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00:00At that time, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
00:15to a virgin betrothed to a man of the lineage of David, named Joseph. The virgin's name was Mary.
00:23The angel came to her and said, "Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you."
00:30Upon hearing these words, she became very worried and wondered what such a greeting could mean.
00:36The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God."
00:42You will conceive and give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus.
00:46He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.
00:50The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his reign will have no end.
01:00Mary then said to the angel, "How can you do this, since I am a virgin?"
01:07The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you."
01:15Therefore, the holy one to be born of you will be called the Son of God.
01:22There's your relative Isabel who, despite her old age, has conceived a child and is already in her sixth month, the one they used to call Sterile.
01:30Because nothing is impossible for God.
01:34Mary answered, I am the servant of the Lord; fulfill in me what you have said.
01:39And the angel withdrew from his presence.
01:43We have come throughout these three Sundays, these three weeks,
02:02insisting on the need for our historic festival,
02:09This remembrance we make, this commemoration we make of Jesus in his historical birth,
02:16because it has truly Christian characteristics
02:19And these are the characteristics that the world has gradually given it,
02:24where what we celebrate no longer resembles the original Christian festival.
02:30In fact, as we saw in some of our reflections,
02:33Well, some people don't even know what's being celebrated anymore, right?
02:37It's simply a party, a meal, a dinner,
02:41There are the presents, there's Santa Claus, all that kind of stuff
02:44which ultimately tells us very little about the historical event we are celebrating.
02:51That is why we have insisted on this during these past three Sundays
02:55regarding the commitment and responsibility we have as a practicing community,
03:02a community that comes to mass, a believing community,
03:05the great responsibility we have to help recover this Christian holiday for our church.
03:13Within our reflection during this time,
03:17We saw that Christmas, the Christmas holiday,
03:20It had three particular aspects that we had to consider.
03:26We saw this historical aspect which is in this year,
03:29In particular, I wanted to emphasize the previous three Sundays.
03:34But they will also remember that on one of the Sundays
03:37We talked about this encounter with Christ.
03:40that we have continually with our brothers.
03:44In other words, encountering Christ also means encountering our brother.
03:49with the father, with the son.
03:51It is that participation that God has made in his own body.
03:54And we were saying what you did to the others,
03:57especially with the poor and needy,
04:00Well, you did it to me.
04:01So Christmas also has to do with the brother,
04:04It has to do with charity.
04:06The topic of gifts and other topics also stem from this.
04:10We also insist on the need for this Christmas
04:12because it also had this social characteristic,
04:16the encounter with my brother, particularly the one who is estranged.
04:21And today the liturgy presents us with the situation so that we can launch this to the third theme
04:27which is the topic we call scatological,
04:30In other words, the end.
04:33We all hope that at the end of our lives
04:36we will definitely meet Christ.
04:40And so today we live in the already,
04:46But not yet.
04:47Is Jesus already among us?
04:49Yes, it's done.
04:50It's in my brother,
04:51It's in my dad,
04:53It's in my son,
04:54It is in the poor,
04:55It is in the people in need,
04:57It is in the remote,
04:58It is in His word,
04:59It is in the Eucharist.
05:01There it is.
05:02It's already,
05:03But not yet.
05:04He's already arrived.
05:05He has already been born,
05:06And that's why we're celebrating a historic holiday.
05:09But fullness has not yet been reached.
05:13Today we heard in the first reading
05:14how God makes a series of promises
05:18on our journey.
05:21In the book we have heard from the kings today,
05:24He promised David a savior.
05:27A savior who would bring peace,
05:28a savior who would reorganize the people,
05:31a true king,
05:33who would be a king of justice,
05:35King of Peace,
05:36King of Mercy,
05:38a king who,
05:39because it would have all the characteristics
05:42of this God who wants
05:43may his people follow him
05:45and live according to His will.
05:49In Mary we see the fulfillment.
05:51There is a promise
05:52and there is a fulfillment,
05:54But it is a partial compliance.
05:57The Jews in their time
05:59they were waiting,
06:00The Jews in their time expected
06:02that the Messiah would bring
06:04definitely
06:06this new change.
06:08They didn't.
06:09They didn't have yet
06:10clear idea
06:11that we have today
06:12of redemption
06:13and of eternal life,
06:15because this only
06:16It was revealed by Jesus Christ.
06:18They thought
06:19that with the arrival of the Messiah
06:21It was going to change everything for Israel.
06:22and they expected rather
06:24a material realm.
06:26Although there was talk
06:27of the resurrection,
06:28Well, there was an idea.
06:29a little confused,
06:32TRUE?
06:32Very much in line with what they think
06:34Jehovah's Witnesses
06:35about a resurrection
06:37in this land,
06:39that we're going to stay here.
06:41This would be a partial idea,
06:43That's why Jehovah's Witnesses
06:44that guide
06:46practically
06:46all his theology
06:48about the Old Testament,
06:49because they still think,
06:51even with the revelation
06:52of Jesus Christ,
06:53that there won't be
06:55this so-called resurrection
06:56to the heavens,
06:57but here on earth
06:59They're going to stay.
