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00:00The theological virtue of faith
00:13Definition
00:15It is a gift, a divine light by which we are able to recognize God,
00:23to see his hand in everything that happens to us and to see things as he sees them.
00:28Therefore, faith is not a theoretical, abstract knowledge of doctrines that I must learn.
00:37Faith is the light to understand the things of God.
00:43Characteristics
00:44Faith is an encounter with God, with his plan of salvation,
00:51And with faith, man freely responds to that encounter with God.
00:56Surrendering to him with intelligence and will.
01:02Faith is simple; it is not made of speculations and speeches.
01:08but of true adherence to God, like Mary, like Abraham.
01:13Faith is vital, that is, it must change my life, be demonstrated in my life.
01:22That's why we must live by faith.
01:25Faith is experiential, that is, it is an intimate knowledge of God.
01:32Those who have faith enjoy God.
01:36It is not a feeling, but a knowledge of the Spirit that God grants us to be intimate with him.
01:44This experiential knowledge of God has its privileged moments to manifest itself to souls,
01:52in sacrifice, in pain, in times of trial,
01:57when humility and greater selflessness are required.
02:02Faith is objective, that is, it does not remain at a subjective, intimate level.
02:11Rather, we believe in a God who has revealed himself through the word we have received from the church.
02:18A word that must be known, learned, and put into practice in life.
02:23The dogmas of the church are lights on the path of our faith, they illuminate it and make it safe.
02:32Faith ends in commitment.
02:36I commit my life to God in faithfulness to his law and in total self-giving to him.
02:44I am committed to defending her with my words and testimony.
02:46feed it with the continuous reading and meditation of the Bible
02:51and spread it around me in the apostolate.
02:58The theological virtue of hope.
03:02How should a Christian react to evil, problems, and difficulties in life?
03:08Some people become discouraged and think there is nothing they can do.
03:14that everything is useless.
03:16There are others who say that our hope is naiveté and idealism.
03:23Why is discouragement and despair not appropriate for a Christian?
03:27Does God truly act in our lives?
03:31What should be the highest aspiration of a Christian?
03:35Definition of hope.
03:37It is the theological virtue by which we desire God as the supreme good.
03:43and we firmly believe we can attain eternal happiness and the means to do so.
03:50Basis.
03:52I live confidently in this hope because I believe in Christ,
03:57who is God omnipotent and benevolent,
03:59and he cannot break his promises.
04:02So says the clergyman.
04:05Know that no one expected the Lord to be confounded.
04:10Who, remaining faithful to his commandments,
04:13Could he have abandoned her?
04:15Or who had invoked him,
04:17Was he despised by him?
04:19Because the Lord has compassion and mercy.
04:25Effects.
04:27It puts in our hearts the desire for heaven and the possession of God,
04:33by getting rid of all earthly possessions.
04:38It makes our requests effective.
04:43It gives us courage and perseverance in the struggle,
04:46ensuring our victory.
04:49It leads us to the apostolate,
04:52For we want many to come to the possession of God.
04:57Obstacles to hope.
05:00Presumption.
05:02To expect heaven and the necessary graces from God
05:05to reach him without putting in the necessary means on our part.
05:12Discouragement and despair.
05:16Often tempted and sometimes defeated in the struggle,
05:19They become discouraged and think they will never be able to make amends.
05:23and they begin to despair of their salvation.
05:26The Eucharist.
05:32A token of the world to come.
05:34The hope of the coming of the kingdom is already being realized in a mysterious and true way
05:41in Eucharistic communion.
05:44Communion is the beginning of tasting that promise of heaven
05:49and feed the desire for eternal possession.
05:52It is a foretaste of eternal life here on earth
05:56And it is the security and certainty of our hope.
06:00Let us now look at the theological virtue of charity.
06:08Faith and hope make no sense.
06:11if they do not lead to supernatural love or Christian charity.
06:16Through faith we have knowledge of God.
06:21Through hope we trust in the fulfillment of Christ's promises
06:26And through charity we act in accordance with the teachings of the Gospel.
06:32Definition is the virtue by which we can love God and our brothers for God.
06:41Through charity and in charity, God makes us partakers of his own being, which is love.
06:50Many men have experienced the love of God.
06:56Saint Paul says, He loved me and gave Himself up for me.
06:59And those who have experienced this love have been satisfied.
07:05and they have left all the securities of life to respond to this love of God.
