if I were to ask you, do you think I'm going to appear on this screen today?
06:31Do you think I will be with you today, right where you are, through this medium, whether it's the internet or video, however this course is reaching you?
06:44Do you think I'll be there?
06:46The answer is logical, of course I don't believe it, and I don't believe it because I am already seeing the Father.
06:57I see him here through the internet, physically, as if they were saying, does Father Ernesto María Caro exist?
07:07Well, I have no reason to doubt it, I'm seeing it, I'm seeing it, He's the one speaking to me.
07:15When I can already see things, I no longer need faith, but when everything is a promise, when, well, as has happened to me sometimes, right?
07:26So Father Caro ends up being something of an urban legend, right?
07:31Will it exist, or won't it?
07:32There are many commercial elements that use this, creating names, creating images of fictitious people, of people who do not exist.
07:40And then, well, one believes, but one believes in the institution, one believes that this is simply an advertising medium.
07:48Here we are talking about Jesus.
07:49We are talking about believing in Jesus and believing Jesus, a real person, someone who has spoken to us and shown us a way.
08:03So, faith is no longer needed when I can already see.
08:10To believe in Jesus, I have to believe the church.
08:15I have to believe Father Caro, who has been talking to me about himself and his promises during this time.
08:21They believe in heaven, well I believe Father Ernesto who says that it exists and maybe he has already seen it.
08:29And I have to believe him, because of the Holy Scripture of those who saw him, touched him, and spoke with him.
08:37That is why the first letter of the apostle Saint John is so important in this matter.
08:43I would like you to go to your Bible so we can look at these first three very important verses that have to do with believing the church and believing God.
08:55In your Bible, chapter one, of the first letter of the apostle Saint John, it says
09:04Look at verse 3
09:29Therefore, what we have seen and heard, we proclaim to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us.
09:37What we have seen, what we have touched, what we have heard, which refers to the word of God, this eternal word that has been revealed to us, says the apostle.
09:49So, faith has to do with believing in someone, believing in something that I cannot see, cannot touch.
09:57But since the apostles wrote it, we believe in Scripture.
10:03I first believed in Scripture and well, that's why I've shared with you all what I've felt in my heart, in my life, and which truly exists.
10:19So, faith is really about believing in something I don't see.
10:25We therefore believe what the Church has told us, for she is the faithful representative of Jesus, as we saw in the previous unit.
10:38Saint Paul clarifies this for us when he tells us that in this world we live by faith.
10:43That is, what we cannot touch, but what we see, what we believe, as I was saying earlier, to those who did see it, to those who did touch it.
10:59Saint Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, in chapter 13, verse 12, says that we do not yet live by vision, but by believing in him.
11:11I want us to go to this text from 1 Corinthians 13, in verse 12, it says about this.
11:22And now we see through a mirror and dimly, but one day we will see face to face; now we know imperfectly, but one day we will know as God knows us, as God knows me.
11:40Right now, I have to believe the Church, I have to believe the Scriptures, I have to believe those who saw him, touched him, who were with him.
11:52And well, this is what I have believed and this is what I now communicate to all of you.
11:59This is the faith of the Church, we say, when we recite the creed within the mass.
12:05Saint Paul tells us that faith comes from preaching.
12:12If you go to Romans 10, in verse 14, we go to this text which is important, it is even worth having this text underlined.
12:23He says, however, how can they invoke the one they do not believe in?
12:29And how can they believe in him if he has not been announced to them?
12:33And how will it be announced if no one is sent?
12:37That is why Scripture says, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"
12:44So, how are we supposed to believe in him if nobody talks to me about him?
12:47And faith is a mystery.
12:50And I am sure that throughout all these sessions that we have been sharing together, it has already been born in you.
12:57It is a mystery that God works through his Spirit in our hearts.
13:02In this quote we can see how our faith in God has to be born from preaching, from the announcement of the good news of salvation.
13:12And this is what we have been doing, and this is what all Christians who have received this good news of Jesus have done: that he loves us, that he has come for us, that he has rescued us, that he has a wonderful place for us in heaven, etc.
13:28This is all that we have to announce.
13:32This is what the first disciples announced to the people.
13:35If you recall, when we began our study in the first chapter, we saw how most of us had probably been living an inherited faith, which perhaps we had not valued, since it was not based on an announcement, on knowledge that would lead us to fall in love with Jesus.
13:59From the same God made man, if we had lived, then, a faith simply, well, as we have said on other occasions, we have lived, or had lived until now, a faith only inherited.
14:16A faith that we had received from our parents through baptism, where we learned to go to mass, to celebrate, to stand, to sit.
14:27But who was this Jesus, really?
14:30And what implications did this have for me?
14:33That their promises are real.
14:36And so many things that throughout these sessions, surely, we have been seeing, reflecting on, and that have made your faith a different faith now.
14:48Now I am sure that God has been, little by little, showing you many of the things we have been talking about and that are now becoming part of our lives.
14:58But we have to keep growing.
15:03We must continue to develop within ourselves this gift that God has given us.
15:09Now our faith is no longer a dead faith.
15:13Today, several months later, when we have already been told about Jesus, when we have seen what he did for me, surely, and has done many things for us.
15:24When have we truly understood, what did it cost Him that I have life, that I have it in abundance?
15:35And how can we participate in this new life?
15:40Life, as we have already seen, begins in this world and extends throughout all eternity.
15:47Life lived in community, in an organized church, in a hierarchical manner.
15:53It is time, then, now to make a choice that consists of a conscious and personal acceptance of this Jesus who has loved us and who is willing to give us the fullness of his love.
16:09Since we, from this course that we have been sharing with you, have surely already realized that we cannot simply live like this.
16:24Ah, well, this is very beautiful and it's very beautiful that He has come and brought me life and that I now know how I can connect with Him and begin to live this life.
16:34In other words, no, we have to respond to Jesus now, and this is the response of faith.
16:42Perhaps, so far, some things have not yet been made clear.
16:48Well, we need to keep exploring them further.
16:50But now the message of salvation has reached you clearly through this course.
17:00But let's see now, in reality, what faith is and what it implies.
17:07Because to say, then, that I am a Christian, that I am a Catholic Christian, has serious implications for our lives.
17:14And for that we will use two different answers.
