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00:15How are you, my dear brothers and sisters? How are we doing in our course?
00:19I am sure that these reflections that we have been making throughout these videos,
00:26These days of training will yield results for you in a life much closer to the Lord.
00:32And this will obviously be reflected in your family,
00:36Whether you're a dad who's going to baptize his child or you're a godparent
00:40which is preparing to be an important instrument,
00:46as we saw in the importance of the godfather,
00:48an important instrument for the person who is going to be baptized,
00:52of which you will be her godfather, so that she can grow up in someone's hands
00:56who lives his Christian life intensely.
00:59And well, now I'd like to talk to you about something that, unfortunately
01:05In our church, it hasn't had, and doesn't have, much relevance among the brothers and sisters.
01:12above all, because this book is the Holy Scripture.
01:20Well, it doesn't seem that way, but it's obvious if we see that practically
01:25No meeting, mass, or spiritual talk is ever brought to the Bible.
01:30This would seem, then, to be only relevant to Bible scholars.
01:35But not my brothers, it is for all Christians.
01:38In general, it seems to me that people think the Bible is a book
01:44to be studied, and that is why priests study it.
01:48This may have been the case, but look, since the Second Vatican Council ended
01:54In 1965, an encyclical was written that would change all these concepts.
02:01about the Holy Scriptures.
02:03It is called Dei Verbum.
02:05The Church recognizes that the Word of God must be a fundamental instrument
02:12in the formation of the people of God, and we have already seen that we are part of that people
02:17and that is why every Christian should have it, and above all study and meditate on it
02:27in order to find in it the will of God and always live in accordance with it.
02:33That is why Sacred Scripture is and always has been the source of all our knowledge.
02:41not only about God, but about life and how we should live it.
02:49In this regard, Saint Jerome said that ignorance of the Holy Scriptures is ignorance of Jesus Christ.
02:58Living Word of the Father.
03:01Ignorance of Jesus Christ.
03:03It's a shame that so many Catholic Christians don't know about this wonderful book.
03:09And well, this makes it clear to us that the Word of God is not a book,
03:17but rather a person who speaks and communicates with us.
03:23It is Jesus himself speaking to each one of us.
03:29Look, Saint John says in his Gospel, in chapter 1, verse 1,
03:34In the beginning there was the Word, that is, the Word.
03:40And the Word was with God and was God.
03:45That Word of God that existed from the beginning and became man
03:49and who lived among us, continues among us,
03:54but now in the form of a book.
03:58In the time of Jesus, when He became incarnate, He had the form of a human being.
04:04Because it is embodied, it is now embodied, we could say so.
04:09Well, it's not exactly the expression, but now this is Jesus Christ.
04:15It is as present as the Eucharist.
04:18In the temples of the Eastern Church there are two tabernacles.
04:23In one is the Blessed Sacrament and in the other is the Bible.
04:26Because they recognize that this book truly is a person.
04:31He is the only Son of God.
04:35And that is why a Christian should always have the Holy Scriptures
04:43and for him it is the Word of God that communicates with him
04:48to invite him to participate in his plan of salvation.
04:53In it, in the Word, God invites us to live in communion with Him
04:59And He Himself is the one who will show us through the Word
05:05the path to achieving a perfect lifestyle
05:11which is proper to the children of God.
05:13In it, in this living Word, we will realize how wonderful the Christian life is.
05:20When we live according to the Word, when we take it seriously,
05:26when we decided to listen to him.
05:28If we not only read it, but also allow it to seep into our hearts
05:38through the work of the Holy Spirit,
05:39As time goes by, we will realize
05:43that we are going to experience a tremendous transformation in our entire lives.
05:50Our entire life will be transformed.
05:53The apostle Peter knew this very well, and he preached saying
05:58Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk.
06:02so that through her they may grow up to salvation.
06:06What does this Word want to tell us?
06:08It is truly a food that fills us with life,
06:14that gives us life, just like all food does.
06:18And that is precisely why we can find the truth in it.
06:23And this truth that we find in the Word,
06:26unlike many other literatures we might find,
06:31This truth truly sets us free.
06:33and it enables us to live in harmony with others.
06:38Furthermore, for us, those of us who have a responsibility to educate,
06:46We will find wisdom in the Word
06:49and how to communicate this wisdom appropriately.
