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00:00:00We have seen how Jesus promised that He would be there, and how we know this is true, that in that
00:00:22There's a little piece of bread, there's Jesus, well, the Holy Scriptures don't reveal it
00:00:30Brothers, it is a joy to have you back in our virtual classroom for active evangelization
00:00:37During the following sessions we will delve deeper into one of the most beautiful promises that Jesus made to us
00:00:43He did this before returning to heaven to be with his Father, and we can find it in his word: "I will be with you."
00:00:49You, until the end of time, Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us, and today he wants
00:00:57To become present in your life, unfortunately we are so used to believing based on what we have seen
00:01:03touched or felt that in this way we are setting aside our faith, which leaves us in a position
00:01:10much more complicated to accept this reality, join us to discover Jesus, the true God and
00:01:17A true man, a true friend who remains in our midst through this miracle of love called
00:01:23Eucharist
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00:01:33No, no, no.
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00:02:34Hello, dear brothers and sisters! Welcome back to our Fundamental Evangelization course.
00:02:40Today we're going to begin a new chapter. We've already finished chapter 3 about the main teachings Jesus left us.
00:02:48Let's begin a new chapter now. The main promises of Jesus. Jesus not only came to teach us, but also to speak to us about realities and wonderful things that we as Christians can experience.
00:03:05Some of these promises will be fulfilled directly here among us, but some others will be fulfilled until eternity.
00:03:15In this unit we will look at the promises of Jesus.
00:03:21Jesus made great and wonderful promises for each of us. Some of them we can already begin to live by; they will be fulfilled here among us.
00:03:32And some of them refer to eternal life so that we may always feel encouraged, so that we may feel that desire to attain these promises.
00:03:46Basically, although Jesus told us many things, we could practically summarize Jesus' promises in three.
00:03:55The first promise, He tells us that He will always be with us.
00:04:01The second promise He makes to us is that we will always be with Him.
00:04:08Here on earth, Jesus will always be with us. It is His promise.
00:04:13But He also offered us, He promised us that we would be with Him eternally, that we would live with Him and spend all eternity with Him.
00:04:24And so that these two promises could be fulfilled, He made us a third and very great promise, which is the promise of the Holy Spirit.
00:04:34These three great promises summarize and help us to work, to feel His presence and to grow above all in an intimate, deep and personal relationship with Him.
00:04:50As we said from the beginning of our course, this is one of the main objectives of his coming here among us.
00:04:57Okay, so let's start with the first promise.
00:05:03The first promise, I will be with you.
00:05:08We have already seen the importance of prayer and how penance is an instrument of grace to grow in our relationship with God.
00:05:18And thus be able to overcome all our sins, all our shortcomings.
00:05:23Let's now begin this new topic, which is the promises of Jesus.
00:05:30In them we will discover this wonder.
00:05:34As we were saying earlier, He will be with us until the end of the world.
00:05:39We will be with Him for all eternity.
00:05:44And for these two things to be fulfilled, He will give us the Holy Spirit.
00:05:48We begin, then, with this topic of the presence of Jesus with us until the end of time.
00:05:57Jesus, in the Gospel of Matthew, in chapter 28, verse 20, tells us the following.
00:06:04Jesus says,
00:06:09Go and teach them to do everything I have commanded you.
00:06:14And know that I will be with you always, to the very end of the age.
00:06:22This is one of the quotes we should have underlined in our Bibles.
00:06:27Because it's a huge promise.
00:06:30God did not leave.
00:06:33He stayed with us.
00:06:35He wants to continue sharing our lives.
00:06:38He wants to continue sharing our difficulties, our joys, our happiness.
00:06:45He wants to be present with you and me.
00:06:48He wants to be present.
00:06:49That is why his name is not only Jesus, which we know in Hebrew Yeshua means God saves,
00:07:01but he is also Emmanuel.
00:07:04He is God with us.
00:07:07He wants to stay in your life.
00:07:09He wants to stay at your house.
00:07:12He wants to remain in our businesses, in all areas of our lives.
00:07:17And well, since He certainly still has a body now,
00:07:26But nevertheless, it is a glorious body that He can control at will.
00:07:31whether he lets himself be seen or whether he doesn't let himself be seen.
00:07:34If it enters our physical realm and we can have a sensory experience of Him
00:07:40Or if he prefers to be, well, a little, we would say, hidden away.
00:07:46It's not really that he's hiding, but rather that he has particular ways of being among us.
00:07:53And basically we could talk about four forms, four presences.
00:08:00One of them, perhaps the most important, is that of the Eucharist.
00:08:06Jesus is present among us through the Eucharistic sacrament.
00:08:11A second presence is that of the brothers, especially, as we will see in a few moments,
00:08:20in the most needy.
00:08:22He also wanted to stick to his word.
00:08:26Here in His word we will find the real presence.
00:08:30And finally, it has chosen to remain with the bishops and priests.
00:08:36Sensible forms, tangible forms, through which we can find Jesus
00:08:43constantly near us.
00:08:47He has promised to be with us and to continue with us until the end of this world.
00:08:54And so today I would like to begin with this first form of Jesus' presence in our lives,
00:09:00which is very important and which we sometimes don't appreciate.
00:09:04There are so many, so many Christians who do not value the Eucharist.
00:09:11Many people go to mass.
00:09:14But how many people take communion?
00:09:15Today our statistics tell us that only 17% at best,
00:09:2417% of our Catholic Christian population attends Mass.
00:09:30That leaves 83% completely outside of this wonderful presence,
00:09:37Jesus' transformative power in our lives.
00:09:41But what is also very sad is that of this 17% who attend our celebrations today,
00:09:48In most cases, less than 50% of the people who come to receive communion do not reach that number.
00:09:56And this is truly, well, I could almost say it's tragic.
00:10:03Imagine, from all of God's people,
00:10:08We could say that not even 6% or 7%
00:10:13He approaches to receive communion,
00:10:18to participate in this transformative presence in the soul
00:10:22that makes us feel sweetness,
00:10:27the joy, the peace that God wants to communicate to us
00:10:30through his beloved Son Jesus Christ.
00:10:33And this is because people don't approach us today.
00:10:37He does not approach to receive communion.
00:10:39This first presence, the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist,
00:10:45It is a presence that is certainly a hidden presence.
00:10:49We can think, during the time that Jesus was among us,
00:10:53which was not easy for his contemporaries to discover,
00:10:57to discover in this man, right?
00:11:00In this, this person who was walking among them
00:11:05and discover that He was, therefore, truly God,
00:11:09that He truly was, then,
00:11:13someone they couldn't see.
00:11:15They simply saw a human being like us,
00:11:18who spoke like us,
00:11:20who walked like us,
00:11:21who shared life like us,
00:11:24who ate like us.
00:11:27They saw a seemingly normal person, just like the rest of us.
00:11:34However, behind this person,
00:11:37In her existed the mystery of God,
00:11:40It's a huge mystery, isn't it?
00:11:42the mystery of the incarnation.
00:11:45And that is why Sacred Scripture tells us,
00:11:48I would like you to go to your Bible,
00:11:50in chapter 16 of Matthew,
00:11:55Jesus asks a question,
00:11:58Jesus asks his disciples a question.
00:12:01I would like you to open your Bible to chapter 16,
00:12:05starting from verse 13.
00:12:08The text says,
00:12:10On the way to the region of Caesarea Philippi,
00:12:15Jesus asked his disciples,
00:12:18Who do people say the Son of Man is?
00:12:21And they answered him,
00:12:24some that John the Baptist,
00:12:26others than Elijah,
00:12:28others than Jeremiah,
00:12:30or one of the prophets.
00:12:32Jesus asked them,
00:12:33And according to you,
00:12:36Who am I?
00:12:38Simon Peter answered,
00:12:40You are the Messiah,
00:12:42the Son of the living God.
00:12:44Look at verse 17,
00:12:47Jesus said to him,
00:12:49Blessed are you, Simon,
00:12:51son of John,
00:12:52Because no mortal has revealed that to you,
00:12:56but my Father who is in heaven.
00:12:59And I tell you,
00:13:00You are Peter,
00:13:01and on this rock I will build my church,
00:13:04and the power of death
00:13:05will not be able to prevail in it.
00:13:08I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven,
00:13:11what you bind on the ground
00:13:13He will be bound in heaven,
00:13:14and what you unleash upon the earth
00:13:16will be unleashed in the sky.
00:13:20Jesus asks,
00:13:23According to you,
00:13:25Who am I?
00:13:28And this answer is,
00:13:30extremely important.
00:13:35Is he a great character?
00:13:37Who is Jesus to you so far?
00:13:41Even so,
00:13:43after that,
00:13:44which we have already been seeing about Jesus,
00:13:48Who is Jesus to you?