17:18So, I would like to begin this moment of reflection with you by presenting two different answers that we have in Sacred Scripture.
17:28Two people to whom the announcement of salvation was made, as I have been doing throughout all these chapters with you.
17:36Well, these answers given by these people are different.
17:43And they show us, they show us the commitment they had before God.
17:49And the same thing is going to happen to us.
17:52Depending on how we respond to faith, to this faith that I'm sure has been growing in your heart,
17:59Well then, we can really say, my life is now more Christian or less Christian.
18:07Because it has to do with life.
18:10Always remember this.
18:13The Christian life is a life.
18:17Jesus did not come to teach a philosophy, like other great teachers who have roamed our world,
18:24but Jesus came to teach us how to live.
18:28He gave us rules and, in addition, He gave us His Holy Spirit.
18:34Because?
18:34Because Christianity is not a philosophy that is studied, learned,
18:39And from there, each one develops it.
18:42No.
18:43It's a life.
18:44It's a particular lifestyle.
18:47If we confuse this, then our whole life,
18:51The Christian life, at least, will not be what Jesus intended for us.
18:55And we can hardly have that abundant life that the Lord Jesus has given us.
19:03So, well, let's see in our text.
19:08I would like you to go to the New Testament, where we are reviewing all of this.
19:12And let's go to the book of Luke, to the Gospel of Saint Luke, to the beginning of the Gospel,
19:19We will find two different answers.
19:22We will find, on the one hand, Zechariah's answer,
19:27And on the other hand, we are going to find the response that our Blessed Mother had to the announcement.
19:34And we'll see that they are two different answers.
19:37The advertisement was the same.
19:39Or they'll say, no, well, it's not the same.
19:41Yes, it's a different kind of ad, done in a different way.
19:45but he expected a generous response from God.
19:51I want us to analyze first, even though it's the second announcement,
19:55But since it belongs to our Blessed Mother,
19:57I wish you could see it with great clarity.
20:00What a wonderful response!
20:04even when we compare it to the first advertisement,
20:06which will be the one of Zechariah,
20:07which was a little earlier in some previous verses,
20:11But anyway, let's start with this one,
20:14because I find it more interesting.
20:15Let's go, then, to your Bible, Luke 1:26,
20:19And we're going to read from 26 to 38.
20:24The text says.
20:25In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel
20:29to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
20:33to a young woman married to a man named Joseph
20:36of the descendants of David.
20:38The young woman's name was Maria.
20:41The angel entered where Mary was and said to her,
20:45Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you.
20:49Upon hearing these words, she was bewildered.
20:54and wondered what such a greeting meant.
20:58The angel said to him,
21:00Do not be afraid, Mary, for God has granted you his favor.
21:04You will conceive and give birth to a son,
21:06whom you will name Jesus.
21:09He will be great, he will be called Son of the Most High.
21:13The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
21:17He will reign over the descendants of Jacob forever.
21:20and his kingdom will have no end.
21:24Verse 34
21:26Mary said to the angel,
21:28What will this be like?
21:30Well, I don't have relationships with any men.
21:33The angel answered him,
21:36The Holy Spirit will come upon you
21:38and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
21:42Therefore, the one who is to be born will be holy.
21:45and he will be called the Son of God.
21:49Look, your relative Isabel
21:51She also conceived a child in her old age.
21:54and she's already six months pregnant
21:56the one that everyone considered sterile.
21:59Because for God
22:00Nothing is impossible.
22:03Maria said,
22:05Here is the servant of the Lord
22:07that it happens to me as you say.
22:09And the angel withdrew.
22:14We see here,
22:15If we analyze these facts,
22:17because when we read the Scripture
22:19and especially these parts
22:21that we already know so well,
22:23if we don't analyze them in depth,
22:26we won't understand such a tremendous message,
22:30especially on the subject of faith,
22:32which is contained in this text.
22:35So let's analyze these facts.
22:37First, Mary is betrothed,
22:40The text tells us about Joseph,
22:42with whom he does not yet live,
22:45with whom he does not yet have an intimate relationship.
22:49Some of the Bibles,
22:50It depends on the version of your Bible you are using.
22:53they say,
22:53I didn't know her,
22:54I don't know any man.
22:56I mean,
22:57I haven't had a sexual relationship with anyone.
23:01And well,
23:02The thing is, Mary is betrothed to Joseph,
23:05They don't live together now,
23:07They haven't had sex.
23:09Because?
23:10Because of the custom of the Jews
23:12It is to hold the wedding in two parts.
23:15The first,
23:17the first part called betrothal,
23:20in which, for all legal purposes,
23:22They are both already married.
23:25And the second,
23:26in which the groom,
23:28after having built the house,
23:29where they are going to live,
23:32Well, finally the big party happens,
23:35And he's already bringing his wife to live in his house.
23:38That she is already his wife,
23:40That's why he says,
23:41and he takes his wife to live with him.
23:44Because from the moment of the betrothal,
23:46They are now truly married.
23:49So for the purposes of the law,
23:51the Blessed Virgin Mary,
23:53She is really married to José.
23:56The angel,
23:57in the advertisement,
23:58He proposes that she become the mother of God,
24:02but that this conception
24:03The Holy Spirit will do it directly,
24:07which means,
24:09Well, that's how things are,
24:11probably,
24:12Things are going to get complicated.
24:15Things are going to get complicated.
24:16Mary is going to conceive
24:19without José's participation.
24:23A really interesting topic,
24:26I don't expand,
24:27This topic fascinates me.
24:29in fact,
24:29Well, my doctoral thesis
24:30part of this topic,
24:33so,
24:33I always stop here,
24:36because it's truly fascinating,
24:38but,
24:39obviously,
24:39to move forward,
24:40with greater fluency,
24:42I don't dwell on the subject for long.
24:44You can consult some of the texts,
24:46which we also have on the page,
24:48much about this topic,
24:49talks,
24:50in the end,
24:51for,
24:51If you'd like to expand on this topic,
24:53There is a lot of material on our page.
24:57The topic he presents here,
24:59It's that Maria,
25:01well,
25:01She will conceive through the Holy Spirit.
