00:00Hello dear brothers and sisters! Once again, in this section of "Knowing to Love," I'd like to learn a little more about our church and some aspects that I believe can be important for loving God our Lord more and for living our life of faith more fully.
00:19Today we have a question from our brother Mario Paisano here in Monterrey, who tells us,
00:28Father, reading your response to someone reminded me that Jesus said the resurrection exists. He said this because of those who didn't believe in it and tried to test him with the example of a widow with seven husbands.
00:45Jesus replied that in heaven he would not have a husband, since we would be like angels.
00:53I understand that the body will continue on earth awaiting the consummation of time and that it is a great mystery.
01:00However, given the Lord's reflection that we will be like angels, how can this be possible in the body if they are spirit?
01:13Well, we need to understand properly what our Lord is saying.
01:21One of the most important elements in order to understand the message of Sacred Scripture is not to take it out of the context in which it was written.
01:47Otherwise, one can easily fall into serious errors of interpretation.
01:55The passage that refers to this is in chapter 12 of Saint Mark, and in it Jesus is questioned precisely about the resurrection.
02:05The Sadducees give him the example of the woman who was married to seven men in succession to prove that resurrection is not possible.
02:13arguing about who will ultimately be the woman.
02:17In other words, the issue, in this case, is to see if human processes continue in heaven.
02:27In response to this question, Jesus answers that the resurrection is real.
02:33but that in the life of the resurrected there will no longer be marriage or sexual life.
02:37Well, this is the issue at hand; rather, they will be like angels, not because they will be incorporeal or asexual,
02:46but because in the resurrection they will experience a radical transformation of their existence,
02:52Because God will do it through His power.
02:56And we are going to acquire a body that no longer dies, nor does it change.
03:00It's a body that, up in heaven, we're not going to reproduce anymore.
03:06Reproduction will not be necessary to survive over time,
03:09as the ancient Jews believed, who asked God for offspring to bear his name
03:14and perpetuate its history through time.
03:18Marriage and conjugal debt are solely a consequence of the human condition we currently live in.
03:25In conclusion, we will say that in the resurrection we will have a glorified body, like that of Jesus.
03:33But our relationship with each other will no longer follow the patterns of marriage,
03:40but we will love each other perfectly and totally as God loves us.
03:45This is the meaning Jesus intended to give to this answer when he said that we would be like the angels.
03:53In other words, we would love each other fully and perfectly in a different way than we do now.
04:00So, well, I hope this helps you and helps us all understand that the resurrection is real.
04:07that we will have a body like the one we have now, but it will be a glorified body
04:11and that we will love each other perfectly.
04:13There will no longer be husbands or wives; we will live a different kind of relationship.
04:17which will all be based on a full, perfect love, like the one God has for all of us.
04:23So, well, that's all for this segment.
04:26I hope it has been of great interest to you and your family.
04:30If you find this interesting and think it might also be of interest to someone else,
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04:38our God, our church, and our faith.
04:42Until our next meeting.
04:44Blessings to your whole family.
04:45Thank you!
