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00:00It is extraordinary that, despite the fact that the people were expelled from their country and taken to the lands of a powerful and attractive civilization,
00:14He has not succumbed to its allure, nor forgotten the faith that his parents had passed on to him.
00:22God maintained and showed his faithfulness to the people. The Spirit of Yahweh instilled in them faith, hope, and confidence that God would never abandon them.
00:36Despite the distance from their land, their temple already destroyed and all their institutions lost, the people have the blessing of the proximity of their God.
00:47That God who, during the pilgrimage through the desert, walked towards the promised land, accompanying his people,
00:55He walks beside them again, on the way to exile in Babylon, and it is this divine presence that will awaken spiritual maturity in Israel.
01:05which will manifest itself in the reflections that they would have to put in writing throughout these events.
01:12Although this moment would be expected as a stage of decline, it becomes one of the most privileged moments for the people
01:22with regard to the composition of his books, the rereading of past history and the creation of new ideals.
01:31It was during this period that what we call Judaism was born, which is a current of reflection on past history.
01:40in light of the ancient traditions that originated precisely in the land of Judah.
01:47After the Babylonian exile, it became the common name for the descendants of Israel
01:52and of the followers of the Mosaic religion.
01:55Although Jeremiah faced pain and misfortune head-on, he placed his trust in God's mercy.
02:08It would come in its own time, a feeling he shared with the prophet Ezekiel.
02:14Before the Babylonian attack, the fall of Jerusalem, and the subsequent destruction of the temple,
02:21This prophet warned about the destruction that was coming.
02:27However, once Ezekiel, along with other companions, had been deported to Babylon
02:34And as soon as they learned that Jerusalem had fallen, the prophet's message gave them back their hope.
02:41Once again, God would not turn his back on the people who never tired of doing so.
02:47Once again, the Lord's mercy would be poured out upon him.
02:52Ezekiel played a fundamental role in keeping the people's conscience awake.
02:59during this time of exile.
03:02For them, these first deportees, it was essential to remember the place from which they had been torn
03:10It was much more than a piece of land; it was the inheritance given to the descendants of Abraham.
03:17And that is why they had to keep alive the desire to return to Jerusalem
03:23to one day rebuild the temple and prevent the people of God, the people of the promises, from disappearing.
03:32When a people set out into exile, they take with them the documents and traditions of their founding history.
03:42With this material, they deepened their beliefs and better understood what God expected of them.
03:49and what had been established in the covenant that Yahweh had established with them at the foot of Sinai.
03:56When God freed them from slavery in Egypt to lead them through the desert and make them his chosen people.
04:05From the perspective of the prophet Ezekiel, death was necessary so that something new could be born.
04:14The prophet draws the people's attention to the temple in Jerusalem.
04:20He cannot impose the guarantee of his victory in the temple itself if the people have not been faithful to God.
04:27The prophet watches as the glory of God leaves the temple, but goes to rest in the midst of the deportees.
04:34Once he learns that the city has been destroyed and that all seems lost,
04:40A period of hope begins for the people, announcing to them that God will establish a new covenant with them that will never end.
04:49A covenant that he will establish in the hearts of his faithful through the gift of his spirit.
04:56Let us read the so-called song of Ezekiel.
04:59I will bring you out of all those nations and countries.
05:06I will gather them together and bring them back to their land.
05:09I will wash them with pure water.
05:11I will cleanse them of all their impurities.
05:14I will purify them from contact with their idols.
05:17I will put a new heart and a new spirit in you.
05:23I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
05:28I will put my spirit within you and cause you to obey my laws and decrees.
05:35They will live in the land I gave to their ancestors, and they will be my people, and I will be their God.
05:44Saint John Paul II during the catechesis given at the audience on Wednesday, September 10, 2003
05:51Regarding this liturgical chant, I recalled the following.
05:56In our song the prophet takes up this oracle again and completes it with a wonderful clarification.
06:04The new spirit given by God to the children of his people will be his spirit, the spirit of God himself.
06:13It therefore announces not only a purification expressed through the sign of water that washes away the filth of conscience.
06:21It is not only the aspect of liberation from evil and sin that is presented.
06:28Ezekiel's message emphasizes above all a much more surprising aspect.
06:34Humanity is indeed destined to be born into a new existence.
06:40The first symbol is that of the heart, which in biblical language refers to the interiority, to personal conscience.
06:48The heart of stone, cold and unfeeling, a sign of obstinacy in evil, will be torn from our chest.
06:58God will infuse us with a heart of flesh, that is, a spring of life and love.
07:05The vital spirit that in creation had made us living creatures will be replaced in the new economy of grace by the Holy Spirit who sustains us, moves us, guides us towards the light of truth and pours the love of God into our hearts.
07:24In this way, that new creation will emerge, which will be described by Saint Paul when he announces the death in us of the old man, the body of sin.
07:35For we are no longer slaves to sin, but new creatures transformed by the Spirit of the risen Christ, putting off the old self with its practices and putting on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
07:55Already in chapter 11, the prophet announced a new covenant, in which the Lord promised to bring his people from where they were scattered to gather them again around him as his own people,
08:15giving them that new heart and spirit necessary to be able to live according to His laws and thereby leave behind the detestable and hateful practices of before.
08:28From the beginning of his ministry, Ezekiel had the task of acting as a watchman, a sentinel of the people, which was a great responsibility.
08:40He must always be vigilant, because if he neglects himself for even a moment, the entire city he wants to protect could be destroyed.
08:50The prophet recalls that the infidelity of the people's leaders unleashed the misfortune.
08:56So he announces the sending of a shepherd faithful to God who will feed his sheep and take care of them at all times.
09:05God will bring forth a new man through the gift of the Divine Spirit, and all life will spring forth from the new and eternal temple that God will build in the midst of the renewed people.
09:20Ezekiel revealed his prophetic nature to the people through visions, prophecies, parables, and symbols.
09:28The prophet dies in Babylon and 40 years pass before his prophecies are partially fulfilled
09:37with the first group of deportees who returned to Judah under the leadership of Sorobabel in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
09:58Thank you!