25:04The text tells us,
25:06that the shadow of the Most High will cover her,
25:08These are ideas that are constantly present,
25:13in Jewish culture,
25:19and then,
25:19She understands,
25:21or half understands,
25:22or try to understand,
25:23somehow,
25:24well,
25:25what the angel is saying,
25:26which is not simple,
25:28because,
25:29in their culture,
25:30at his age,
25:31well,
25:31these topics,
25:33They wouldn't be entirely his own,
25:36if he understands anything,
25:38something,
25:38understand,
25:39but,
25:40He doesn't know exactly,
25:41What is he proposing?
25:43although,
25:44If I could have,
25:45an idea,
25:46of it,
25:46No?
25:47AND,
25:48when going,
25:49well,
25:49let's say,
25:50understanding something,
25:52I'm going to be the mother,
25:54of,
25:54of Christ,
25:56TRUE?
25:56The Son of God,
25:58that,
25:58also,
25:58This is surely it,
25:59He must have found it confusing,
26:01on the subject of the Son of God,
26:03although,
26:03really,
26:03well,
26:04the Messiah,
26:05According to the Davidic texts,
26:06well,
26:07would be his Son,
26:09also,
26:09He would be the Son of God,
26:10but,
26:10under the Davidic concept,
26:12that is to say,
26:13a human being,
26:15TRUE?
26:15Born from a human relationship,
26:17but,
26:18in which,
26:18well,
26:19God adopts him,
26:20as he has done with us,
26:22but,
26:22well,
26:22hardly,
26:23Our Blessed Mother,
26:24at this time,
26:26I could have understood,
26:27clearly,
26:28which would be,
26:28really,
26:30the Son of God,
26:31He will have to come.
26:32well,
26:32a whole process,
26:33quite important,
26:35in it,
26:35for reflection,
26:36to begin to understand,
26:37the mystery,
26:38which he's gotten himself into,
26:39No?
26:39But,
26:40that's true,
26:40surely,
26:41That much is clear to him,
26:42then,
26:43and perhaps,
26:44It happens like a flash,
26:45in his head,
26:47How am I going to explain it to him?
26:49to José,
26:50that the Son,
26:50that I carry,
26:51in my entrails,
26:53Isn't it his?
26:55I mean,
26:56she,
26:56he tells her,
26:57who has not lived,
26:58with the,
26:59with no man,
27:00and,
27:00he manages to understand,
27:01maybe,
27:02vaguely,
27:02that will remain,
27:04on tape,
27:05and says,
27:05Well,
27:06And how is this going to work?
27:07TRUE?
27:07I mean,
27:08What's going to happen here?
27:09No?
27:10This,
27:11for José,
27:12well,
27:12obviously,
27:13well,
27:14will represent,
27:14adultery,
27:16than in Israel,
27:17is punished,
27:17with the death penalty,
27:20women,
27:21surprised,
27:21in adultery,
27:22as we see it,
27:23clearly,
27:24in the Gospel,
27:25of San Juan,
27:25in chapter 8,
27:27This woman,
27:27that has been found,
27:28in adultery,
27:29well,
27:29She's going to be stoned,
27:31I mean,
27:31a woman,
27:32adulteress,
27:33She was sentenced to death,
27:35and he was killed,
27:36throwing stones at her,
27:38and well,
27:39well,
27:39what I want to discuss,
27:40as well as,
27:40to put it in your heart,
27:43and to meditate with you,
27:44the thing is,
27:45at the moment,
27:47Yeah,
27:47the Blessed Virgin,
27:49He had to think,
27:51God,
27:52will be able to do it,
27:53that someone conceives,
27:54without participation,
27:55of a male,
27:56What's going to happen to me?
27:58They're going to stone me,
28:00and José,
28:01what is it,
28:02well,
28:02a man whom I love,
28:03What's going to happen to him?
28:06What if he leaves me?
28:08If they abandon me too,
28:09my father,
28:10my mother,
28:10my relatives,
28:11for being an adulteress,
28:13How am I going to live?
28:14Where am I going to live?
28:16Look,
28:16siblings,
28:17It's a complicated time.
28:19for a little girl,
28:20of,
28:21well,
28:21scarcely,
28:2214,
28:2215 years old,
28:23which are,
28:24well,
28:25those that the Blessed Virgin would have,
28:27at the moment,
28:28of conception,
28:30difficult questions,
28:31to solve,
28:32for a young girl,
28:34then,
28:36so many things,
28:36They couldn't do it,
28:37to have come,
28:38quickly,
28:39to his mind,
28:39to his heart,
28:41that they could,
28:41to make people doubt,
28:44And that's because,
28:45really,
28:45what he was,
28:46proposing God,
28:47was,
28:48involve,
28:49all his life,
28:51in the mystery,
28:51of redemption,
28:53that he believed,
28:54that he believed in God,
28:56that he had faith,
28:59a faith,
28:59completely,
29:01that puts it in,
29:01in the dark,
29:04who doesn't know,
29:05which follows,
29:07that it has,
29:07to make decisions,
29:09and trust,
29:10completely,
29:11in which God,
29:12I will help her get through it,
29:13As we were saying,
29:15that for faith,
29:17we base it on,
29:18in experience,
29:19former,
29:20when I put them,
29:21the example,
29:22whether I would be,
29:23I wouldn't be,
29:24whether I am or I am not,
29:25So we say,
29:25No,
29:25Well, I've already seen it.
29:26I mean,
29:27really,
29:28if it is,
29:28snap,
29:29and if the father,
29:30He says he's coming,
29:31Well, most likely,
29:31He's coming.
29:32because always,
29:33who says he's coming,
29:34Well, he's coming.
29:35There is an experience,
29:37that me,
29:38It gives me the opportunity,
29:40that is to say,
29:42Indeed,
29:43That's how it's going to be.
29:43Well,
29:44Well, Maria,
29:46He has to go in,
29:47on this topic,
29:48Maria,
29:49He has to believe,
29:50in the person,
29:52of God,
29:53in this case,
29:54and has to take,
29:55the story,
29:56from his village,
29:57and believe,
29:58that God,
29:59He doesn't lie,
30:00if this,
30:01He is a messenger of God,
30:02and this proposal,
30:03It is from God,
30:05Well, if that's what he says,
30:06Well, that's how it has to be.
30:08the angel,
30:09He's coming.