07:00Sometimes I tell them,
07:02It's so absurd
07:02this thought,
07:04Because imagine
07:05how many thousands
07:06and thousands
07:07and thousands
07:08and millions
07:09millions
07:09millions
07:10of human beings
07:11have passed
07:12through this land,
07:13from Adam and Eve.
07:15Assuming that,
07:16as some say,
07:17that Homo Sapiens,
07:19that is to say,
07:19the one who already has a soul,
07:21human beings
07:22created by God
07:23with soul,
07:24which is the one that goes
07:24to live eternally,
07:26that had
07:27on this land
07:2860,000 years,
07:30TRUE?
07:31Some speak
07:31of 120 and so on,
07:33more or less,
07:33But put 60,000 years.
07:35How many thousands
07:36and thousands
07:37and thousands
07:37and thousands
07:37and thousands
07:39millions
07:40millions
07:40millions
07:41of people
07:41have passed
07:43through this land?
07:45Well, not everyone would fit.
07:49And then
07:49They also have
07:50another mistake,
07:51I take this opportunity to correct
07:52some of those mistakes,
07:53because sometimes it's our turn
07:54share with them
07:55and how sometimes
07:56we're not very skilled
07:58in all this type
07:59on theological topics,
08:01because they confuse us.
08:03So,
08:04I take advantage,
08:04because today I'm going to talk
08:05of eternity,
08:07I take this opportunity to ensure we have
08:08This topic is very clear.
08:11They say
08:12that
08:13They have three
08:15different levels.
08:18The 144,000.
08:19Who are those people?
08:21144 thousand?
08:23They say,
08:24because they are the chosen ones.
08:25Based on what?
08:26Who knows?
08:27They don't clarify that.
08:28they never know
08:28Who are the 144,000?
08:31Because when I
08:32I question them,
08:33Well, I tell you,
08:34Well, brother,
08:35if only
08:36144 thousand
08:37They will be resurrected,
08:38They were completed yesterday,
08:39You're not allowed in anymore.
08:41Not even those here
08:42forwards,
08:42You don't get in anymore.
08:44Yeah?
08:46So,
08:46well,
08:48It doesn't say,
08:48Well,
08:49Those are them,
08:51I'm going to put them like this
08:52Why don't they explain it to me?
08:52They're fine.
08:53They are,
08:54let's say,
08:54super chosen.
08:55Based on what?
08:57Well, we don't know.
08:58because they are the,
08:59the book says
09:00of the Apocalypse,
09:01who are the followers
09:02of the Lamb,
09:04that is to say,
09:04the followers of Christ.
09:05So,
09:06all followed by Christ
09:07would be considered
09:08in those 144,000.
09:09They would have to read
09:10the next chapter
09:11where it says,
09:12and I also saw,
09:14in addition to the 144,000
09:15that he saw,
09:17saw a crowd
09:18that no one could tell.
09:21But that little bit,
09:22They don't read that one.
09:24Or who knows
09:24what interpretation
09:25Give him that little piece,
09:26TRUE?
09:27Because,
09:28says,
09:28And then I saw a crowd
09:30that nobody,
09:31nobody,
09:32no one could tell.
09:33Thousands upon thousands
09:34millions
09:34millions
09:35millions
09:35millions
09:36millions.
09:37The number 144,000
09:39I've already explained it.
09:41Does anyone remember?
09:42of the explanation
09:43that I have given
09:43about these numbers
09:44144 thousand?
09:46What is its structure?
09:47Why is it number
09:48144 thousand?
09:49Who are you referring to?
09:52The twelve tribes,
09:53TRUE?
09:54The twelve tribes
09:55of the Old Testament
09:56and the twelve
09:57apostles,
09:58TRUE?
09:59So,
09:59have
10:00the old town
10:01of God
10:02which is founded
10:03about twelve,
10:05the twelve tribes
10:06from Israel
10:06and the new town
10:07which is founded
10:08about preaching
10:10of the twelve apostles?
10:12Old Testament,
10:14New Testament,
10:16people of the Old Testament,
10:18people of the New Testament.
10:19If so,
10:20We didn't add them up,
10:21but we multiply them,
10:23TRUE?
10:24So,
10:24we got to twelve by twelve,
10:27144.
10:27And the thousandth,
10:30What does it mean in the Bible?
10:31Do you remember?
10:33Don't they remember?
10:34What happened?
10:35It's been a long time.
10:36living here with us.
10:38Mr. Coria,
10:39What do you think?
10:39The number one thousand in the Bible,
10:41What do you remember?
10:42No.
10:48It has no end,
10:49TRUE?
10:50It's something incalculable.
10:52Says,
10:52It says in the letter of Saint Peter,
10:55says,
10:55A day for you is like
10:57a thousand years,
10:58and a thousand years
10:59like one day.
11:01That is to say,
11:02It is an uncountable number.