00:13:51A great character?
00:13:52Once upon a time,
00:13:55a time that I myself lived through,
00:13:57the time of the hippies,
00:13:58Back in the sixties,
00:14:00They said that Jesus was the first hippie,
00:14:03because she wore her hair long,
00:14:05his beard,
00:14:06and he was wearing flip-flops and sandals,
00:14:08and it was the one of love and peace,
00:14:09TRUE?
00:14:09Jesus was their emblem.
00:14:13Well, he was the leader of the hippies,
00:14:16because he spoke of love and he spoke of peace,
00:14:19and she had long hair,
00:14:21And the hippies also wore sandals,
00:14:24And they said,
00:14:24We don't want war anymore,
00:14:25We want peace.
00:14:26Che Guevara,
00:14:30because he also used him as a role model,
00:14:33because he said,
00:14:35He was a great guerrilla fighter,
00:14:37They opposed the powers of that time,
00:14:40We know that in Jesus' time,
00:14:43political power and religious power,
00:14:45They were practically united,
00:14:47The Romans certainly exercised dominion,
00:14:51But public power and religious power,
00:14:53It was in the hands of the Pharisees,
00:14:55and the doctors of the law,
00:14:57So Jesus,
00:14:59as we read in the scripture,
00:15:01They are confronted,
00:15:02He questions them,
00:15:04And then Che Guevara said,
00:15:06and this whole line of armed insurrection,
00:15:09TRUE?
00:15:09who was looking for a change of life,
00:15:11who sought to serve the poor,
00:15:14as Jesus did,
00:15:16because we find it constantly on many posters,
00:15:18All of this also happens,
00:15:20around the end of the 1960s,
00:15:22early 1970s,
00:15:24Jesus is going to be a guerrilla fighter too,
00:15:28Who is Jesus?
00:15:31Who is Jesus to you?
00:15:34In the 1970s,
00:15:35A movie came out,
00:15:38which caused a great sensation,
00:15:41His name was,
00:15:42Jesus Christ Superstar,
00:15:45And I remember going there once,
00:15:50to a conference,
00:15:51where a nun,
00:15:52I was giving a talk on this topic,
00:15:56And I remember that he wrote on a large blackboard,
00:16:00There's the title of this movie,
00:16:03She was an American nun,
00:16:05I was taking a course there in the United States,
00:16:08And then he put it there,
00:16:11Jesus Christ Superstar,
00:16:13Jesus Christ Superstar,
00:16:16and I was doing more or less this kind of,
00:16:18of questioning,
00:16:19that I am doing with you right now,
00:16:22and then,
00:16:24it turns over at a certain point,
00:16:26grab it again,
00:16:27His,
00:16:30and then cross out,
00:16:32the word Superstar,
00:16:36and he puts it on,
00:16:37Jesus Christ is Lord,
00:16:43Jesus is not a superstar,
00:16:48Jesus,
00:16:49Jesus is Lord,
00:16:52And this is what we have heard in this text,
00:16:55Who do people say I am?
00:16:59Well,
00:17:00Well, some say you're Elijah,
00:17:02others that you are a great prophet,
00:17:05but,
00:17:05And you?
00:17:06You Christians?
00:17:08You, those who have been following me?
00:17:11What about you?
00:17:13What do you say he is?
00:17:15And well,
00:17:16Well, Pedro discovers it,
00:17:18and says to him,
00:17:20You are the Son of God,
00:17:23You are the Messiah,
00:17:24for modern man,
00:17:28It also works for him,
00:17:30discover Jesus,
00:17:31a great enigma,
00:17:33and it becomes more difficult for him,
00:17:35discover it in the Eucharist,
00:17:38When you,
00:17:39Are you going to mass?
00:17:41when the priest,
00:17:43Raise the host,
00:17:44and presents it,
00:17:47you are able to discover there,
00:17:49to Jesus,
00:17:50Today, man,
00:17:54He's alone in there,
00:17:56in the immanent,
00:17:58in the senses,
00:18:00He finds it difficult to see Jesus,
00:18:02in the Eucharist,
00:18:04And that's because,
00:18:05like with Peter,
00:18:06It is only possible,
00:18:08for love,
00:18:10and for faith,
00:18:10we cannot,
00:18:14easily,
00:18:15discover Jesus,
00:18:16We need faith,
00:18:19so that we can,
00:18:20like Saint Thomas,
00:18:22when the priest,
00:18:24Raise the host,
00:18:25which is a tradition,
00:18:26that they were imposing,
00:18:27the Jesuits,
00:18:28and that still,
00:18:29in many of our parishes,
00:18:31still,
00:18:32well,
00:18:32We can do it,
00:18:34see and live,
00:18:36when the priest,
00:18:37Raise the host,
00:18:38the Jesuits,
00:18:39they were introducing,
00:18:40above all,
00:18:41well,
00:18:42at the top,
00:18:44from the Middle Ages,
00:18:45when people,
00:18:46I no longer believed,
00:18:47in none of this,
00:18:49they said,
00:18:50the words,
00:18:51of Saint Thomas,
00:18:52My Lord,
00:18:54Oh my God,
00:18:56you will remember that,
00:18:57Well, then,
00:18:59that Thomas,
00:18:59I didn't believe in this,
00:19:01the disciples,
00:19:02They went to say,
00:19:03We have seen the Lord,
00:19:06And he says,
00:19:07If not me,
00:19:08I put,
00:19:09my hands,
00:19:10in the holes,
00:19:11of his nails,
00:19:12If not me,
00:19:13I put,
00:19:14my hand,
00:19:15on his side,
00:19:16open,
00:19:17And if I don't believe it,
00:19:19and well,
00:19:20He tells us,
00:19:20in the Gospel of John,
00:19:21that a week later,
00:19:24Well, it's presented,
00:19:25Jesus again,
00:19:26Now Tomás was there,
00:19:27and then,
00:19:28The Lord says to him,
00:19:29Let's see, Tomás,
00:19:30Come here,
00:19:32Give me your finger,
00:19:33and put it in,
00:19:34in the holes,
00:19:35of the nail,
00:19:36Give me your hand,
00:19:37and put it in,
00:19:38in the wound,
00:19:39from my side,
00:19:40and believes,
00:19:43and then,
00:19:44He tells us,
00:19:45that he,
00:19:45well, completely,
00:19:46repentant,
00:19:47and full of shame,
00:19:48he tells her,
00:19:49My Lord,
00:19:51Oh my God,
00:19:53Now you believe,
00:19:54because you have seen me,
00:19:56Blessed are those,
00:19:57without having seen me,
00:19:59believe,
00:20:00and well,
00:20:01well,
00:20:02That's who we are.
00:20:03those who, without seeing,
00:20:06can we believe,
00:20:09is,
00:20:09It's difficult,
00:20:11discover it,
00:20:13And that's why,
00:20:14the Jesuits,
00:20:15at the moment,
00:20:16well,
00:20:16They invited people,
00:20:18to repeat,
00:20:19when the priest,
00:20:20presents the host,
00:20:21that is to say,
00:20:22My Lord,
00:20:24Oh my God,
00:20:25remembering,
00:20:26these words,
00:20:27of Saint Thomas,
00:20:29that he didn't believe,
00:20:30But now,
00:20:31that he had it,
00:20:31facing himself,
00:20:33I discovered it,
00:20:34as their God,
00:20:35and as his Lord,
00:20:37the truth,
00:20:38what it is,
00:20:39truly valuable,
00:20:41and important,
00:20:42generally,
00:20:43We can't see it,
00:20:46we cannot see,
00:20:47to Jesus,
00:20:48in the Eucharist,
00:20:50And yet,
00:20:51There it is,
00:20:53Jesus awaits us,
00:20:54in all agricultural areas,
00:20:57It is his presence,
00:20:58hidden,
00:21:00I was saying,
00:21:01one of the shepherd boys,
00:21:03Francis,
00:21:04I was saying,
00:21:05which is presence,
00:21:07of his Jesus,
00:21:08hidden,
00:21:09and this,
00:21:10child,
00:21:11barely nine years old,
00:21:12It was going to happen,
00:21:13the entire afternoons,
00:21:15there,
00:21:16to one side,
00:21:17from the tabernacle,
00:21:18in the church,
00:21:19of their community,
00:21:21And there it was,
00:21:23with his Jesus,
00:21:23hidden,
00:21:24Neither did he.
00:21:25I could see it,
00:21:27But I knew,
00:21:28that it was there,
00:21:30in the presence,
00:21:31hidden,
00:21:31of Jesus,
00:21:32brother,
00:21:33There it is,
00:21:35to listen to us,
00:21:36to console us,
00:21:39You can leave.