30:09on behalf of God,
30:11and Mary,
30:12He knows perfectly well,
30:13God be pleased,
30:15and has seen,
30:16along,
30:16of history,
30:17from his village,
30:18all things,
30:20prodigious,
30:21that he,
30:21has done,
30:23he,
30:24She surely,
30:25will remember,
30:26He will have it,
30:27placed in his heart,
30:29the topic,
30:30from the exit,
30:31from Israel,
30:32like God,
30:33It made it break,
30:34in two,
30:35the sea,
30:36so that they could,
30:37pass the hierroilites,
30:38It made it rain,
30:40fire from the sky,
30:41in time,
30:42of,
30:42of Elijah,
30:45defeated,
30:46he alone,
30:47to his enemies,
30:48in the end,
30:50countless,
30:51of wonders,
30:54besides,
30:55It has never been heard that,
30:56in Israel,
30:57whoever trusted,
30:58in the Lord,
30:59has been defrauded,
31:00on the contrary,
31:02He has always protected him,
31:04in the end,
31:05the Blessed Virgin Mary,
31:08She knows that she loves her,
31:09and that he will never abandon her,
31:12And so it is,
31:13that arrives,
31:14to the big moment,
31:15which we call,
31:16the jump,
31:17of faith,
31:19I don't know what it's going to be like.
31:21I don't understand,
31:22very good,
31:22all this,
31:23There are many questions,
31:24that crowd me,
31:25to my heart,
31:27I can't tell you,
31:28Look, angel,
31:29Well, let me think about it carefully,
31:31Let me analyze,
31:32some more,
31:32the situation,
31:33Let me see it with José,
31:34Let's see what he thinks.
31:36Let me talk to my parents about it.
31:38Let's see what they have to say.
31:40No,
31:41She makes a profound act of faith,
31:45He believes in the angel,
31:47and the angel,
31:48He's speaking from his own perspective.
31:50of God,
31:51whom she loves,
31:52and respect,
31:54And she is sure,
31:56that what the angel is telling him,
31:57He can't take it,
31:59but something very good,
32:00It will compromise her,
32:02throughout his life,
32:03in the mystery,
32:04of faith,
32:05in the mystery,
32:06of redemption,
32:07But she ends up saying,
32:09as we heard it,
32:10in this text,
32:12in verse 38,
32:14Let it be done,
32:15as you told me,
32:16just as you told me,
32:19That's all,
32:19that ask one,
32:21That's all,
32:23doubts in the heart,
32:24It's an answer,
32:26full of faith,
32:28Maria has no doubt,
32:30trust,
32:31and,
32:31it is abandoned,
32:32it will be,
32:33God's will be done.
32:35As God wills,
32:37Whenever He wants,
32:40So,
32:41There is an author,
32:42Very interesting,
32:43about this,
32:44on these topics,
32:45Marians,
32:45Adriana Bonspeyer,
32:47which says,
32:49well,
32:49like Mary,
32:50This is this woman,
32:51who knows how to give of themselves,
32:52completely,
32:54that his yes is complete,
32:56It's total,
32:56It's final.
32:57Believe in God,
32:58Whatever you want,
33:00Whatever you want,
33:01However you want,
33:02TRUE,
33:04And this is what God,
33:05expect from us,
33:07that we can give him,
33:08an answer,
33:09thus full,
33:09total,
33:10In addition to all this,
33:11which might sound familiar,
33:13well,
33:14some parts,
33:15of those I have spoken of,
33:16difficult,
33:16other incredible ones,
33:17When we talk about heaven,
33:19and all this,
33:19well,
33:20They can release us,
33:21sound like,
33:22incredibly,
33:22incredible,
33:23Well,
33:25That's where,
33:25I have to tell him,
33:26to Jesus,
33:28I have to tell him,
33:28to the Holy Scriptures,
33:30I have to say,
33:31Well, look,
33:31I haven't seen you,
33:34I have read your word,
33:36I have heard,
33:37what the Father tells me,
33:38but,
33:39But yes, sir,
33:41Yes, I believe you.
33:43Yes, I believe you.
33:44I know what you're telling me,
33:46It's true,
33:47however,
33:48We have another type,
33:49answers,
33:50answers,
33:50which are not exactly,
33:51Mary's,
33:52and I would like,
33:53well,
33:53that we would see now,
33:54another passage,
33:55which shows us,
33:56a different attitude,
33:58in response to the announcement,
33:59of salvation,
34:00And that's the announcement,
34:01from the one you already know,
34:02I was speaking a moment ago,
34:04that was done,
34:05before the annunciation,
34:07to the Blessed Virgin,
34:08and what is,
34:09made,
34:10to Zechariah,
34:11come on,
34:12If you'd like,
34:13there,
34:13in this text,
34:14in this same section,
34:15we're going to backtrack,
34:16a few verses,
34:18And I'm reading now,
34:18for you,
34:19from the beginning,
34:20of history,
34:21in order to be able to,
34:22gradually shaping it,
34:23says,
34:24in the time of Herod,
34:26King of Judea,
34:28There was a priest,
34:29named Zechariah,
34:32of the priestly group,
34:33of Abijah,
34:34married to a woman,
34:35of Heron's descendants,
34:36Isabel,
34:38Both were beyond reproach,
34:40before God,
34:41and they followed scrupulously,
34:43all the commandments,
34:44and the precepts of the Lord,
34:46Take note of this,
34:47I mean,
34:48They kept everything,
34:48They were holy people,
34:49They were good people,
34:51They were people,
34:51like many of us,
34:52that we go to mass,
34:53that we take communion,
34:55that we go to the processions,
34:57in the end,
34:58practicing people,
34:59however,
35:01Let's see,
35:02what they lack,
35:03like many of our Catholics,
35:05a vital issue,
35:08but they had no children,
35:09because Elizabeth was barren,
35:11and the two of them were already,
35:12of advanced age,
35:13One day, Zechariah was...