11:04What is it telling us?
11:05the people of the Old Testament?
11:08Countless.
11:09The people of the New Testament,
11:10countless.
11:11And then,
11:12That makes sense
11:12what it says
11:13in the next chapter.
11:15I saw a crowd
11:16that no one could tell.
11:19They are the 144,000 redeemed.
11:22Do you notice?
11:24So,
11:25There is a numerology
11:26within the Apocalypse.
11:30It's a special read.
11:32Do you remember that already
11:32on some occasion
11:33I have told them
11:34if they want
11:34to delve deeper into this,
11:36that is worthwhile,
11:37There is a little book
11:38Very interesting,
11:39very short,
11:41which is written
11:41by an author
11:42very interesting
11:43which is called
11:43Hugo Vanni.
11:45With V.
11:46Hugo Vanni.
11:47He is a specialist
11:49in Revelation.
11:51So,
11:51the specialists
11:53because they have
11:53the capacity
11:54to be able to synthesize
11:56and be very clear
11:57because they know
11:58Good ideas.
11:59The one who doesn't know
12:00Good ideas,
12:00well,
12:01I think,
12:02It seems to me,
12:02and we talked a lot
12:03like me,
12:04TRUE?
12:04So,
12:05I talk a lot of nonsense.
12:06and then,
12:06Sometimes I don't say anything.
12:08But Hugo Vanni
12:08Yes, it says so.
12:09Clearly and specifically,
12:10in a book
12:11which is called that,
12:12The Apocalypse.
12:13Here it comes
12:15all of these,
12:17above all
12:17the important bases,
12:18No?
12:19For example,
12:19numerology,
12:21the figures,
12:21what do they mean
12:22the horses,
12:23Why do you use
12:23the horses,
12:25who is the beast,
12:26what is the number
12:27666.
12:29They're all numbers
12:30that are represented
12:31in matters
12:32that make sense.
12:34Those aren't numbers like that,
12:36the number 666,
12:37the number of the beast,
12:38Why the number
12:38of the beast?
12:39What is the number 666?
12:40Why 666?
12:41Well,
12:42That explains all of that.
12:42Hugo Vanni.
12:43I could explain it to you.
12:44right now,
12:45but then
12:46They wouldn't go to eat
12:46And I believe that
12:47If you want to go out to eat,
12:49TRUE?
12:49So,
12:50very good.
12:52All of this
12:53that I have explained to them
12:54It's because
12:55We hope
12:57the resurrection,
13:00We hope
13:01Catholic theology,
13:03unlike
13:04of the brothers,
13:05Jehovah's Witnesses,
13:07what they say
13:08that only
13:08144 thousand
13:10They will be resurrected
13:11and the others,
13:13Well,
13:13144 thousand
13:14They're going to leave
13:15to heaven
13:15and the rest
13:18They're going to stay here.
13:20But since they don't fit,
13:21so,
13:22they said,
13:22and then
13:22What do we do?
13:23What do we do?
13:24Ah,
13:24It's just that not everyone
13:25They are going to be resurrected.
13:28And who does?
13:28or to know who,
13:32Let's see whose turn it is.
13:35No,
13:35We Christians
13:36Catholics,
13:37OK
13:38to the revelation
13:39that we have received
13:40of Jesus Christ,
13:41fury,
13:42mind,
13:44view,
13:45interpreted
13:46and preached
13:47through the church,
13:48the thing is
13:48all,
13:49absolutely
13:50all,
13:51Do you know?
13:53what does it mean
13:53all?
13:55Yeah,
13:55TRUE?
13:55What is everyone?
13:57Well, everyone,
13:57TRUE?
13:59Very good,
14:00so,
14:01we're all going
14:02to resurrect,
14:03Some for life
14:04eternal
14:05and others
14:07for condemnation
14:09eternal,
14:10Yeah?
14:11Very clearly
14:11explained,
14:12Chapter 25
14:13Matthew's,
14:14TRUE?
14:14There's going to be a trial.
14:16Some for life
14:16eternal
14:17and others to the
14:18eternal damnation,
14:19but everyone
14:20we're going to
14:21resurrect.
14:22And then,
14:23We'll celebrate there.
14:24our birth
14:27to life
14:28eternal,
14:29party we're going to
14:30to celebrate
14:30now.
14:32Already?
14:33Is he here?
14:34Have you already done it?
14:35have?
14:35Yeah,
14:36but still
14:36not in full.
14:37Already?
14:39But still
14:40No.
14:41Yeah?
14:42Very good,
14:43That one already,
14:43but still
14:44No,
14:44is the one who now
14:45we need
14:47project towards the
14:48future.
14:49So
14:50the fourth Sunday
14:51in cycle B,
14:52which is the one that
14:53we are living,
14:54He shoots at us,
14:56it throws us
14:57to an Advent
14:58permanent,
15:00to a preparation
15:01for the meeting
15:03definitive.