00:21:39to the chapels,
00:21:41where there is a most holy place,
00:21:42as we call it,
00:21:43where is,
00:21:44the presence,
00:21:45hidden,
00:21:45of Jesus,
00:21:47and he,
00:21:47He's listening to you there.
00:21:48TRUE,
00:21:49that everywhere,
00:21:50He/She is listening to you,
00:21:51He is present,
00:21:52everywhere,
00:21:54because it is,
00:21:54omnipresent,
00:21:55but he wanted to,
00:21:57stay,
00:21:58there,
00:21:59has wanted,
00:22:00stay,
00:22:01in the Most Holy,
00:22:03to listen to you,
00:22:04to comfort you,
00:22:06It's impressive,
00:22:08the experience,
00:22:09of being,
00:22:10in the chapels,
00:22:11consecrated,
00:22:12to the Most Holy,
00:22:12sacrament,
00:22:13where it arrives,
00:22:14one moment,
00:22:15in which practically,
00:22:16You can feel it,
00:22:19You know,
00:22:20that you are,
00:22:21listening,
00:22:22a lot more,
00:22:23When we have problems,
00:22:25when we need to,
00:22:26someone with whom,
00:22:27to vent,
00:22:28so,
00:22:29we can realize,
00:22:30that indeed,
00:22:31Jesus,
00:22:32It's there,
00:22:33and that listens to me,
00:22:34And it comforts me,
00:22:35and I can cry,
00:22:36and feel comforted,
00:22:37beloved,
00:22:38and listened,
00:22:39Because Jesus is there,
00:22:41in the tabernacle,
00:22:44He promised it.
00:22:46We have,
00:22:47heard,
00:22:48a moment ago,
00:22:50we have seen,
00:22:50as Jesus promised,
00:22:52that it would be there,
00:22:55And as we know,
00:22:56that this is true,
00:22:58that in that,
00:22:59little piece of bread,
00:23:02There is Jesus,
00:23:03Well,
00:23:04the holy scripture,
00:23:05He doesn't reveal it,
00:23:07I would like,
00:23:07that you opened,
00:23:08now,
00:23:09your bible,
00:23:10in chapter 26,
00:23:12verses 26,
00:23:14on the 28th,
00:23:14of the gospel,
00:23:15Matthew's,
00:23:18Jesus says,
00:23:19in this text,
00:23:20during dinner,
00:23:23Jesus took bread,
00:23:24He pronounced the blessing,
00:23:27He broke it,
00:23:28and giving to them,
00:23:28his disciples,
00:23:29said,
00:23:30Take and eat,
00:23:33This is my body,
00:23:35Then he took a chalice,
00:23:36And after giving thanks,
00:23:38He gave it to his disciples,
00:23:39saying,
00:23:40Let them all drink from it,
00:23:42because this is my blood,
00:23:43the blood of the alliance,
00:23:45that spills over for everyone,
00:23:46for forgiveness,
00:23:47of sins,
00:23:49Jesus,
00:23:51at this last supper,
00:23:53reveals its presence,
00:23:56through,
00:23:57of the Eucharist,
00:23:58He reveals his presence,
00:24:00through,
00:24:02from this little piece,
00:24:03of bread,
00:24:04that we would see,
00:24:06simply,
00:24:07like a loaf of bread,
00:24:08as in time,
00:24:10where Jesus walked,
00:24:11among the people,
00:24:12from Jerusalem,
00:24:14from Nazareth,
00:24:14that they saw,
00:24:15simply a man,
00:24:16Well, we,
00:24:17we simply see,
00:24:18a loaf of bread,
00:24:20but it's not bread,
00:24:22after the consecration,
00:24:24after the priest,
00:24:25has pronounced,
00:24:26the consecratory words,
00:24:28in that little bit,
00:24:30of bread,
00:24:31The bread is gone.
00:24:32Now it is,
00:24:34Christ,
00:24:35her body,
00:24:37his soul,
00:24:38his blood,
00:24:39and his divinity,
00:24:41truly present,
00:24:43however,
00:24:45well,
00:24:45There are people,
00:24:46There are people,
00:24:47who deny,
00:24:48this presence,
00:24:50among them,
00:24:51For example,
00:24:52are,
00:24:53the witnesses,
00:24:54of Jehovah,
00:24:55and in general,
00:24:56the Protestants,
00:24:57maybe,
00:24:58you have had,
00:24:59or have a deal,
00:25:00with some people,
00:25:01like them,
00:25:02sometimes,
00:25:03well,
00:25:04in our families,
00:25:04Some have changed,
00:25:06of religion,
00:25:07and have become witnesses,
00:25:08of Jehovah,
00:25:08or have been done,
00:25:09Protestants,
00:25:10And why them,
00:25:12Don't you think so?
00:25:14Why them,
00:25:15They do not accept,
00:25:16These truths?
00:25:17Well,
00:25:18well,
00:25:19For example,
00:25:19the witnesses,
00:25:20of Jehovah,
00:25:21have changed,
00:25:22even,
00:25:23the Bible,
00:25:24that's why,
00:25:25well,
00:25:25is one,
00:25:26of the sects,
00:25:28that they,
00:25:28they say,
00:25:29Christians,
00:25:30They are sects,
00:25:31quasi-religious,
00:25:33that they do not have,
00:25:34really,
00:25:35no support,
00:25:36because,
00:25:37even,
00:25:37They were so daring,
00:25:38Take a look at this,
00:25:41They were so daring,
00:25:42the witnesses,
00:25:43of Jehovah,
00:25:43what they have done,
00:25:44changes,
00:25:45in the sacred scripture,
00:25:48They modified it,
00:25:49so that it would settle in,
00:25:51to his,
00:25:52to his doctrine,
00:25:53so that it would settle in,
00:25:55according to what they believe,
00:25:57and in this text,
00:25:58that we just read,
00:26:00in this chapter 26,
00:26:02in verse 26,
00:26:04and on the 28th,
00:26:06Jesus,
00:26:06clearly,
00:26:07How do I finish it for you?
00:26:08right now,
00:26:08to read,
00:26:10Jesus says,
00:26:12during dinner,
00:26:13took bread,
00:26:14He pronounced the blessing,
00:26:15He broke it,
00:26:16and giving it,
00:26:17to his disciples,
00:26:18said,
00:26:19Take and eat,
00:26:20this,
00:26:22is,
00:26:23this,
00:26:25is,
00:26:25my body,
00:26:28in the Bibles,
00:26:29of the witnesses,
00:26:30of Jehovah,
00:26:31you will find,
00:26:32that changed,
00:26:33the verb,
00:26:34be,
00:26:35through the verb,
00:26:36mean,
00:26:38they,
00:26:39when they visit you,
00:26:40obviously,
00:26:41They tell you,
00:26:42And that's how they put it,
00:26:43If you look closely,
00:26:43the Bible,
00:26:44of the witnesses,
00:26:44of Jehovah,
00:26:45says,
00:26:46new translation,
00:26:47revised,
00:26:48and they,
00:26:49They tell you,
00:26:50No,
00:26:50What happens,
00:26:51the thing is,
00:26:51the interpretation,
00:26:53That's not correct.
00:26:55however,
00:26:56they,
00:26:56they changed,
00:26:57the word,
00:26:59the verb,
00:27:00that uses,
00:27:01the holy scripture,
00:27:02in Greek,
00:27:03which is like,
00:27:03As I tell them,
00:27:04because,
00:27:05well,
00:27:05sometimes,
00:27:05also,
00:27:06there,
00:27:06in the rectory,
00:27:07suddenly,
00:27:08They visit us,
00:27:09I tell them,
00:27:10to these brothers,
00:27:12look,
00:27:12Let's go to the Bible,
00:27:13and then,
00:27:14then,
00:27:14then,
00:27:15I'm going to this text,
00:27:16because the problem with everything,
00:27:18It lies in how I interpret the Bible,
00:27:21I tell him,
00:27:21Do you believe something?
00:27:22Because the Bible tells you so,
00:27:24but,
00:27:24really,
00:27:25This book,
00:27:26that you are reading,
00:27:27It is written,
00:27:28according to the truth,
00:27:31or have they already made modifications to it?