35:16exercising priestly service,
35:18of his group,
35:20and according to the priestly rite,
35:22It was his turn,
35:23enter the sanctuary of the Lord,
35:25to offer incense,
35:27The whole town was praying,
35:28and out,
35:29while the incense was being offered,
35:31the angel of the Lord,
35:32He appeared to her standing,
35:34to the right of the altar of incense,
35:36when Zechariah saw,
35:38The angel was frightened,
35:40and he was afraid,
35:41But the angel said to him,
35:43Do not be afraid, Zechariah,
35:45your request,
35:46has been heard,
35:48Isabel,
35:49your wife,
35:50He will give you a son,
35:51whom you will name,
35:53Juan,
35:54You will be filled with joy,
35:56and joy,
35:57Many will rejoice,
35:58of his birth,
36:00because it will be big,
36:01before the Lord,
36:02He will not drink wine,
36:04nor liquor,
36:05It will be full,
36:06of the Holy Spirit,
36:07from the womb,
36:08from his mother,
36:09and will convert,
36:10many children of Israel,
36:12to the Lord,
36:12his God,
36:13will be the precursor,
36:15of the Messiah,
36:16with the spirit,
36:17and the power of Elijah,
36:19to reconcile,
36:20to the parents,
36:21with their children,
36:22to instill,
36:23to the rebels,
36:24wisdom,
36:24of the righteous,
36:26and to prepare,
36:27to the Lord,
36:27a town,
36:28well arranged,
36:30Listen now,
36:31what follows,
36:32verse 18,
36:33Zechariah said to the angel,
36:35How will I know?
36:37that it will happen,
36:39because I am old,
36:40and my wife,
36:41of advanced age,
36:45He wants proof.
36:47The angel answered him,
36:49I am Gabriel,
36:50that I am in the presence,
36:52of God,
36:53and I have been sent,
36:54to talk to you,
36:55and to give you this good news,
36:56But you,
36:58You'll be speechless,
36:59and you will not be able to speak,
37:00until it takes place,
37:01these things,
37:03because they did not believe,
37:03In my own words,
37:04that will be fulfilled,
37:06in due course,
37:08the people,
37:09Meanwhile,
37:09I was waiting,
37:10to Zechariah,
37:11and he was surprised,
37:12that it took so long,
37:13upon leaving the sanctuary,
37:14when he left,
37:16I couldn't speak,
37:17And they understood,
37:18that he had had,
37:19a vision,
37:20in the sanctuary,
37:20we see,
37:22we see then,
37:23now,
37:24an answer,
37:24different,
37:26of faith,
37:27And look,
37:28in order to understand it,
37:29Let's go now,
37:30Let's see it.
37:31graphically,
37:31I want you to see,
37:32now,
37:33this painting,
37:34that is coming out,
37:35here on the screen,
37:36where we are going to analyze,
37:38now,
37:39These two texts,
37:41Let's see,
37:41on the one hand,
37:42the text,
37:43Lucas,
37:431,
37:4426,
37:45following,
37:46and on the other hand,
37:47in Luke,
37:481,
37:49of the 12th,
37:50and following,
37:51and well,
37:52Well, we can see,
37:53firstly,
37:55If we analyze,
37:57It's the same,
37:57the messenger,
37:59It's the same,
38:00It is the angel Gabriel,
38:02He is the one who introduces himself,
38:03to both of them,
38:04He is presented to Zechariah,
38:06and it is also presented to him,
38:07to Mary,
38:09the announcement,
38:10is,
38:11more or less,
38:12also,
38:12such,
38:14in Luke,
38:15says,
38:16you are going to conceive,
38:17and to give birth,
38:18a son,
38:19I mean,
38:19Maria,
38:20She is the one who will conceive,
38:22and it will give,
38:23to the light,
38:23a son,
38:24and well,
38:25well,
38:26to Zechariah,
38:27it is announced to him,
38:28that your wife,
38:29is going to conceive,
38:30and she is going to give birth,
38:32a son,
38:34I mean,
38:34the situation,
38:35If you look closely,
38:36It's the same,
38:38nevertheless,
38:39that,
38:40when the announcement is made,
38:42the part,
38:43that's Maria's turn,
38:45It is not entirely clear,
38:47because,
38:48the shadow of the Most High,
38:49will descend upon you,
38:51and the Holy Spirit,
38:52he will come,
38:53and the son who is to be born,
38:55well,
38:55It will be from the Most High,
38:57says,
38:57let's see,
38:57let's see,
38:57let's see,
38:58I don't understand,
38:59I don't understand anymore,
39:00This whole topic,
39:01No?
39:01instead,
39:02well,
39:03He says to Zechariah,
39:04that,
39:04well,
39:05She's going to have a child.
39:05his wife,
39:07He doesn't say anything more to her,
39:08that is to say,
39:09as,
39:09well,
39:09as usual,
39:10The children are coming,
39:11to this world,
39:12even though you are,
39:13already old,
39:15and your wife is barren,
39:17well,
39:17The Lord has heard,
39:18your request,
39:19and you're going to give birth,
39:20a son,
39:22the answer,
39:23This is the important part,
39:24the answer,
39:25that both give,
39:26If you look closely,
39:28in the clarification,
39:30Maria asks,
39:32How will it happen?
39:34Well,
39:35I don't know a man,
39:37How is this going to happen?
39:38that I am going to conceive a child,
39:40If I have no relationship,
39:41right now,
39:41with no one,
39:42I mean,
39:43I am living,
39:44at my parents' house,
39:46How is this going to happen?
39:48And he's understanding,
39:49that at that moment,
39:49It's going to happen.
39:51TRUE?
39:51as I would understand it,
39:53Zechariah also,
39:54I mean,
39:54It's going to happen.
39:54When I return,
39:55with my wife,
39:57And so,
39:58have intimacy with her,
40:00while,
40:01here,
40:01well,
40:01How is that going to happen?
40:02I mean,
40:03What is going to happen?
40:04as,
40:04How am I going to conceive?
40:06a child of God?
40:08Yeah,
40:09the answer,
40:09If you look closely,
40:10is one,
40:10It's a question,
40:12well,
40:12very logical,
40:13Given the complexity,
40:15what's difficult to understand,
40:17from the advertisement,
40:18angelic,
40:19while,
40:20If you look closely,
40:21in the text,
40:22of Zechariah,
40:24says,
40:24How can I believe this?
40:27well,
40:27I am already old,
40:28and my wife is sterile,
40:30I mean,
40:31we can see then,
40:33as,
40:34Hey,
40:34Zechariah does not believe,
40:37Give me proof,
40:39Give me proof,
40:40that really,
40:41This is going to happen.
40:41Because, to be honest,
40:42I don't believe you.