15:04During
15:04three weeks
15:05we were
15:05insisting
15:06about the
15:07meeting
15:08with the
15:08Christ
15:08historical,
15:10his
15:10birthday,
15:11Let's celebrate
15:12historically
15:13her birthday
15:13and its presence
15:15among us
15:15through the
15:16siblings,
15:17the Eucharist
15:18and the word.
15:19But the fourth
15:20Sunday
15:20in cycle B
15:21He shoots us
15:23toward
15:23compliance
15:24definitive,
15:26of the same
15:26shape
15:27that God
15:28promise to David
15:29a savior
15:30and a life
15:31new
15:31that is life
15:32that we
15:33we live
15:33in Christ,
15:35well now
15:35the fourth Sunday
15:36it throws us
15:37towards eternity.
15:39And that's why
15:40I would like
15:40Start today
15:41our reflection
15:42on this topic
15:43starting
15:44of the chapter
15:4514
15:45of the Gospel
15:47of San Juan.
15:50We know,
15:51as we have
15:52confirmed
15:53by birth
15:54of Christ,
15:55that God
15:56always delivers
15:57what it promises.
15:59And given that
15:59us
16:00we recognize,
16:01That's what it says
16:02clearly
16:03the same evangelist
16:04Saint John
16:04in its first chapter,
16:06that Jesus Christ
16:07It is truly
16:08God,
16:08the Son of God
16:09and therefore
16:10consubstantial with the Father,
16:12then his word
16:13has the same
16:14veracity
16:15that the word
16:16that has
16:16Eternal God
16:18because it is God himself.
16:19And then
16:20in chapter 14
16:21the first verses
16:22They say the following
16:24Don't worry
16:26you,
16:27believe in God
16:28and create
16:29also in me.
16:31At home
16:32of my Father
16:33There are many places
16:34where to live.
16:35If that were not the case,
16:36I wouldn't have
16:37I said that I'm going to
16:38prepare a place for them
16:39and after I left
16:40and to prepare them
16:41a place,
16:42I'll come again
16:43to take them
16:44with me
16:44so that you
16:45are in the same
16:47place
16:47where I go
16:48to be.
16:51Do you think so?
16:51This, brothers?
16:54What is 144,000?
16:58We believe
17:00in this word.
17:02We believe
17:03that is coming
17:04one moment
17:05in which Jesus Christ
17:06He's coming back
17:07for us
17:08and it's going to take us
17:09to live
17:10eternally
17:11with the.
17:13The apostle
17:14Saint Peter
17:15in his
17:16in his letter
17:17says
17:18in the second
17:19letter
17:19Peter's
17:20Chapter 3
17:21verse 13
17:22says
17:23we hope
17:24new heavens
17:26and new land
17:28Where are we going?
17:30to live.
17:31A new heaven
17:32and a new land.
17:33That is to say,
17:34everything completely
17:35different.
17:35We would have again
17:36that we refer to
17:37to the book of Revelation.
17:38I don't waste time
17:39more about the book
17:40of the Apocalypse.
17:42Only
17:42I'm clarifying
17:44some elements.
17:45we will go to live
17:47to a place
17:47where God
17:48has prepared
17:49for us
17:50a dwelling
17:50wonderful,
17:52Fantastic.
17:53This is what I have preached
17:54a lot
17:54during the time
17:55Easter
17:56because it is
17:56the one that opens us
17:57already in this life
17:59wonderful,
17:59this life in Jesus Christ,
18:01this life that we will live
18:02in the sky.
18:03But Christmas is already here,
18:04then the fourth
18:05Advent Sunday
18:06it throws us
18:07towards eternity,
18:09towards the promise
18:10definitive,
18:11towards the meeting,
18:12towards the already,
18:14But not yet.
18:17And then
18:18not yet,
18:19means
18:20that I have
18:20that follow
18:20walking,
18:23that I have
18:23that follow
18:24moving forward,
18:25that I have
18:26that follow
18:26building,
18:28that life
18:28It's not over
18:29and that this Christmas
18:31well no,
18:32no problem,
18:33It's a historic celebration
18:34Like, what's going on?
18:35after your birthday?
18:37The next day,
18:39Is something wrong?
18:40No, right?
18:42It was my birthday
18:44and well,
18:44well the next day
18:45Well, life goes on.
18:47We need to collect
18:48the whole house,
18:48No?
18:49Because it remained,
18:50We invited you there
18:50to my little friends,
18:51So this is what we got
18:52as,
18:53I'll tell you about it there,
18:54That's why they're now looking
18:55these places
18:57for the holidays,
18:58TRUE?
18:58Because otherwise,
18:59the house remains
18:59As they used to say,
19:02No?
19:02From boat to boat
19:03they used to say.
19:05But it's okay.
19:07What's going to happen
19:08on the 26th?
19:08Well, that's it.
19:14Yeah?
19:15And the 27th?
19:17And the 28th?
19:18And the 29th?
19:18Nothing.
19:19It's a historic celebration.