00:27:32because,
00:27:33well,
00:27:34I, this Bible,
00:27:35I can put anything in it,
00:27:36and say whatever I want,
00:27:38But that's what Jesus said,
00:27:40We received it,
00:27:41directly,
00:27:42of the,
00:27:43of the apostles,
00:27:45and the only Bibles,
00:27:46that are changed,
00:27:47And you will remember,
00:27:48I told you so,
00:27:49at the beginning,
00:27:50of our training,
00:27:52the only Bible,
00:27:53that has changed,
00:27:54modified,
00:27:55in his text,
00:27:57It is that of the Jehovah's Witnesses,
00:27:59They changed the word,
00:28:01from the verb to be,
00:28:02which would be Sting,
00:28:04This is my body,
00:28:07They changed it,
00:28:08And they say,
00:28:09their Bibles,
00:28:10If on any occasion,
00:28:11You have the opportunity,
00:28:12after reading it,
00:28:12or any of them,
00:28:13brothers out there,
00:28:14He visits you,
00:28:15Well, he's going to say,
00:28:16This means,
00:28:19means,
00:28:20it's not,
00:28:22one thing,
00:28:23It's just that things,
00:28:23mean,
00:28:24TRUE,
00:28:25I am,
00:28:26at a certain point,
00:28:27a meaning,
00:28:28of Jesus,
00:28:28But I am not Jesus,
00:28:29and what we have,
00:28:32in the Eucharist,
00:28:33It is not a symbol,
00:28:35It's not a sign,
00:28:36It really is,
00:28:37the presence,
00:28:40this,
00:28:40It's my body,
00:28:42and what they ate,
00:28:43the disciples,
00:28:44what we continue to eat,
00:28:45us,
00:28:46Christians,
00:28:48It is the body,
00:28:49of Jesus,
00:28:50after the consecration,
00:28:51It does not mean,
00:28:54When we go,
00:28:54For example,
00:28:55at one,
00:28:55to a first communion,
00:28:57You'll see,
00:28:58that they put there,
00:28:59on the altar,
00:29:00wheat and bread,
00:29:01and they also put,
00:29:03came,
00:29:04Well,
00:29:04all that,
00:29:05means,
00:29:07They are signs,
00:29:08of the Eucharist,
00:29:10But that is not the Eucharist,
00:29:12the Eucharist,
00:29:13this,
00:29:14in the bread,
00:29:15in the bread,
00:29:16that is consecrated,
00:29:18and,
00:29:19cease to be bread,
00:29:20for a start,
00:29:21to be,
00:29:22the body,
00:29:23and the blood,
00:29:23of Christ,
00:29:25however,
00:29:26They changed,
00:29:26the verb,
00:29:28est,
00:29:29through the verb,
00:29:30Greek,
00:29:31semellon,
00:29:33that,
00:29:33has,
00:29:34the value,
00:29:35to mean,
00:29:37And of course,
00:29:37They say,
00:29:38which is new,
00:29:39translation,
00:29:39from the Bible,
00:29:41however,
00:29:42this is,
00:29:43completely,
00:29:45mistaken,
00:29:47in Greek,
00:29:48the word,
00:29:50be,
00:29:50and mean,
00:29:52is,
00:29:52completely,
00:29:54different,
00:29:54one,
00:29:56is the verb,
00:29:57be,
00:29:58and another,
00:29:59is,
00:29:59the word,
00:30:01mean,
00:30:02and what they,
00:30:03They have it there,
00:30:04in their Bibles,
00:30:05that is to say,
00:30:07in a way,
00:30:08that they,
00:30:08that's why,
00:30:09They deny it,
00:30:10Let this be it,
00:30:11well,
00:30:12a presence,
00:30:13real,
00:30:15the others,
00:30:16siblings,
00:30:16Protestants,
00:30:17also,
00:30:18They deny it,
00:30:18this presence,
00:30:19real,
00:30:20however,
00:30:21It is important,
00:30:22for them,
00:30:23the fact that,
00:30:24Let's see,
00:30:24a text,
00:30:25of the first community,
00:30:27Saint Paul,
00:30:28he writes to her,
00:30:29to the community,
00:30:30from Corinth,
00:30:31because,
00:30:32They had a series,
00:30:33of disorders,
00:30:34inside,
00:30:35of the Eucharist,
00:30:36excellent,
00:30:37as we have already mentioned,
00:30:38They called him,
00:30:39dinner,
00:30:41of the Lord,
00:30:42and well,
00:30:43well,
00:30:43they brought,
00:30:43around there,
00:30:44a complete mess,
00:30:46herein,
00:30:46on this topic,
00:30:48and well,
00:30:48well,
00:30:49Saint Paul,
00:30:50write to the Corinthians,
00:30:51and in chapter 11,
00:30:53dedicates,
00:30:54a good section,
00:30:56so that they,
00:30:57understand,
00:30:57What is it about?
00:30:58this text,
00:30:59I'd like,
00:31:00that you open your Bible,
00:31:01First Corinthians,
00:31:02Chapter 11,
00:31:03the verses,
00:31:05of the 23rd,
00:31:06on the 29th,
00:31:07and there,
00:31:08we're going to realize,
00:31:09how Saint Paul,
00:31:11corrects,
00:31:12to the community,
00:31:14so that they,
00:31:14understand,
00:31:15that truly,
00:31:16what they have in their hands,
00:31:17It's not a piece of bread,
00:31:19It does not mean,
00:31:20the body of Christ,
00:31:22It does not mean,
00:31:24his blood,
00:31:25but it is,
00:31:26truly,
00:31:27the body,
00:31:27and the blood of the Lord,
00:31:30says,
00:31:31the text,
00:31:33As far as I'm concerned,
00:31:34of the Lord,
00:31:35I received the tradition,
00:31:36that I have conveyed to them,
00:31:38namely,
00:31:39that Jesus,
00:31:40the Lord,
00:31:41the night,
00:31:41in which it was to be delivered,
00:31:42took bread,
00:31:43And after giving thanks,
00:31:45He broke it,
00:31:45And he said,
00:31:46this,
00:31:47It's my body,
00:31:48delivered by you,
00:31:50Do this,
00:31:51in my memory,
00:31:52likewise,
00:31:53after dinner,
00:31:54He took the chalice,
00:31:55And he said,
00:31:56this,
00:31:57It is the chalice,
00:31:58of the new alliance,
00:31:59sealed with my blood,
00:32:00how many times,
00:32:01drink from it,
00:32:03Do it,
00:32:03in my memory,
00:32:05Therefore,
00:32:06as long as they eat,
00:32:07this bread,
00:32:09and drink,
00:32:09from this chalice,
00:32:10announce,
00:32:11the death of the Lord,
00:32:13until he comes,
00:32:14listen,
00:32:15verse 27,
00:32:17that's why,
00:32:19whoever eats,
00:32:20bread,
00:32:21or drink,
00:32:21the chalice of the Lord,
00:32:23unworthily,
00:32:25unworthily,
00:32:28people who,
00:32:29He does not confess,
00:32:31people who,
00:32:32He thought it was going to stop,
00:32:33to receive a candy,
00:32:34Something like that,
00:32:35that it doesn't,
00:32:36with devotion,
00:32:37I mean,
00:32:37being aware,
00:32:39of what he is receiving,
00:32:40Listen to what he says,
00:32:43sins against the body,
00:32:45and the blood,
00:32:46of the Lord,
00:32:48says,
00:32:50says Saint Paul,
00:32:51Examine yourselves, then,
00:32:52each to himself,
00:32:54before eating the bread,
00:32:55and drink the cup,
00:32:57because whoever eats,
00:32:59and drink,
00:33:00without discerning,
00:33:02without realizing it,
00:33:04what you are eating,
00:33:06says,
00:33:07because whoever eats,
00:33:08and drink,
00:33:08without discerning,
00:33:09the body,
00:33:11eat,
00:33:11and drink,
00:33:12his own punishment,
00:33:15eat,
00:33:16and drink,
00:33:17his own punishment,
00:33:19that is to say,
00:33:21we can't,
00:33:22bring closer,
00:33:23to communion,
00:33:25if we,
00:33:26We are not in a good mood,
00:33:28if we,
00:33:29we don't discern there,
00:33:31if we,
00:33:32We have no faith,
00:33:34That is why the priest,
00:33:36when is it going to happen to you,
00:33:36communion,
00:33:38It shows you communion,
00:33:40and puts it in front of her,
00:33:41from your eyes,
00:33:42and he tells you,
00:33:43the body of Christ,
00:33:45And you say,
00:33:47amen,
00:33:48which means,
00:33:50It's true,
00:33:51Yes, I believe so.
00:33:52that's how it is,
00:33:53That was it,
00:33:54It will always be like this,
00:33:56the word amen,
00:33:57That's why it hasn't been translated.
00:34:00because it has many meanings,
00:34:02within the,
00:34:02of the Hebrew mentality,
00:34:04means,
00:34:05Yes, I believe so.
00:34:06if it is,
00:34:07I agree,
00:34:08I understand,
00:34:10when the priest,
00:34:12It turns you on,
00:34:13that's why,
00:34:14Holy shit,
00:34:15so that you,
00:34:16aware,
00:34:17of these words,
00:34:18that we have heard,
00:34:19of Saint Paul,
00:34:20you can say,
00:34:22Yes, I believe so.
