00:00How are you, my dear brothers and sisters? We are answering an interesting question from our sister Marifer.
00:07who has written to us from Ensenada, Baja California.
00:11Marifer asks us about the fate of children who die without baptism.
00:30Marifer asks us about the fate of children who die without baptism.
01:00Marifer.mx
01:01Let's continue with our teaching today with Father Ernesto María Caro.
01:08As we mentioned, there was a belief in a place without glory or shame, where babies went to end up, and it was called limbo.
01:18However, today theology shows us that this is not the case.
01:23As theological studies have progressed, and with God's grace, we have become more aware that God created us out of love.
01:29And such is that love that He created us, as Saint Paul says, with the plan that we would live with Him eternally.
01:37On the other hand, Saint Paul clarifies in the Letter to the Romans that each one will be judged according to what he knew of the law
01:44And it refers to the pagans and the Jews, who, being Jews, will have a much more rigorous judgment because they are the ones who know the law,
01:55which is the manifestation of God's will.
01:57If they did not cling to her, then they will bear a greater guilt.
02:05But those who through no fault of their own did not know it will be judged differently, for that reason they could not adhere to it.
02:13You can read everything he wrote on this subject in the first three chapters of the Letter to the Romans.
02:19On this matter, the Vatican Council states in the document Agents that those who through no fault of their own did not know the Gospel
02:28They will also receive God's mercy, thus opening the possibility of salvation to all human beings.
02:35This document also tells us that there is not only baptism of water, but also baptism of blood, of desire,
02:42that ultimately God can find various ways to bring salvation to man already redeemed by Christ.
02:49Elsewhere the Council also tells us,
02:52Christ died for all, and man's ultimate vocation is truly one, that is, the divine vocation.
03:00Therefore, we must maintain that the Holy Spirit offers everyone the possibility
03:07that, in a way known only to God, they may be associated with the Paschal Mystery.
03:14For all these reasons, the Church affirms today that there is no limbo.
03:18As is clear in the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, which omits it entirely.
03:24Since we cannot doubt that, through God's mercy, love, and tenderness,
03:29that tenderness of Christ for children,
03:32If these die without baptism,
03:34both in the womb and before the age of discretion,
03:37They will be taken to heaven and will immediately participate in Christ's redemption.
03:43In the same way that we will if we are faithful until the end
03:48and that we too will be taken to the house of God in the end.
03:52I take this opportunity to clarify another belief that exists among people
03:57and that is the idea that when children die, whether baptized or not,
04:03These become little angels.
04:05Children, just like us, at the moment of death,
04:09They attain the stature of the perfect man, who is Jesus Christ.
04:12It must be remembered that Jesus did not die for the angels, but for men.
04:18And although our time on earth is less than theirs,
04:22We are called to a much greater dignity than theirs,
04:26for we shall be like Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
04:29Therefore, a child who dies will always remain a man.
04:33in the image of Jesus Christ, our God and Lord.
04:36I hope this short catechesis will give encouragement and confidence.
04:41in the merciful, inexhaustible love of our God
04:45to all those who have lost a baby
04:48and that they may know that their son is eternally enjoying God in heaven.
04:54And well, let's leave our catechesis here.
04:58Hoping that the more you get to know God and his church, the more you will love them.
05:03Until next time. Blessings.
05:06Thank you!