19:23But it's nothing more
19:24a historic celebration
19:25because it tells us
19:26that compliance
19:27of the promises
19:28Yes, it exists.
19:30And if it came to pass
19:31that Jesus was born,
19:33Then it will come true
19:34that there will be a trial.
19:36Then it will come true
19:37that will take us
19:37to live eternally
19:38with the.
19:39And then we
19:40we have to face
19:42our life
19:43with responsibility.
19:47Our life
19:47He has to be responsible.
19:49Because?
19:50Because God
19:51has fulfilled
19:52his promises
19:53And she will fulfill them.
19:54with each one
19:55of us.
19:57What needs to be done?
19:58The liturgy
19:59Today we present
20:00the model
20:01of what
20:02It has to be
20:04this expectation
20:05in the face of compliance
20:07of the promise.
20:08And it presents us with
20:08precisely
20:09to our Blessed Mother,
20:11the Virgin Mary.
20:13How is it assumed
20:15this way
20:17towards fulfillment?
20:19How is it assumed
20:20this way
20:21towards compliance
20:22of the promises?
20:23It is assumed with faith.
20:25Believing in God.
20:29Believing in God.
20:30Today, my brothers,
20:33We live in a world
20:34in which
20:35it is needed
20:36faith.
20:37Yes, we believe so.
20:39But we don't believe it.
20:41Yes, we believe so.
20:42but then we
20:43squeeze
20:44the economic situation
20:45And we no longer believe.
20:48Yes, we believe so.
20:49but then it gets
20:50a situation
20:51of illness
20:51at home
20:52And we no longer believe.
20:54Yes, we believe so.
20:55but there comes a time
20:56crisis
20:57in our life
20:58And we no longer believe.
20:59an important topic
21:04It is faith.
21:06And faith
21:06It has to do with it,
21:07as we have seen
21:08today with the Virgin Mary,
21:09in obedience.
21:13That must begin
21:14in our homes
21:16when we are little.
21:21A problem
21:22in obedience, right?
21:25Yeah,
21:26Yes, it is a problem.
21:27Above all
21:28when dad
21:30or mom
21:30they tell us
21:31that we're not going out today.
21:35TRUE?
21:35And then
21:36We have two options.
21:38Reveal ourselves
21:39or
21:40obey.
21:43TRUE?
21:44And the problem
21:45is that obedience
21:46in general
21:46always presents
21:48the appearance
21:48that we have today
21:49listened
21:49at the annunciation.
21:52One aspect
21:53mysterious.
21:54I have to obey
21:57without knowing
21:58because.
22:01Because
22:01I can't go
22:01To the dance, Dad?
22:05Because
22:05I can't go
22:06With my friends, Mom?
22:09Because
22:09I have to use
22:10this type of clothing
22:11or this type
22:12Clothes, right?
22:13Because?
22:13If everyone
22:14She uses it,
22:15if everyone
22:15She puts on the miniskirt
22:17or if everyone
22:17go about your business
22:18or in what way,
22:19because
22:20I can't
22:21do it
22:21like my friends
22:23And my friends?
22:25It's a mystery,
22:26it isn't true?
22:28Because if not
22:29No more mystery,
22:31then
22:32we would obey,
22:33No?
22:33If someone tells me,
22:35I see an apple
22:36rich,
22:37tasty,
22:38appetizing,
22:39or a cake,
22:40a piece
22:40of rich cake,
22:43and then
22:45I feel like it,
22:46it isn't true?
22:47Or don't you fancy them?
22:48The cakes?
22:50Right?
22:51Or not?
22:52Yeah.
22:55And you?
22:57Also.
22:59We're craving it
23:00a piece
23:01cake
23:01very tasty.
23:04So what would we do?
23:06Well, let's eat it.
23:07TRUE?
23:09And then
23:10My mom says,
23:12Don't eat it.
23:13Achoo.
23:16Why not?
23:17If you look,
23:17It's really delicious.
23:19You did it too
23:19for me.
23:20No no,
23:20Don't eat it.
23:21Because?
23:27Why don't I leave?
23:28To eat?
23:31I'm going to be
23:32cake envelopes,
23:35turning it over,
23:37TRUE?
23:37to the cake.
23:40And I'm going to get it treated.
23:41to eat.
23:42And the first time
23:43my mom can let her guard down,
23:44I'll eat the soup.
23:46I disobey her.
23:47Because?
23:47Because it presents
23:48a mysterious situation,
23:50it isn't true?
23:50I don't know why he tells me
23:52I don't know why he tells me
23:53Don't let me eat it.
23:55But,
23:55What if he tells you
23:56your mom
23:57that inside the cake
23:59the witch
24:01es caldufa,
24:02wine and ground
24:05glass
24:05and he threw him out
24:06inside the cake?
24:07Would you eat it?
24:11No, right?
24:11It's no longer
24:12a mystery.
24:13Now I know
24:14Why don't I have it?
24:15what to eat.
24:16It isn't true?
24:18It stopped having
24:18that mysterious part
24:20obedience
24:21because now I know
24:23It has glass inside.