00:34:22that is to say,
00:34:23if I disagree,
00:34:25that this,
00:34:26What am I going to eat now?
00:34:27It's not a piece,
00:34:28of bread,
00:34:29but,
00:34:30that this,
00:34:31What am I going to eat now?
00:34:33It really is,
00:34:34the body,
00:34:35and the blood of Christ,
00:34:38There I am,
00:34:39saying,
00:34:40Yeah,
00:34:41I'm going to eat,
00:34:42to Jesus,
00:34:44I'm going to eat,
00:34:45her body,
00:34:46and drink,
00:34:46his blood,
00:34:48And those who don't,
00:34:49I see a lot of people,
00:34:50that suddenly,
00:34:51It's coming,
00:34:52to receive communion,
00:34:52He comes in distracted,
00:34:53he comes thinking,
00:34:54in other things,
00:34:56I haven't lacked anything,
00:34:57above all,
00:34:58in young people,
00:34:58but also,
00:34:59in some adults,
00:35:00that are approaching,
00:35:02to receive communion,
00:35:03with a piece of chewing gum,
00:35:04in the mouth,
00:35:05when that,
00:35:07Holy Church,
00:35:08He asks us,
00:35:08that at least,
00:35:09let's have,
00:35:10one hour of fasting,
00:35:11of sacrifice,
00:35:12preparation,
00:35:14at this time,
00:35:15so important,
00:35:17to receive the body,
00:35:18and the blood of Jesus,
00:35:19Here come the people,
00:35:21chewing his gum,
00:35:25turning to one side,
00:35:26greeting friends,
00:35:27hello,
00:35:27How are you?
00:35:28Yes, right now.
00:35:29See you at the exit,
00:35:30to go to the movies,
00:35:32etc,
00:35:33the one who eats,
00:35:37without discerning,
00:35:40Look how long they last!
00:35:40Paul's words,
00:35:42the one who eats,
00:35:43without discerning,
00:35:44the body of Christ,
00:35:46says,
00:35:46It is eaten,
00:35:47his own damnation,
00:35:50instead of being,
00:35:51a food,
00:35:51that it does good,
00:35:52to the soul,
00:35:53it becomes,
00:35:54in a food,
00:35:55that destroys,
00:35:56our eternal life,
00:35:57that's why,
00:35:59It is important,
00:36:00that we,
00:36:01Let's raise awareness,
00:36:03as we get closer,
00:36:04Let's eat,
00:36:05and drink,
00:36:06of the body,
00:36:06and of the blood of the Lord,
00:36:07and most importantly,
00:36:11is that this presence,
00:36:13It's not just about having it close by,
00:36:15in order to be able to talk to him,
00:36:17but Jesus set it as a condition,
00:36:20It is said in Latin,
00:36:21sine qua non,
00:36:23that is to say,
00:36:23without which,
00:36:24I cannot have,
00:36:26eternal life,
00:36:27a person,
00:36:29who does not take communion,
00:36:30a person,
00:36:31who doesn't eat,
00:36:32and doesn't drink,
00:36:33of the blood of the Lord,
00:36:35cannot have,
00:36:36eternal life,
00:36:37and this too,
00:36:38It's very clear,
00:36:40in the sacred scripture,
00:36:42I would like,
00:36:43that you saw,
00:36:44a text,
00:36:45because the brothers,
00:36:46separated,
00:36:47they say,
00:36:47rapier,
00:36:48Well, we,
00:36:49We do not take communion,
00:36:50and,
00:36:51Well, look at that,
00:36:52That's serious.
00:36:53is not to take communion,
00:36:54I want you to open it now.
00:36:55your Bible,
00:36:56in chapter 6,
00:36:59of San Juan,
00:37:00from the Gospel of Saint John,
00:37:02and see above all,
00:37:03the,
00:37:04in the verses,
00:37:0551 to 54,
00:37:07This chapter 6,
00:37:09of San Juan,
00:37:10presents us,
00:37:11what is known,
00:37:11like the sermon,
00:37:12Eucharistic,
00:37:14Juan,
00:37:15does not repeat,
00:37:16that Juan is already writing,
00:37:18many years later,
00:37:19that they are,
00:37:20already established communities,
00:37:22Juan doesn't repeat himself,
00:37:23this text,
00:37:24that we read,
00:37:25Matthew's,
00:37:2626,
00:37:27which is also,
00:37:28in the others,
00:37:29evangelists,
00:37:30which is called,
00:37:30the institution of the Eucharist,
00:37:32He doesn't repeat it anymore,
00:37:34because it's already something that,
00:37:35Well, everyone already knows,
00:37:36Saint Paul,
00:37:37also through his letter,
00:37:39to the Corinthians,
00:37:40Well, there is,
00:37:41made,
00:37:41well,
00:37:42to make it clear,
00:37:44that,
00:37:44is really present,
00:37:47Juan rather,
00:37:47ha,
00:37:48walked by another,
00:37:49by another route,
00:37:51so that we can delve deeper,
00:37:53in what it really is,
00:37:54and above all,
00:37:55in need,
00:37:57to eat it,
00:37:59like real food,
00:38:00so that it may give us life,
00:38:02and then,
00:38:03Let's see,
00:38:03I want you to go,
00:38:04to your Bible,
00:38:06It is important,
00:38:07that you underline,
00:38:09These texts,
00:38:10and within these texts,
00:38:11I'm going to give it to you right now,
00:38:11some important indications,
00:38:13Chapter 6,
00:38:15of San Juan,
00:38:16verse 51,
00:38:17to 54,
00:38:19Eucharistic sermon,
00:38:20of Jesus,
00:38:22Jesus says,
00:38:24I am the living bread,
00:38:26descended from heaven,
00:38:27whoever eats this bread,
00:38:29will live forever,
00:38:30the bread that I will give,
00:38:31It is my flesh,
00:38:32I'll give it to you,
00:38:33for the life of the world,
00:38:34verse 51,
00:38:36I am the bread,
00:38:38descended from heaven,
00:38:39He is this bread,
00:38:40says,
00:38:42whoever eats,
00:38:43from this bread,
00:38:44will live forever,
00:38:46verse 52,
00:38:48This caused,
00:38:49a heated argument,
00:38:50among the Jews,
00:38:51who wondered,
00:38:53how can this,
00:38:54give us his flesh to eat,
00:38:57Jesus,
00:38:58he told them,
00:38:59I assure you,
00:39:00If they don't eat,
00:39:01the flesh of the son of man,
00:39:03and they do not drink their blood,
00:39:05They will have no life in you,
00:39:07He who eats my flesh,
00:39:08and drink my blood,
00:39:09has eternal life,
00:39:12and I will raise him up,
00:39:13the last day,
00:39:15My meat is real food,
00:39:18and my blood is true drink,
00:39:21He who eats my flesh,
00:39:23and drink my blood,
00:39:24He lives in me,
00:39:26and I live in it,
00:39:29a truly,
00:39:31important,
00:39:33however,
00:39:34Well,
00:39:34It is argued,
00:39:36that,
00:39:37really the separated brothers,
00:39:39they argue,
00:39:41that it is about,
00:39:42from a meal,
00:39:43intellectually,
00:39:46that is to say,
00:39:47When I read,
00:39:48I am feeding myself,
00:39:49I am feeding,
00:39:50my soul too,
00:39:51Let's see,
00:39:52This will be covered later.
00:39:53when we see,
00:39:54the word of God,
00:39:55but,
00:39:56it is through,
00:39:57of the word,
00:39:59as well as I feed myself,
00:40:01however,
00:40:02well,
00:40:02This is used.
00:40:03in one sense,
00:40:04metaphorical,
00:40:05not in one sense,
00:40:07real,
00:40:08and sometimes,
00:40:08is what we use,
00:40:09In this sense,
00:40:11metaphorical,
00:40:11For example,
00:40:12As he says,
00:40:13the groom to the bride,
00:40:14who loves her very much,
00:40:15and says to him,
00:40:16I'm going to shower you with kisses,
00:40:19And what does that mean?