06:56St. Paul, writing his second letter to Timothy, tells him
07:00This inspiring book is useful for teaching,
07:05to correct, argue, and instruct in justice
07:10so that the man of God may be complete
07:13and be fully prepared to do every good work
07:19or to perform every good work.
07:21That is why it is an instrument that should not be separated from us.
07:27Furthermore, reading and meditating on the Word
07:31It must be, along with our prayer,
07:34the way to start the day.
07:38If we do this, little by little we will see
07:42how she penetrates our hearts
07:45and it makes us fall in love.
07:48And that is how we gain access to true wisdom.
07:52to the wisdom that brings peace,
07:56that brings harmony to our whole life
07:59And, of course, with us, our family and our society.
08:04During your study days, surely,
08:07If you pray, you will see that the Bible
08:10It is not just a book in which God speaks to us,
08:13but it is also a means by which
08:16We can communicate with God.
08:19When we started to read it for what it is
08:24a sacred book,
08:26we began to become aware
08:28that it manifests itself in it
08:30the depths of man's heart.
08:33Because?
08:34Because in him we will see joys,
08:37hopes, struggles, and fears
08:39of each one of us,
08:42represented in the different authors
08:44and at different times
08:45that the Holy Scripture presents to us.
08:49A quick read of the Psalms would suffice.
08:52to find out how, for example,
08:54King David, after sinning with Bathsheba,
08:58It expresses a very human way,
09:01but very full of faith,
09:02his repentance before God.
09:06God who created us,
09:09He knows us very well
09:10and knows how fragile we are
09:13And that is why he has left us
09:15a true map
09:17in order to live our lives
09:19in a way
09:20human
09:22And perfect.
09:25Now then,
09:27There are some things we should always keep in mind
09:31when we read it.
09:33First,
09:34The first is that it is inerrant,
09:37that is to say,
09:38There is no error in it,
09:40because it is God himself.
09:42who inspired her
09:44And that's why we say
09:46that the Bible
09:47It's perfect.
09:48So says Psalm 19
09:50in verse 8.
09:52I'll read it for you.
09:54The precepts of the Lord
09:56They are straight
09:57and gladden the heart.
10:00The Lord's commandment
10:01It is pure
10:03and illuminates the eyes.
10:05So
10:06if we understand
10:08or it seems to us
10:09no,
10:10that there is a contradiction
10:12in its structure,
10:13simply,
10:15Well, it's because we haven't studied properly.
10:17the text,
10:18because we need to know
10:19that in the Bible
10:19we're going to find
10:20different styles,
10:22different ways of writing.
10:24Besides,
10:24we must remember
10:25which was written
10:26in a period
10:28a very long time.
10:29Perhaps it began
10:30in the 11th century
10:32B.C.
10:33or maybe sooner.
10:35That is why
10:36that absolutely
10:37everything the Bible says
10:39It's true.
10:40It's true
10:42revealed by God.
10:44Sometimes
10:45We're not going to understand
10:46perfectly.
10:48Certainly,
10:48the Old Testament
10:50It will always be better
10:51that we read it
10:52in company
10:53from a teacher,
10:55from someone
10:55that he has already studied it.
10:56Because?
10:57Because they are books
10:58older,
10:59happened in another town,
11:00on other occasions.
11:02We cannot think
11:03that people today
11:04think and feel,
11:05It feels like time has passed.
11:08God speaks,
11:09For example,
11:10of exterminating a people
11:11and we said
11:11How does God want it?
11:12that they exterminate a people?
11:14Yeah,
11:15just that
11:15That was the custom.
11:16weather,
11:17TRUE?
11:17I mean,
11:18There wasn't much there.
11:19of the topic as well as
11:20no,
11:21Don't let it close.
11:21Well no.
11:22Because?
11:23Because they knew
11:23that if they returned
11:24to regroup
11:25They would be crushed again
11:26and the town would be finished.
11:28So,
11:29God is getting settled.
11:31at each stage
11:32of history
11:33and at every moment
11:34of history
11:35it's making us
11:36a revelation
11:37that now we
11:38we can retract
11:39to our time
11:40but with some
11:41exceptions,
11:42that is to say,
11:44adapting it
11:44to the message
11:45no to history
11:46properly
11:47but the message
11:48that story
11:49brings to us.
11:50Oh well,
11:51we continue
11:51in our next video.
11:53Thank you!
12:06Thank you!