24:24well, like a fool
24:26I'll eat it, right?
24:28He's not going to eat it.
24:32The mystery is over.
24:35In obedience
24:36There's always a mystery.
24:40Why can't I go out?
24:42Why can't I do this?
24:44Why can't I do the other thing?
24:47It's a mystery.
24:48Why do I have to obey?
24:50To God, brothers?
24:52It's a mystery.
24:55However,
24:56how I hope to arrive
24:57to eternal life,
24:59as I hope
24:59that compliance
25:01of the promises
25:02be realized in me,
25:03Well then, I accept.
25:05Isn't this it?
25:06what happened to you
25:06to the Virgin Mary?
25:10Isn't it a mystery?
25:11What does the angel tell him?
25:13Imagine.
25:16First,
25:17Well, let it appear to him.
25:18an angel.
25:18They're already there.
25:19Things are complicated.
25:21And then let it come
25:22And what does he say?
25:23that she is going to conceive
25:24a son.
25:25And then when he tells her
25:26Well, that's very good.
25:26that she is going to conceive
25:27a son.
25:28But what will this be like?
25:30Says,
25:30Ah, look,
25:31the Holy Spirit
25:32will descend upon you.
25:36The Holy Spirit
25:38will descend upon me.
25:41and the shadow of the Most High
25:43will cover you
25:44the shadow of the Most High.
25:48Oh, dear!
25:49What could that mean?
25:52What could that mean?
25:53all these words?
25:54When I explain this to him
25:58in the course I teach
26:00of Mariology
26:01I imagine
26:03that the angel of the Lord
26:05he appeared
26:06to the Virgin Mary
26:07and he said
26:07Rejoice, full of grace
26:10The Lord is with you.
26:11Let it be done as he says.
26:28I come on behalf of God
26:30and jachachatamachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachacha hachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachachacha
27:00Do you want the promise to be fulfilled? You must obey. You must enter into the mystery of obedience, into not understanding, because even though Jesus is already among us in his manger, even though we already have him in our brothers and sisters, even though we already have him in Scripture and in the Eucharist,
27:23It remains a mystery that we must continually obey, okay? So that the ultimate promise that corresponds to each of us, personally, individually, may be fulfilled, because it will come for each one of us.
27:44And the bad thing is that Scripture says that two will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. Two will be sleeping; one will be taken and the other left.
27:59In other words, there will be people just like us, people who obeyed, and they will be taken. The promise will be fulfilled in them, but not in others. Why? Because they did not obey.
28:14Because the fulfillment of the promises necessarily requires obedience. And to reach this fulfillment, faith leads us down a path, and that path is called Christ.
28:33The way is the Lord, believing in Him. Saint John says, in the same chapter, chapter 14, when the people say, they ask Him, "And how are we to go, Lord, if we do not know the way?"
28:53And what does he say? I am the way. I am the truth, and I am the life. And no one comes to my Father's house, and no one will be able to take possession of that place I am preparing, except through me.
29:12What does this tell us, brothers and sisters? It tells us about a life centered on the Lord. A life of faith like Mary's, which leads us to place Christ at the center of our lives, something so desperately needed in our communities today.
29:29Having Christ as the center of our entire lives. That's why our Christmas ends up being somewhat pagan.
29:38Because Jesus is neither at the center of life, nor at the center of anything.
29:44And then it's all the little gifts, the story, the commotion, the fireworks, the sparklers, the presents and everything else.
29:53No.
29:54The fourth Sunday sends me on awaiting the ultimate promise, which is to live in heaven.
30:01The Jews received Christ.
30:05But they didn't reach heaven, they're still here.
30:08And those who lived with Christ also had to keep walking.
30:12The story did not end with Christ.
30:16The story with Christ reached its full dimension, because the Holy Spirit was poured out.
30:22But this is not over yet.
30:25We still need a little more.
30:27Well, I think so.
30:28Because when someone dies, their story is over, isn't it?
30:34So, well.
30:36We don't know when we're going to die or when the Lord is coming.
30:39So, first element, if this is going to continue, if I expect the promises to be fulfilled, just as the promise to David was fulfilled, it was fulfilled in Mary, well now I expect it to be fulfilled in me.
30:54And that I may one day be with God eternally.
30:59But for that I need to have faith.
31:01And I need to believe in the mystery.
31:05Obedience.
31:06Obedience.
31:07Obedience begins with obedience to our parents.
31:13I understand.
31:15If I don't obey my parents, or anyone I see, how am I going to obey God?
31:18Pure fiction.
31:21So, first of all, obedience to God.
31:25Second element, a life centered on Christ.
31:29Christ is the most important thing in my life.
31:33And I'm taking this opportunity to make a commercial.
31:36We changed the mass times because we said, poor people at the twelve thirty mass.
31:44Well, they arrive here and the cars are always full.
31:47And that's why they arrive late.
31:49Because while they're going to the eleven o'clock mass and looking for a parking spot.