00:40:21that she's going to bite her,
00:40:21or as it is,
00:40:22No,
00:40:23It is simply,
00:40:23that he's going to shower her with kisses,
00:40:24It's one way,
00:40:25metaphorical,
00:40:26It's one way,
00:40:27poetic,
00:40:27and,
00:40:29in general,
00:40:30our separated brethren,
00:40:31They say that Jesus,
00:40:32He's speaking here,
00:40:33in one sense,
00:40:34So,
00:40:34in one sense,
00:40:36metaphorical,
00:40:36not in one sense,
00:40:37real,
00:40:38There are some,
00:40:39examples,
00:40:40who present it to us,
00:40:41likewise,
00:40:42There is a text,
00:40:43For example,
00:40:44in Ezekiel 3,
00:40:45in chapter 3,
00:40:47in verse 1,
00:40:48where,
00:40:49we can see,
00:40:50as,
00:40:51There are indeed,
00:40:53This vision,
00:40:54also,
00:40:54or in this way,
00:40:55to speak,
00:40:56metaphorical,
00:40:57in the sense of eating,
00:40:59I would like,
00:40:59that you go to the text,
00:41:01from Ezekiel 3,
00:41:021,
00:41:03says,
00:41:05the text,
00:41:08And he said to me,
00:41:10Son of man,
00:41:11Eat this book,
00:41:13and go later,
00:41:14speak to the people of Israel,
00:41:17He's talking,
00:41:18of,
00:41:19to eat,
00:41:20the book of the law,
00:41:22we know,
00:41:23that Ezekiel,
00:41:24It wasn't eaten,
00:41:25the book of the law,
00:41:27Imagine,
00:41:28that the book of the law,
00:41:29well,
00:41:29I would be,
00:41:29I don't know how many rolls,
00:41:30of papyrus,
00:41:31He's not talking,
00:41:33about what,
00:41:34eat it,
00:41:34says,
00:41:35even,
00:41:35the text,
00:41:36I opened my mouth,
00:41:38And he made me eat the book,
00:41:40telling me,
00:41:41Son of man,
00:41:42feed your belly,
00:41:43and fill your bowels,
00:41:45with this book,
00:41:46that I give you,
00:41:47I ate it,
00:41:48and its flavor,
00:41:49It was sweet,
00:41:50like honey,
00:41:52He's talking,
00:41:52of the sweet,
00:41:53which is the word,
00:41:54in the end,
00:41:54He's talking,
00:41:54in one sense,
00:41:55truly,
00:41:56poetic,
00:41:57metaphorical,
00:41:58and then,
00:42:00well,
00:42:00could have remained,
00:42:01doubt,
00:42:03whether indeed,
00:42:04Jesus,
00:42:04I was talking,
00:42:06in this text,
00:42:07from John 6,
00:42:08if he was talking,
00:42:09in a metaphorical sense,
00:42:10as in this case,
00:42:11from Ezekiel,
00:42:12or was,
00:42:13truly,
00:42:14Speaking of eating,
00:42:17the Greeks,
00:42:19returned to my text,
00:42:20If you want to return,
00:42:22to your text,
00:42:23from John 6,
00:42:24Jesus,
00:42:27in this text,
00:42:30talks about eating,
00:42:31And when we,
00:42:32We read it in Spanish,
00:42:34We will always find,
00:42:36the word,
00:42:37eat,
00:42:38however,
00:42:39the Greeks,
00:42:40They have two words,
00:42:42to eat,
00:42:44which are,
00:42:45different,
00:42:47one of them,
00:42:48is,
00:42:49trogon,
00:42:50and the other,
00:42:51is,
00:42:52fagen,
00:42:53They are two words,
00:42:54different,
00:42:55both of them,
00:42:56They mean to eat,
00:42:58however,
00:43:00fagen,
00:43:00the verb to eat,
00:43:02may have,
00:43:04all,
00:43:05the uses,
00:43:07TRUE,
00:43:08For example,
00:43:09well,
00:43:09this word,
00:43:10surely,
00:43:11You've already heard it,
00:43:11combined,
00:43:13cannibal,
00:43:15the cannibal,
00:43:16It is eaten,
00:43:17to the people,
00:43:17chew it,
00:43:21They are those people,
00:43:22who lives,
00:43:23well,
00:43:24in some parts,
00:43:25isolated,
00:43:26and that they still have,
00:43:26that,
00:43:27well,
00:43:27bad habit,
00:43:28For example,
00:43:28of eating their enemies,
00:43:30They wage war,
00:43:31and well,
00:43:32well,
00:43:33to some of the corpses,
00:43:34and some of those who are alive,
00:43:35They kill them,
00:43:36precisely,
00:43:36They look good enough to eat!
00:43:38They are cannibals,
00:43:40They are eaten,
00:43:41physically,
00:43:42the meat,
00:43:43but it may have,
00:43:44also,
00:43:46this word,
00:43:47fagin,
00:43:48can be used,
00:43:49in a metaphorical sense,
00:43:53this text,
00:43:54that I just read,
00:43:55from Ezekiel,
00:43:56in the Bible,
00:43:57from the seventies,
00:43:58which is called that,
00:43:58already,
00:43:59We already saw it at the beginning,
00:44:00of our,
00:44:01from our meetings,
00:44:02this,
00:44:03This Bible,
00:44:04It is written in Greek,
00:44:05And if you were,
00:44:06to a Bible,
00:44:08of the seventies,
00:44:08a Bible,
00:44:09in Greek,
00:44:10from the Old Testament,
00:44:11you would find,
00:44:12that in this passage,
00:44:13from Ezekiel 3,
00:44:151,
00:44:15he tells her,
00:44:16the angel eats,
00:44:17and the word,
00:44:18that appears,
00:44:19It is from the verb,
00:44:20fagin,
00:44:21however,
00:44:22Saint John,
00:44:23He was very cautious,
00:44:25knowing,
00:44:25that this could,
00:44:26to be misunderstood,
00:44:28so,
00:44:29from,
00:44:29from verse 54,
00:44:31because it is perhaps,
00:44:33the most,
00:44:34one of the most important,
00:44:35That's where it begins,
00:44:36the part,
00:44:37Well, the crux of this,
00:44:38says,
00:44:39in verb 54,
00:44:42the one who eats,
00:44:43my flesh,
00:44:44and drink,
00:44:45my blood,
00:44:46has eternal life,
00:44:47and I will raise him up,
00:44:49on the last day,
00:44:50This is the great promise,
00:44:51that we will see,
00:44:52at our next meeting,
00:44:55like Jesus,
00:44:56us,
00:44:57He promises us,
00:44:58be with us,
00:44:59us,
00:45:00to be with him eternally,
00:45:03so far,
00:45:04up to verse 53,
00:45:05Saint John,
00:45:07has been using,
00:45:08every time,
00:45:09which says,
00:45:10throughout the text,
00:45:11from the beginning,
00:45:12up to verse 53,
00:45:14absolutely,
00:45:15in all,
00:45:16has used,
00:45:16the verb fagin,
00:45:18whenever he has to say,
00:45:20we need to eat something,
00:45:21always,
00:45:22has used,
00:45:23the verb,
00:45:24fagin,
00:45:25however,
00:45:26from,
00:45:28from verse 54,
00:45:30and uses it,
00:45:31three times,
00:45:31use the verb,
00:45:34trogon,
00:45:35what does it mean,
00:45:37chew,
00:45:39that is to say,
00:45:39eat,
00:45:40chewing,
00:45:41gnaw,
00:45:42bite,
00:45:45With this,
00:45:45I wanted to avoid,
00:45:47that people,
00:45:48like you,
00:45:49and like me,
00:45:50many centuries,
00:45:51after,
00:45:51of these events,
00:45:53I might think,
00:45:54as they do today,
00:45:55the separated brothers,
00:45:57that the only thing,
00:45:58What do we do?
00:45:58It's one thing,
00:45:59significant,
00:46:00a symbolic thing,
00:46:03As some have said,
00:46:04Well,
00:46:04Well, if anything,
00:46:05It will have been done,
00:46:06at some point,
00:46:07And Jesus will have done it,
00:46:08at the last supper,
00:46:09But this,
00:46:10well,
00:46:10That's not the case,
00:46:11TRUE,
00:46:11we can't eat each other,
00:46:13nobody's meat,
00:46:14and well,
00:46:15well,
00:46:16This is the word of God,
00:46:18that's why,
00:46:18Saint John,
00:46:19wanted to change,
00:46:20the verb fagin,
00:46:21and use it now,
00:46:23the verb trogon,
00:46:24so that,
00:46:25they understood,
00:46:26that they had to chew it,
00:46:28bite it,
00:46:29obviously,
00:46:30What was the reaction?
00:46:32of the people,
00:46:33So he let her in,
00:46:34in a crisis,
00:46:36Imagine that,
00:46:37that the Jews,
00:46:39They couldn't even,
00:46:40eat pork,
00:46:41because it was meat,
00:46:42impure,
00:46:44Now imagine,
00:46:45because of cannibalism,
00:46:46was,
00:46:47completely,
00:46:48prohibited,
00:46:50and what Jesus,
00:46:51He's telling her,
00:46:52so that they can,
00:46:53to have life,
00:46:54and he can raise them up,
00:46:56They have to eat,
00:46:57chew,
00:46:59bite,
00:46:59They have to convert,
00:47:01in cannibals,
00:47:02They have to give it to him.