40:43I don't believe in God,
40:44Go do this,
40:45I don't believe in God,
40:46I'm going to give my son,
40:48I mean,
40:48Try it on me,
40:49we can find,
40:51Many of these cases,
40:52in the Old Testament,
40:53And unfortunately,
40:55today,
40:55well,
40:56Many people respond,
40:57So,
40:57Well,
40:57Do you believe in,
40:58Yeah,
40:58Yeah,
40:58Believe me in God,
40:59and sometimes they go to mass,
41:01there in the parish,
41:02Masses we hold for healing,
41:04And I tell them,
41:05I get the impression,
41:06that people come here,
41:07as well as,
41:09if I had bought,
41:10a raffle ticket,
41:11No,
41:11Let's see if I get lucky.
41:13Let's see if God,
41:13It heals me,
41:15when that is not the case,
41:16God has,
41:19God has the power,
41:21to do anything,
41:24however,
41:25You would clear up any doubts,
41:26as,
41:27Sometimes you and I have doubts,
41:30There are very simple things,
41:31in which we do not need great faith,
41:33to believe them,
41:35but others are,
41:36complex situations,
41:37These are difficult situations,
41:39where we have,
41:40many times,
41:41big problems,
41:42in order to be able to,
41:44truly give an assent of faith,
41:46and say,
41:47well yes,
41:48surely,
41:49That's right,
41:50because it is the word of God,
41:52you would take,
41:53nevertheless,
41:53What are they telling him?
41:55that comes from God,
41:57because he doesn't believe it,
42:00while Maria,
42:01who makes him a proposal,
42:02a lot,
42:03very complicated,
42:05Well then,
42:06well,
42:07she replies,
42:09So,
42:10saying directly,
42:13Yes, I believe so.
42:14Yes, I believe so.
42:14So, well,
42:16well,
42:17The clarifications are coming,
42:19And in these clarifications,
42:20while Maria,
42:21He leaves her,
42:22Well, more or less the same,
42:23The Holy Spirit will come,
42:24and the shadow of the Most High,
42:25It will cover you,
42:26and the child they are going to be,
42:27He will be the son of God,
42:28Good heavens!
42:29What a complication!
42:31I was expecting a response,
42:32probably,
42:32that he could help me a little more,
42:34but not,
42:35That's all,
42:36So, well,
42:37well,
42:37meanwhile,
42:38you would take,
42:39doubt of power,
42:41and then,
42:42He's going to stay.
42:44dumb,
42:45and he won't be able to anymore,
42:46talk,
42:48and well,
42:49With this,
42:49presents us,
42:50two important realities,
42:53the reality,
42:54of,
42:54the New Testament,
42:56where Maria,
42:57He embodies us,
42:58all of us,
43:00with an answer,
43:01full of faith,
43:03as we shall see,
43:04later,
43:04She's going to take her,
43:05to bear witness,
43:06in front of her cousin,
43:07while Zechariah,
43:08It represents us,
43:09to the people,
43:09from the Old Testament,
43:11a silent village,
43:12a town,
43:12who doesn't speak,
43:13a town,
43:13that does not communicate,
43:15and above all,
43:16the most serious thing,
43:17It's a town,
43:19who doesn't believe,
43:22is,
43:23If you look closely,
43:24are,
43:25very similar,
43:26the cases,
43:27but the answers,
43:28are,
43:29completely different,
43:31since Zechariah,
43:32He has not believed,
43:33in the angel's announcement,
43:36He doesn't believe it.
43:37possible,
43:37that God can do,
43:39than a barren old woman,
43:40may,
43:41to become pregnant,
43:42to Zechariah,
43:43He has,
43:44forgotten,
43:45that these things,
43:47for God,
43:47They are not difficult,
43:48forgotten,
43:50as he did,
43:50with Abraham,
43:52And he is a priest,
43:53is someone,
43:54that dominates,
43:55or should dominate,
43:56Holy Scripture,
43:57something that Maria,
43:58as a woman,
43:59No,
44:00and that despite,
44:01of sterility,
44:01and of old age,
44:02from his wife,
44:03He gave her a son,
44:06has forgotten,
44:06also,
44:07like God,
44:08made it possible,
44:08that Samuel's mother,
44:11as well as that of Samson,
44:13conceived,
44:14even though they are sterile,
44:15I mean,
44:15we can see,
44:16that this,
44:17this,
44:18in Sacred Scripture,
44:19I mean,
44:19that this,
44:20for him,
44:21It should be,
44:21well,
44:22very obvious,
44:23No,
44:24your wife,
44:24which is sterile,
44:25And he said to her,
44:25Ah,
44:26excellent,
44:27thank you,
44:27there,
44:27well,
44:28I should have given,
44:28thank you,
44:29in the end,
44:30bless the Lord,
44:31leave praising,
44:32to the Lord,
44:33An angel appeared to me,
44:34And he said to me,
44:35that I am going to conceive,
44:36finally,
44:37I have been heard,
44:38For God's sake,
44:39siblings,
44:39I invite you,
44:40to be blessed,
44:41and praise God,
44:42who keeps thinking,
44:43No,
44:43No,
44:43No,
44:44No,
44:44No,
44:44No,
44:44No,
44:44No,
44:44No,
44:45No,
44:45No,
44:45No,
44:46No,
44:46No,
44:46No,
44:46No,
44:46No,
44:47No,
44:47No,
44:47No,
44:48Explain it to me clearly,
44:49why not,
44:49No,
44:49No,
44:49I don't believe you.
44:50the truth,
44:50I don't believe you,
44:52you would take it out at that moment,
44:54think,
44:55that his God,
44:55He's a little god,
44:57He is a God,
44:58who has no power,
44:58not at all,
45:01like so many others,
45:01of our Christians,
45:03So the angel,
45:04well,
45:05he retires,
45:06TRUE,
45:07and,
45:07well,
45:08He keeps the answer,
45:09angel,
45:10this,
45:10well,
45:10the truth,
45:10I don't believe you,
45:12I don't believe you,
45:12You're not giving me any proof.
45:15Good heavens,
45:15well,
45:15If I came here,
45:16And I'm talking to you,
45:17that more tests would be needed,
45:19No,
45:19I mean,
45:19really,
45:21is,
45:21well,
45:22sad,
45:23It's sad.