31:54Because the Lord's Prayer always gets longer.
31:56So, we arrive running and then we don't have time.
32:00And they said, well yes, that's right, with good reason.
32:02We always start small.
32:04We're going to move the schedule.
32:06So, we changed the schedule.
32:09Equal.
32:13Ten minutes before twelve there were twenty people here.
32:18We all arrived.
32:22Sweeps with the last chime.
32:24So, does that mean this is my biggest priority on Sunday?
32:34No.
32:37How much time do I need to arrive before a flight?
32:42One hour.
32:43And if you're going to fly internationally, two or three.
32:47How many hours do you need to arrive before Mass?
32:50Ten seconds, if that.
32:52What happens to a person who arrives ten, no, one minute, one minute after the flight has closed, what happens to them?
33:07He misses his flight.
33:08He misses his flight.
33:13But of course, if you miss your flight, it costs you a fortune, right?
33:17If you're late here, what's the big deal?
33:20We should fine them, shouldn't we?
33:22Do you notice?
33:28I'm bringing it up now on purpose because we talk about a life centered on Christ.
33:34It means that Christ and his things are the most important things in my life.
33:38If I arrive five minutes late, if I arrive skating to mass, it doesn't give me a chance to pray, or to prepare, or anything.
33:46Now, for those who have already seen the explained mass, which I hope everyone will see, it's on the internet, there on the site.
33:52If you haven't seen it or experienced it here with us, watch it.
33:56The atrium is a time of preparation.
34:00That's why all churches should have a large atrium, because you're already leaving the...
34:06That's why it's on a different level there, right? Remember?
34:09Then you go up and you're like, this is a whole different ballgame.
34:12So there, well, the fountains, the little birds, it was like...
34:18Oh, wow! We've come from the hustle and bustle, the traffic and everything, and we're relaxing, we're relaxing,
34:24And we go in, and we go in, and we enter the temple, and in the temple we prepare ourselves.
34:30Five minutes before the flight.
34:34Not three hours, not two, not one.
34:37Five.
34:37That would indicate to me, or to the Lord, that this is really important to you.
34:45A life centered on Christ, in simple things like this.
34:49There are much more complex things to demonstrate that our lives are centered on Christ.
34:54and that He is the way, and that no one comes to the Father except through Him.
34:59Therefore, we must consider a life centered on Christ.
35:03And brothers, the road gets longer, and when the road gets longer, we need supplies, don't we?
35:17If I'm going on a three-day hike, then I need to bring supplies, right?
35:25There is a text I would like to read to you in 1 Kings, in chapter 19.
35:31If you'd like to join me, in 1 Kings, chapter 19, we have the prophet Elijah,
35:40who is escaping from Jezebel, from Jezebel who wants to kill him.
35:45I'm just going to read verses 4 through 8.
35:47Then Elijah went into the desert and walked for a day, until finally he sat down under a broom tree.
35:58Such was his desire to die that he said,
36:00Enough, Lord! Take my life, for I am no better than my parents!
36:05He lay down there, under the broom bush, and fell asleep.
36:08But an angel arrived, and touching him, said,
36:11Get up and eat!
36:13Elijah looked around, and saw that near his head there was a cake baked on hot coals and a jar of water.
36:22Then he got up, and ate, and drank.
36:25Then he went back to bed.
36:27But the angel of the Lord came a second time, and touching him said,
36:31Get up and eat!
36:32Otherwise, the journey will be too long for you.
36:36Elijah got up, ate, and drank.
36:39And that food gave him the strength to walk forty days and forty nights until he reached Loret, the mountain of God.
36:49The church interprets this in our journey to the mountain of God, the already, but not yet, right?
36:55Realities are no longer hills or mountains, no longer parties, but eternity.
37:03We must walk to the mountain of God.
37:05And what do we need?
37:09Eat.
37:11To walk those forty days and forty nights, that is, to walk our entire desert journey.
37:20Remember that the number forty in the Bible represents desert, purification, the path to fullness.
37:27That number forty represents to us what we call the desert valley.
37:35We are going through this desert and we are walking towards the promised land.
37:39And what do we need?
37:42Eat.
37:42That's why Jesus says, read, let's read another important text, we already know it well, you surely have it marked.
37:51In the sixth chapter of St. John, verses 48 through 51 tell us.
37:59The Jews then told him, we are right when we say that you are a, pardon, this is the seven, here is the seven, the six.
38:12It says in verse forty-eight, I am, I am the bread that gives life.
38:21Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, and yet they died forty years, forty days, number forty, desert.
38:33They ate this bread and died.
38:37They did not reach Horeb, they did not reach the promised land.
38:40But I speak of the bread that comes down from heaven.
38:45Whoever eats of it will not die.
38:47I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
38:51Whoever eats this bread will live forever.
38:54The bread that I will give is my own flesh.
38:57I will give it for the life of the world.
39:00Brothers, it couldn't be clearer, right?
39:06Yes, that's clear.