00:47:03of biting Jesus,
00:47:04and eat its flesh,
00:47:07this,
00:47:07obviously,
00:47:08in all people,
00:47:09who is listening,
00:47:10Well, it's going to cause...
00:47:11a real crisis,
00:47:13Saint John himself,
00:47:15He tells us about this crisis,
00:47:16a little further on,
00:47:17verse 60,
00:47:19from this same text,
00:47:20from John 6,
00:47:21says,
00:47:22many of his disciples,
00:47:24upon hearing Jesus,
00:47:25to say this,
00:47:26they said,
00:47:27This doctrine,
00:47:28It is unacceptable.
00:47:30This doctrine,
00:47:31It is unacceptable.
00:47:33who can accept,
00:47:34that is to say,
00:47:35who can accept,
00:47:36so that you,
00:47:37so that you may have life,
00:47:37and so that you can,
00:47:38to be with him,
00:47:39and so that you can,
00:47:40stay with him,
00:47:41and so that you can,
00:47:42to continue being his disciple,
00:47:43and so that you can,
00:47:44to reach eternal life,
00:47:45You have to eat,
00:47:46a piece of meat,
00:47:47of man,
00:47:47He's talking to you about it,
00:47:50Imagine,
00:47:51that right now I,
00:47:51so that you could,
00:47:52to remain a Christian,
00:47:53I told you,
00:47:54that you have to come,
00:47:55and bite me,
00:47:57I mean,
00:47:57that you have to eat,
00:47:58the flesh of your priest,
00:47:59or of a brother,
00:48:00And you have to eat it,
00:48:02bite it,
00:48:03gnaw it,
00:48:04chew it,
00:48:05which is the verb,
00:48:06druggie,
00:48:08Well, you would say,
00:48:08No, man.
00:48:09They're crazy.
00:48:09These people,
00:48:10They are cannibals,
00:48:11cannibals,
00:48:12I mean,
00:48:13It is simply unacceptable.
00:48:16And he says that many people,
00:48:17he started to leave,
00:48:19They no longer followed him,
00:48:20Jesus,
00:48:22Well, you see, that's the thing.
00:48:24His condition worsened,
00:48:25But what did I have?
00:48:26to tell them the truth,
00:48:28He who does not eat,
00:48:29and does not drink from his body,
00:48:31and of his blood,
00:48:32because it does not have eternal life,
00:48:33and he cannot raise him from the dead,
00:48:35It's like a food,
00:48:36that nourishes,
00:48:37our whole being,
00:48:38our whole being,
00:48:40and it's like she's preparing it,
00:48:41by the time,
00:48:41of the resurrection,
00:48:43and those who don't have it,
00:48:46because he's not ready.
00:48:47And so at the time of the resurrection,
00:48:49because the body,
00:48:50He's not going to get up.
00:48:51for eternal life,
00:48:52but to eternal damnation,
00:48:55as they began to leave,
00:48:57because they didn't understand,
00:48:58as may be happening today,
00:49:00or how it happens to him,
00:49:01to our separated brethren,
00:49:03So then, Jesus,
00:49:04He therefore wants to reaffirm this,
00:49:07in them,
00:49:08It says a little further on,
00:49:10there in your Bible,
00:49:11verse 67,
00:49:13Jesus asks them,
00:49:18Or perhaps you too,
00:49:19They want to leave,
00:49:21You too,
00:49:22They want to abandon me,
00:49:24And Peter replies,
00:49:27Simon answered him,
00:49:29Mister,
00:49:30to whom shall we go?
00:49:32your words,
00:49:33give eternal life,
00:49:35We believe,
00:49:37And we know,
00:49:38that you are,
00:49:39the holy one of God,
00:49:42I mean,
00:49:43What are you saying?
00:49:44really Saint Peter,
00:49:45Saint Peter,
00:49:46He is saying to Jesus,
00:49:48Mister,
00:49:49the truth,
00:49:50what you just said,
00:49:52us too,
00:49:53It sounds familiar,
00:49:54Absolutely insane,
00:49:56We don't understand it.
00:49:56We don't understand it,
00:49:59we don't know,
00:49:59How is this possible?
00:50:00that we go eat,
00:50:01that we go eat,
00:50:02that we go eat,
00:50:03of your flesh,
00:50:04and to drink your blood,
00:50:06We don't understand that.
00:50:07It is veiled from us,
00:50:09however,
00:50:10What we want,
00:50:11what we know,
00:50:13Because you are the son of God,
00:50:16what we know,
00:50:17the thing is,
00:50:17You say to a dead person,
00:50:18Get up,
00:50:20and it stops,
00:50:22You tell him,
00:50:23to a paralytic,
00:50:25Get up,
00:50:26Extend your arm,
00:50:28and it heals,
00:50:29You tell him,
00:50:30to a leper,
00:50:32fury,
00:50:32and healthy,
00:50:33You tell him,
00:50:34to a blind man,
00:50:35from birth,
00:50:37go,
00:50:38and the blind man,
00:50:39regains sight,
00:50:41us,
00:50:42because we know,
00:50:43we believe,
00:50:44We are sure,
00:50:45that you are God,
00:50:46How are we doing?
00:50:47Eat your meat,
00:50:49and to drink your blood,
00:50:50We don't know that.
00:50:52But we,
00:50:53we believe,
00:50:53that you are the son of God,
00:50:55And this is what it invites us to do,
00:50:57our lord,
00:50:58to believe in it,
00:50:59in the Eucharist,
00:51:01Because Jesus can do that,
00:51:02and anything,
00:51:04He will reveal it,
00:51:05as we read it,
00:51:06a moment ago,
00:51:07until the last supper,
00:51:10Imagine, brothers,
00:51:11at the moment,
00:51:12in which Jesus,
00:51:13is taking,
00:51:14a piece of bread,
00:51:15and breaks it,
00:51:16And they tell him,
00:51:17eat,
00:51:18because this is my body,
00:51:20and then take,
00:51:22a glass,
00:51:23and with wine,
00:51:24and he tells them,
00:51:24And now drink,
00:51:25because this,
00:51:26It's my blood,
00:51:28the word of God,
00:51:30what it says,
00:51:31It is done,
00:51:32that there be light,
00:51:34And there was light,
00:51:36that there are animals,
00:51:38and the animals,
00:51:39began to exist,
00:51:41that this piece of bread,
00:51:42be my body,
00:51:43and that piece of bread,
00:51:46stop being a loaf of bread,
00:51:48and becomes,
00:51:49in the body of Christ,
00:51:52He is God,
00:51:53he has,
00:51:54power,
00:51:56to transform,
00:51:57and do,
00:51:58whatever he wants,
00:52:00because he is God,
00:52:02when suddenly,
00:52:05break the bread,
00:52:05and says,
00:52:06Oh dear,
00:52:08Now I understand.
00:52:12because he told us,
00:52:13that we had to eat,
00:52:14and if it was possible,
00:52:16that we would eat,
00:52:17its meat,
00:52:17and that we drank,
00:52:18his blood,
00:52:20and my beloved brothers,
00:52:22We have come up with this,
00:52:23doing in church,
00:52:25throughout,
00:52:26the centuries,
00:52:28It is a power,
00:52:29that he gave us,
00:52:30unworthily,
00:52:31us,
00:52:32the priests,
00:52:33Because that's how he is,
00:52:34He wanted it,
00:52:36He wanted to,
00:52:36that we,
00:52:37we could,
00:52:38prolong,
00:52:39this,
00:52:40this,
00:52:40which is a miracle,
00:52:42because otherwise,
00:52:43like you,
00:52:44me too,
00:52:46two thousand years,
00:52:47after,
00:52:48of Jesus,
00:52:49we could,
00:52:49keep eating,
00:52:51the body,
00:52:51and drinking,
00:52:52the blood of the Lord,
00:52:54If this is all,
00:52:54I would have done it,
00:52:55Jesus,
00:52:56said,
00:52:56Well,
00:52:56Well, you,
00:52:57Alright,
00:52:58Eat it,
00:52:58You will have a life,
00:53:00and I will raise you up,
00:53:02but not the rest,
00:53:04We know that this word of God,
00:53:06that reaches us,
00:53:07It's forever,
00:53:08until,
00:53:09may the consummation arrive,
00:53:10of the times,
00:53:12Look at what it tells us,
00:53:13in the Gospel of Luke,
00:53:15in chapter 22,
00:53:16where we are also told,
00:53:19this topic,
00:53:20of the,
00:53:23Eucharistic institution,
00:53:24the verses,
00:53:25I read for you,
00:53:27I hope you have your Bible.