07:13Characteristics of God's love
07:14God's love is the truest and most secure thing.
07:20It has always existed.
07:23It was there before we were born.
07:26Once it is found,
07:27one even gets the feeling
07:30of having wasted time uselessly,
07:34entertained and distressed by many things
07:37those for which it was not worth having fought and lived.
07:42God's love is solid and firm.
07:46It is like the rock that the Gospel speaks of.
07:49God's love is always new, fresh, and beautiful in every moment.
08:05The experience of Saint Augustine is very revealing.
08:10Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new.
08:15I loved you late.
08:17And you were inside me and I was outside.
08:21And that's how I looked for you outside.
08:24And the way I was, I threw myself into it
08:26about the beautiful things you created.
08:29You were with me,
08:32But I wasn't with you.
08:35You called me and cried out and broke through my deafness.
08:40You shone, you radiated light, and you cured my blindness.
08:46You exhaled your perfume and I inhaled it, and now I long for you.
08:52I liked you and now I feel hunger and thirst for you.
08:55You touched me and I longed for the peace that comes from you.
09:04God's love is perpetual.
09:07It never ends, it never gets tired, it has no limits.
09:11If there are difficulties, it's not because of God.
09:14Characteristics of love.
09:17Sincerity and purity.
09:20It must be a love that is born from the inner self of the person.
09:24It cannot be a love of appearances.
09:29Jesus always looks into people's hearts
09:31And that is why he praises that repentant sinner
09:35and he rebukes the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.
09:41Serving those in need.
09:45To help those in need, whether in body or soul.
09:48Christ healed the sick, fed them, and comforted the sorrowful.
09:55It illuminates the mind and heart, it offers forgiveness.
09:59Serving others because we perceive the value of souls and their salvation.
10:05Forgiveness and mercy are the most exquisite expressions of the love that God offers us.
10:15through the example of his Son Jesus Christ.
10:19Perhaps the most difficult aspect of forgiveness is forgetting the insults and defamation.
10:28Only God's grace can grant peace.
10:32forgiveness and love towards the slanderer.
10:35Universality and delicacy of charity.
10:42Universal because I have to love everyone.
10:46Because they are beloved children of God.
10:49Delicate because it seeks to manifest itself in small things.
10:55It takes into account the characteristics and sensitivity of each person.
10:59Let us now look at the hymn to charity of Saint Paul
11:04as it appears in the first letter to the Corinthians in chapter 13, verse 1 and following.
11:12He's patient, he irritates us.
11:16Patience is not shrugging your shoulders at adversity.
11:20and endure until better times.
11:23Oh well, what can you do about that?
11:26It's endurance, but positive.
11:29It is the face of God that overcomes indifference,
11:33to adversity, to bad times,
11:37to ingratitude because it rests in God.
11:41It is benign.
11:43It engenders goodness, sweetness, and kindness.
11:48She is not envious nor does she get puffed up because she gives.
11:53He tolerates everything.
11:55She's not self-serving.
11:57He excuses everything.
12:00It's not impolite.
12:01He awaits everything.
12:04He delights in the truth.
12:07Charity will never end.
12:09Summary of the law.
12:15Jesus Christ in the Gospel preaches love for God above all things
12:19and love of neighbor as oneself, as the chief commandment.
12:25Preach the two rules as a single commandment.
12:29This means that the love of God, when it is true, necessarily gives rise to love for men, our brothers and sisters.
12:41Divine charity has the peculiarity of emptying us of selfishness and living in everything with surrender and generosity, that is, love.
12:55When there is discord and selfishness, God is not in that soul, but when there is openness, simplicity, availability, detachment, service, forgiveness,
13:11then it is a sign of the presence of God in that soul.
13:17Love of neighbor means seeking the good of all men who are within reach of your works.
13:27Your family, friends, classmates or coworkers, all those who walk with you, even those who have caused you harm.
13:37Conclusion
13:39In the love of God, one grows each day, by practicing it and denying oneself.
13:48In love we walk, we grow with the grace of God.
13:53This love is demonstrated by fulfilling God's will, observing His commandments, and paying attention to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit.
14:04being faithful to the duties of the State itself.
14:08He who has true charity is an apostle among his brothers and is able to overcome all fear and human respect.
14:17That's all for our first session.
14:22We look forward to seeing you at our next session, where we will talk about the gift of the fear of God.
14:30Until then, God be with us.
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