39:08Do you want to reach Horeb?
39:11Do you want to see God's promises fulfilled in your life?
39:14To arrive at that wonderful place where God has planted a house for us, for all eternity.
39:22Well, we have to eat.
39:23Life in this world is very difficult, brothers.
39:26And more,
39:27Everyone speaks of their own time.
39:30We are living through this era.
39:32Maybe our parents said that their time was also the most terrible.
39:36And let's think, for example, about my grandparents.
39:39They lived through World War II.
39:43Yeah?
39:44My mom was born in 1926.
39:47He lived through the World War.
39:49He experienced hardship.
39:50Imagine those who lived through it in Europe or those who lived through it in the United States, who lost children and lost jobs and whose economy collapsed terribly.
39:59We all say, this has been terrible.
40:03Well, this is our terrible reality.
40:07How can we deal with sin?
40:09How can we cope with temptation?
40:12How can I have enough faith to enter into the mystery of obedience without being told, 'Does it have glass inside?'
40:21How can I get in touch?
40:24With the Eucharist.
40:26It is bread for the journey, brothers.
40:31I believe that if life were so easy, if everything were so simple, the Lord would not have remained in the Eucharist.
40:40He has provided us with only the things we need for life.
40:46We need a map.
40:50We need directions to get there.
40:52They are here in this book.
40:53But instructions alone are not enough.
40:56Okay, I know, I have to walk.
40:59I'm going to put an exaggerated number.
41:01I have to walk 400 kilometers, a thousand kilometers.
41:04Go from here to Mexico.
41:07How far would it take a person to walk from here to Mexico?
41:10Two or three weeks, I think, right?
41:16How many?
41:17One year.
41:17No, man, not at all, not even if you were going to leave, not even if you were going to crawl away.
41:24I believe that a person walks approximately 40 to 50 kilometers per day.
41:30That means we would need approximately 20 days.
41:36Imagine you go from here to Mexico without a lunch.
41:39The painter already got you.
41:45Or not?
41:4740 days.
41:48Who?
41:4920 days.
41:50Who can walk?
41:52Not at night and during the day.
41:53No more during the day.
41:55Who can walk for 20 days without eating a cake?
41:59Without eating bread.
41:59You.
42:00Calm down, calm down, Superman.
42:03Nobody.
42:04Nobody can.
42:06Very good.
42:07No one can reach heaven properly if they do not take communion.
42:14Nobody.
42:15Because it is the bread that gives us strength.
42:18And that's what people sometimes don't understand.
42:20Why do I have to take communion?
42:22And this is no mystery, brothers.
42:25This is not what Jesus says.
42:27You have to take communion.
42:28And why?
42:29No, I'm not going to tell you why he no longer takes communion.
42:31It isn't true.
42:34You must receive communion because it is the bread for the journey.
42:37It is the bread that will give you strength.
42:39It is the bread that guarantees you will be saved.
42:42That you're going to get to heaven.
42:43That's why we have to eat.
42:44There's no mystery.
42:47There is mystery in many things.
42:50Why do I have to, if the other person hits me on one cheek,
42:52Why do I have to put the other one on?
42:55That's a mystery.
42:57That's a mystery.
42:59But when he tells you, eat my flesh and drink my blood,
43:04Because otherwise, you won't get there.
43:05Well, brothers, there's no mystery there anymore.
43:07Fourth Sunday of Advent, brothers, a very important Sunday in our preparation.
43:17Not only for the beautiful party we're going to have on the 24th with our family,
43:25but because today, on the fourth Sunday, Advent launches us into a permanent Advent.
43:33An Advent that needs a faith like Mary's.
43:37A faith that accepts the mystery of obedience, that accepts doing what God asks, even if it does not understand it.
43:45A date, a date that propels us into the future, not only to have this faith, but to center our lives on Christ.
43:54with attitudes as simple and common as arriving on time for mass.
44:00A Sunday that throws us and tells us, you won't get there if you don't feed yourself.
44:08A Sunday that tells you, time stretches out and the road is difficult.
44:13It's difficult to reach heaven, brothers, because along the way we will have many climbs and many hardships.
44:21And that is why the Lord tells you, feed yourself so that you can arrive, because you have not arrived yet.
44:28Already?
44:30But not yet.
44:33Fourth Sunday, brothers, an important Sunday that launches us once again into preparation, into conversion.
44:41On the way to fulfilling a promise that will certainly come to pass, that will certainly be realized in us.
44:50We are going to die.
44:52And at that moment I hope that God will let me taste that wonderful place He prepared for me.
45:00For that, I need to have faith.
45:03For that, I need to put Christ at the center of my life.
45:06And for this I need to walk for a long time, nourished by the bread that gives life.
45:13Let us strive to ensure that this last Sunday of Advent does not culminate in a celebration on the 24th.
45:20but may this last Sunday of Advent prolong our Advent
45:23until we can see the ultimate promise fulfilled of sitting next to the Eternal King.
45:30Praise be to Jesus Christ.
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