45:24that this happens,
45:25and that this,
45:26well,
45:26sometimes it happens,
45:28in our own lives,
45:29within us,
45:30that perhaps,
45:31like Zechariah,
45:32and like his wife Isabel,
45:33We are people who go to mass,
45:35that we take communion,
45:36that we confess frequently,
45:38etc,
45:39but,
45:40but,
45:42We do not have an active faith,
45:45a committed faith,
45:48a faith we can carry,
45:50to all areas,
45:51of our life,
45:53two different answers,
45:55of faith,
45:56In the first case,
45:57the matter,
45:58It's more difficult,
45:59since to conceive,
46:00without there being a sexual relationship,
46:02is humanly,
46:03impossible,
46:06And yet,
46:07The Virgin responds,
46:08Yes, I believe so.
46:09Let it be done as you do,
46:10you told me,
46:12In the second case,
46:13We see an advertisement,
46:14of something,
46:15that already,
46:16on other occasions,
46:17has happened in history,
46:19which means that a woman is sterile,
46:20conceived,
46:21I mean,
46:21because God has power,
46:22because he has shown it,
46:24And yet,
46:24The answer is,
46:25No,
46:26I don't think so,
46:27What sign are you giving me?
46:28so that I can believe,
46:31siblings,
46:32Jesus has made us,
46:34some promises,
46:35beautiful,
46:37And how are we responding,
46:40How would we respond?
46:41to the proclamation of the gospel,
46:44How would we respond?
46:45to the Gospel of Mark,
46:46and nothing more,
46:47for a small one,
46:49exercise,
46:50we are going to refer to,
46:51Mark 16,
46:52I want you to see,
46:53the verses,
46:5417 and 18,
46:56from the Gospel of Mark,
46:58Look at this text,
47:00I mean,
47:00How would you respond?
47:02Given this,
47:04that sounds,
47:05Quite interesting,
47:07listen,
47:08Mark 16,
47:09verse 17,
47:10and following,
47:11to those who create,
47:13They will accompany them,
47:14these signs,
47:16they will expel,
47:17demons,
47:17in my name,
47:20they will speak,
47:20in new languages,
47:22They will catch snakes,
47:25with his hands,
47:27And even if they drink poison,
47:29it won't hurt them,
47:31They will lay hands on,
47:32to the sick,
47:34and these will be healed,
47:37You believe this,
47:39You think you have,
47:42power,
47:43to heal,
47:45And I tell you yes,
47:47I have seen wonders,
47:50I have seen wonders,
47:51especially in parents,
47:53laying his hands on him,
47:54to their children,
47:55so that they may heal,
47:56of fears,
47:57of fears,
47:58sometimes,
47:59even of physical things,
48:01I tell them,
48:02look,
48:02when your son,
48:03he starts to get sick,
48:04immediately,
48:04Call the doctor,
48:06which is proper,
48:06what needs to be done,
48:08but then,
48:10lays hands on him,
48:11and pray for him,
48:12And I will say,
48:12Sir,
48:13I believe,
48:14In what you tell me,
48:15in the Gospel of Mark,
48:16truly,
48:18I think you've given me,
48:19this power,
48:19Because I believe in you,
48:21Because my life,
48:21It is tidy,
48:22in the gospel,
48:23And I'm sure,
48:24if right now,
48:24I lay my hands on you,
48:25about my son,
48:26He will heal.
48:27Do you believe this?
48:30you think you have,
48:31this power,
48:33in this appointment,
48:34Well, we can see,
48:35that Jesus,
48:36He promises us,
48:37that all of us who believe,
48:38we will be able to do things,
48:40prodigious,
48:41incredible,
48:42I mean,
48:44things,
48:45truly,
48:46wonderful,
48:48but,
48:49really,
48:50we believe,
48:52we believe,
48:53that God can do this,
48:54through us,
48:57or we need to tell him,
48:58as,
48:59how would you get it,
49:01Well, the truth is,
49:02I don't believe you,
49:03How can I be?
49:04I'm sure of this,
49:05Sir,
49:05So,
49:06I will lay my hands on him,
49:07I will not impose them on them,
49:08No,
49:08like what,
49:09well no,
49:09like me,
49:10I,
49:12I can heal,
49:12to my son,
49:14well yes,
49:16Let's think,
49:17that God,
49:17He tells us,
49:18that we can,
49:19take poison,
49:20and not die,
49:22I mean,
49:23this is,
49:24incredible,
49:25TRUE,
49:25I mean,
49:26What happens,
49:26and let's think,
49:27For example,
49:27in the poison,
49:28not in taking poison,
49:29I mean,
49:30I don't think anyone,
49:30He's going to be trying,
49:31of poisoning us,
49:32But try,
49:33of poisoning us,
49:33the soul,
49:34For example,
49:36lies,
49:36slander,
49:37envy,
49:38etc,
49:40I mean,
49:41all this,
49:41what are you doing,
49:41because they kill us,
49:42in spirit,
49:44and we always go,
49:45sometimes,
49:46with our long faces,
49:47full of frustrations,
49:49When Jesus told us,
49:50that those who believed in him,
49:52Nothing would happen to them,
49:53or how many times do we go to those viper meetings,
49:56TRUE,
49:57in which,
49:58not us,
49:58we have no other option but,
50:00to make the criticism,
50:01along with the others,
50:03from the neighbor,
50:03etc,
50:04well then,
50:05Jesus promised us,
50:06that we could defeat,
50:08all these temptations,
50:10all these problems,
50:12and truly be happy,
50:15in the end,
50:16like those,
50:17There are many things,
50:18that Jesus has promised us,
50:19And what can we do?
50:21If only we,
50:22if we had faith,
50:23like a mustard seed,
50:25you can see,
50:26in the Gospel of Matthew,
50:27in chapter 17,
50:29in verse 20,
50:29if your faith were,
50:31so small,
50:33like a large mustard,
50:34which is nothing,
50:36It is one of the seeds,
50:37smaller than those that exist,
50:39Well,
50:39If our faith were like that,
50:40we could tell him,
50:41to a tree,
50:42Get lost,
50:43from this place,
50:44and stand firm in the sea,
50:46and he would obey us,
50:48You believe that,
50:51which has been so far,
50:53our attitude, brothers,
50:55what has been our attitude,
50:57Given all these promises,
50:58What has been our response of faith?
