00:00How are you, my dear brothers and sisters? It's a great pleasure to be with you again through this medium.
00:05to continue sharing our faith. We are finishing up discussing the question that we
00:11Laura from Guanajuato does this, where she expresses a series of doubts that the siblings have.
00:17separated and for which I cannot find an adequate answer in writing.
00:30Thank you!
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01:07Let's continue with our teaching today with Father Ernesto María Caro.
01:14I want to finish, my dear Laura, with the matter of purgatory. On this subject I must tell you
01:20that there are different texts that prove there is an intermediate state between heaven and
01:26the earth. One of the most evident references to this purification or atonement after
01:31This world is that of Matthew 12:32, in which Jesus tells us,
01:37And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever
01:43Anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
01:51The words "century to come" are understood to refer to eternal life. Thus, it follows from this quote that there is
01:59sins that will be forgiven in the age to come. Another important quote that has been used to support the
02:05The church for this concept of purgatory is the Second Book of Maccabees, chapter 12. In this quote
02:13Judas Maccabeus orders an offering to be made for the dead who were found to have idols in their possession.
02:19tunic, that is, according to the law of Moses, for they died in sin. In this regard, verses
02:2645 and 46 it says, but believing, it is referring to Judas Maccabeus, firmly that those who die
02:35A great reward is piously reserved for them, holy and pious thought, offered the sacrifice
02:43expiatory so that the dead might be absolved of their sins. Once again, a
02:50instance before entering heaven, because one cannot enter heaven without being totally holy, as the
02:57Scripture itself indicates. The catechism of the Church tells us, those who die in grace and
03:04in the friendship of God, but imperfectly purified, although they are assured of their eternal
03:10For salvation, they undergo purification after death in order to attain holiness.
03:16necessary to enter into the joy of heaven. I will address this in greater detail in another catechesis.
03:23The topic of purgatory. Let's focus for now on the biblical topic I've already mentioned. And to conclude...
03:31The comment that those who are not evangelicals do not go to heaven is a misconception.
03:38Brothers of the Reformation, that is, also called Protestants and some other Christian groups
03:43They believe that only their baptism saves and that until an express confession is made of
03:50Without Jesus Christ as Lord, there is no salvation, therefore all are condemned. This would lead us to a
03:56It's a very painful situation to think of a God who is both just and unjust; let's simply think of all the...
04:03who are not even Christians, who according to this line of thinking would not have the possibility
04:08of being saved. God would have created them and destined them, without guilt, to the pains of hell. All this is
04:16That's wrong. Salvation is a work already accomplished by Christ for all humanity. One who loses that salvation is the one who loses it.
04:23which he expressly rejects, as the Gospel clearly states. It says in the Gospel of Mark,
04:31Those who refuse to believe will be condemned. Believing opens the door to life in the spirit.
04:38to the life of the kingdom, which is the life designed by God for man to be happy. Therefore,
04:44By accepting Jesus as Lord and deciding to live according to the gospel, he realizes and actualizes
04:50not only the salvation of Christ, but also enables man through the power of the Holy Spirit
04:57Freedom from sin, and with it, entry into life in its fullness. It is true that it is not enough just to have
05:04Baptism is not enough; faith alone is insufficient, for as the apostle James says, faith without works is dead.
05:12It is necessary, as Saint Paul clearly states, to make a confession, which is not merely verbal, but
05:19which must be with one's whole life. The apostle James himself says, show me your faith without works, and I will show you your faith without works.
05:26Through my works I will show you my faith. The sum of these elements is what enables man to have
05:33Access to the eternal joy of paradise. I hope, then, that this clarifies your thinking and motivates you to live.
05:41a life in accordance with the Spirit, that you may see the solidity of our faith that springs precisely from the Holy
05:49Scripture. May the Lord, my dear Laura, fill you with blessings. And well, I hope to see you all there.
05:54in our next catechesis. Until then.