51:02Have we responded?
51:03like the Virgin Mary,
51:04even though he doesn't know,
51:05the way God is going to do it,
51:07what he told her,
51:09believe and trust,
51:10that God will do it,
51:12and that it will do so,
51:13very good,
51:16or we always respond,
51:17like Zechariah,
51:18No,
51:18No,
51:20No,
51:20No,
51:20This is the truth,
51:21It's not possible.
51:23If you want me to believe,
51:25in that promise,
51:26so impossible,
51:27that performs that action,
51:29beyond my capabilities,
51:31Well, let's see,
51:32If you give me a little taste,
51:33Because, honestly,
51:34So,
51:35I can't believe it,
51:36And I'm not going to make a fool of myself.
51:37laying on of hands,
51:39to take,
51:41these poisons,
51:42in the end,
51:42I'm not going to do all that,
51:43and make a fool of themselves,
51:44and to say,
51:44look,
51:44Look at your God,
51:46And the truth is,
51:46no problem,
51:48No,
51:49God has promised,
51:52This does not mean,
51:52which will always happen,
51:54because God,
51:54in His infinite goodness,
51:55and mercy,
51:57has a project,
51:57that we,
51:58we don't know,
51:59And what does it do?
52:00which is not always the case,
52:01as we saw,
52:01on the subject of prayer,
52:03Well, not always.
52:03what we ask for,
52:05may it be given to us,
52:06But I believe,
52:08I believe in it,
52:09If God doesn't give it to me,
52:11Well, I'm not God.
52:12And He knows how,
52:13when,
52:13and at what point,
52:14And so I'll stick to that.
52:16but I think,
52:17that I can do it,
52:18definitely,
52:20faith,
52:21Well, that's the answer.
52:22with our whole life,
52:24to the announcement,
52:25of salvation,
52:26already being alive,
52:28and operating,
52:29as he tells us,
52:30the apostle James,
52:31you will remember at the beginning,
52:32of the session,
52:33You can see it in your Bible,
52:34Santiago 2,
52:35verses 14 to 17,
52:37where it tells us,
52:39that faith without works,
52:40faith that does not work,
52:41the faith that says,
52:42Yes, I believe so.
52:43But I don't,
52:44That faith doesn't work,
52:45That faith is useless.
52:46It is a faith,
52:47which has no basis,
52:50show me,
52:51your faith without works,
52:53that I, with my works,
52:54I will show you my faith,
52:55that is to say,
52:56I do believe it,
52:58faith,
52:59must be manifested,
53:00to the others,
53:01in specific works,
53:03mostly,
53:03in the service,
53:05as we already saw,
53:06in one of our sessions,
53:08and how,
53:08the same Virgin Mary,
53:09He will set an example for us,
53:12while visiting her cousin,
53:13Isabel,
53:14who is already an elderly woman,
53:16who needs special care,
53:17for your pregnancy,
53:18etc,
53:19You can read it there,
53:20continuing,
53:21from verse 39 onwards,
53:23of this chapter 1,
53:24And you'll see how,
53:25when faith awakens,
53:27and faith is operative,
53:28is active,
53:29It immediately moves us,
53:30towards charity,
53:32but also,
53:32faith,
53:33It must be communicated,
53:36so that,
53:36all men,
53:37can participate,
53:38of abundant life,
53:40that he has brought us,
53:42life in abundance,
53:43that Jesus,
53:44He wanted us to have,
53:46And this is what it does,
53:47also the Blessed Virgin Mary,
53:49We cannot stay,
53:50With this,
53:52We need to convey this,
53:53We need to communicate this.
53:54faith,
53:55communicates,
53:56faith,
53:57is transmitted,
53:59So, I invite you.
54:00that,
54:00reflections on,
54:02what is faith like?
54:04How is faith with you?
54:06It truly is,
54:07a living faith,
54:08It is an active faith,
54:10or simply,
54:11it's staying put,
54:13in a people,
54:14who knows more about the Bible,
54:15that is known,
54:16She knows it right,
54:17and vice versa,
54:18but that their relationship,
54:19with God,
54:20He is always there,
54:21well,
54:21limited,
54:22So, well,
54:23well,
54:23I invite you to reflect,
54:25and not simply,
54:27a theologian,
54:28or a scholar,
54:29from the Bible,
54:30but to answer,
54:31Based on everything we've seen,
54:33with life,
54:35with your life,
54:35truly believing,
54:37that Jesus is alive,
54:38and that He can do,
54:39everything it says here,
54:41and much more,
54:43May the Lord bless you,
54:44that you have,
54:45Have a nice day,
54:47and that our Blessed Mother,
54:48I will accompany you,
54:49and help you answer,
54:50always with faith,
54:51thank you so much,
54:52Until next time.
54:53Now that we understand,
54:57the importance of Maria,
54:59for our faith,
55:00Let's get to our task for today,
55:02review the given quotes,
55:09highlighting the important ideas,
55:13read full text,
55:14the first chapter,
55:15from the Gospel of Saint Luke,
55:17to have a better understanding,
55:19of the passages,
55:20that were handled today,
55:23placed in prayer,
55:24ask God for light,
55:26in order to be able to give,
55:26a generous response of faith,
55:29and live always with Him,
55:31believing in all of them,
55:32the beautiful promises,
55:33that He has made us,
55:36solve,
55:37the following questionnaire,
55:38What is faith?
55:41How is faith born?
55:44Appointment.
55:46On what is the strength of our faith based?
55:50My response of faith,
55:52Which of the two people mentioned,
55:54Does it look like today?
55:57What signs have I given to my family,
55:59that I have faith,
56:00in the advertisement I received,
56:01of the Gospel?
56:02Which is easier,
56:06that the Blessed Virgin,
56:07conceived without having sexual relations,
56:10God help me,
56:11to solve my problems,
56:13no matter how large they may seem?
56:19What caught my attention the most,
56:20The focus of this meeting?
56:24Underline it in your Bible,
56:25the quotes we saw today.
56:26Thank you for continuing with us!
56:55In our next session,
56:57We will continue to learn more about Maria,
56:59now as a model for true Christian behavior.
57:03We're waiting for you!