00:53:28there next to you,
00:53:29the verses,
00:53:3019,
00:53:31and the 20th,
00:53:33says,
00:53:34Then he took bread,
00:53:35He gave thanks,
00:53:36He broke it,
00:53:36and gave it to his disciples,
00:53:38saying,
00:53:39This is my body,
00:53:40which is delivered on your behalf,
00:53:42Do this,
00:53:44in my memory,
00:53:46and after dinner,
00:53:47He did the same,
00:53:48with the chalice,
00:53:49saying,
00:53:50This is the chalice,
00:53:51of the new alliance,
00:53:52sealed with my blood,
00:53:53that spills,
00:53:54for all of you,
00:53:56Do it,
00:53:57Do it now, you.
00:54:00Do it,
00:54:02and the text,
00:54:04in Greek,
00:54:05where he speaks to us,
00:54:06from memory,
00:54:08does not use,
00:54:10the word,
00:54:11remember,
00:54:12We're not going,
00:54:13to remember,
00:54:15for them,
00:54:17Easter,
00:54:18It is a memorial,
00:54:19that is to say,
00:54:22They return,
00:54:23to live,
00:54:23then,
00:54:25the exit,
00:54:25from Egypt,
00:54:27us,
00:54:28at mass,
00:54:29in the Eucharist,
00:54:31at the moment,
00:54:31of the consecration,
00:54:33we are,
00:54:34all the disciples,
00:54:35and the priest,
00:54:36then,
00:54:37act,
00:54:38as usual,
00:54:39to say in Latin,
00:54:40act,
00:54:41in person,
00:54:41Christi,
00:54:43that is to say,
00:54:43It really is,
00:54:45Christ,
00:54:45that's why,
00:54:45the priest says,
00:54:47It doesn't say,
00:54:47This is the body,
00:54:48of Christ,
00:54:50It doesn't say,
00:54:50This is my body,
00:54:52And this is my blood,
00:54:54the priest,
00:54:55then,
00:54:55fully assumes,
00:54:57the person of Jesus,
00:54:58through the sacrament,
00:54:59of the ordinance,
00:55:00of which,
00:55:01We'll talk,
00:55:01later,
00:55:03and is capable,
00:55:04to transform,
00:55:06that little bread,
00:55:08in the body of Christ,
00:55:10so that you,
00:55:11me too,
00:55:12we can receive it,
00:55:14because without this bread,
00:55:17Without this food,
00:55:18without the body,
00:55:20and the blood of Jesus,
00:55:21as we have read,
00:55:23well,
00:55:24we will not be able to,
00:55:24to have life,
00:55:26in the verse,
00:55:2753,
00:55:28that we cannot,
00:55:29disconnect from 54,
00:55:30we say that in '53,
00:55:32still uses,
00:55:33the word fag,
00:55:34in the gospel,
00:55:35from San Juan,
00:55:36If you like,
00:55:36return again,
00:55:37to this text,
00:55:39in the gospel,
00:55:41from San Juan,
00:55:41in chapter 6,
00:55:42in the verse,
00:55:4353,
00:55:44Look,
00:55:45how is,
00:55:46tremendously,
00:55:46overwhelming,
00:55:47of the Lord,
00:55:48Jesus said to them,
00:55:50I assure you,
00:55:52If they don't eat,
00:55:53the meat,
00:55:53of the son of man,
00:55:55and they do not drink their blood,
00:55:57No,
00:55:57they will have,
00:55:59life,
00:55:59in you,
00:56:00And when Jesus says,
00:56:02I assure you,
00:56:04He is being emphatic,
00:56:06he wants to,
00:56:07determine,
00:56:08which is something,
00:56:10without which,
00:56:11No,
00:56:12we can have,
00:56:13life within us,
00:56:13I assure you,
00:56:16And if Jesus,
00:56:16the son of God,
00:56:17It assures you,
00:56:18If you don't eat,
00:56:20of its flesh,
00:56:21and drink of his blood,
00:56:22You have no life,
00:56:23Well, that's how it is,
00:56:24that's how it is,
00:56:24TRUE?
00:56:25That's why,
00:56:26the first community,
00:56:28That's how he understood it,
00:56:29And that's how he lived it,
00:56:31we would find,
00:56:32many texts,
00:56:34Acts 2,
00:56:3442,
00:56:35Acts 27,
00:56:37and others,
00:56:38where we can see,
00:56:39as a community,
00:56:40met,
00:56:42every week,
00:56:43to celebrate the Eucharist,
00:56:46to eat,
00:56:47and to drink,
00:56:48of the blood,
00:56:49and of the body of the Lord,
00:56:51as we read,
00:56:53a moment ago,
00:56:53in the first letter,
00:56:55from Saint Paul to the Corinthians,
00:56:56in chapter 11,
00:56:57from verse 23 onwards,
00:56:59TRUE?
00:57:00Well,
00:57:01we realize,
00:57:02that there was,
00:57:03Well, a big mess,
00:57:04in that,
00:57:05in that community,
00:57:07and then,
00:57:07There were people,
00:57:08who was arriving,
00:57:09and used to eat,
00:57:11and others,
00:57:12They weren't given any,
00:57:12to the others,
00:57:13and some were bringing,
00:57:14very tasty things,
00:57:15and the others,
00:57:15little beans,
00:57:17And since I,
00:57:17He had already become,
00:57:19On another matter,
00:57:19had been lost,
00:57:20completely,
00:57:22the element,
00:57:23from dinner,
00:57:24Eucharistic,
00:57:25that the church,
00:57:26Over time,
00:57:27was purifying,
00:57:29at first,
00:57:29they met,
00:57:30dinner,
00:57:31as Jesus did,
00:57:32with his apostles,
00:57:34and in the end,
00:57:34from dinner,
00:57:36so,
00:57:36it was being broken up,
00:57:37bread,
00:57:38and it was distributed,
00:57:39and it was eaten,
00:57:39the body,
00:57:40and the blood of the Lord,
00:57:41But this,
00:57:42It had already degenerated,
00:57:43had become,
00:57:44in a mess,
00:57:45There were people,
00:57:45who used to get drunk,
00:57:47because they brought their wine,
00:57:49and they brought their food,
00:57:50and,
00:57:51in the end,
00:57:52when they arrived,
00:57:53to the Eucharistic part,
00:57:54and that,
00:57:54It already was,
00:57:55truly,
00:57:55a mess,
00:57:56those who were poorer,
00:57:57They were despised,
00:57:59in the end,
00:57:59There was a great deal of disorder,
00:58:01at the Eucharistic supper,
00:58:03And that's why,
00:58:03Saint Paul,
00:58:04writes,
00:58:05this most beautiful text,
00:58:06I invite you,
00:58:07so that you will read it again,
00:58:09and meditate on it,
00:58:10reflect on it,
00:58:11because,
00:58:12Well, sometimes,
00:58:12We have the same problem,
00:58:13in our Eucharists,
00:58:15TRUE,
00:58:16the people,
00:58:17It is pending,
00:58:17of everything,
00:58:18whether it's about fashion,
00:58:18if this,
00:58:19if the child,
00:58:20Otherwise,
00:58:20talking with his wife,
00:58:22with the friend,
00:58:22We're leaving here right now.
00:58:23and we're going to the movies,
00:58:24And we're leaving here,
00:58:25And we're going there,
00:58:27We arrived at the queue,
00:58:28to receive communion,
00:58:28and not even notice,
00:58:31we give ourselves,
00:58:31of what we are doing,
00:58:33then,
00:58:34my beloved brothers,
00:58:36very important,
00:58:37that we,
00:58:38Let's consider,
00:58:39This instruction,
00:58:40of Jesus,
00:58:41I will be with you,
00:58:44and it has remained,
00:58:45with us,
00:58:46in the Holy Eucharist,
00:58:50Don't miss out,
00:58:51this wonderful gift,
00:58:53this bread,
00:58:53that gives life,
00:58:55This makes us,
00:58:56enter the dimension,
00:58:57of God,
00:58:57that returns to us,
00:58:59to put in contact,
00:59:00with Jesus,
00:59:00who was walking,
00:59:02among us,
00:59:03many years ago,
00:59:05His presence is real,
00:59:07approach the Blessed Sacrament,
00:59:09attend your parish,
00:59:11at the holy hours,
00:59:13Try to visit it,
00:59:14often,
00:59:14in the chapel,
00:59:16of the Blessed Sacrament,
00:59:18I'm sure,
00:59:18that you will find peace,
00:59:19and much comfort,
00:59:21and above all,
00:59:22feeding you,
00:59:23of his body,
00:59:23and of his blood,
00:59:24There will be life in you,
00:59:26You will have strength,
00:59:27to resist sin,
00:59:29your life will grow,
00:59:30and will develop,
00:59:31like someone who feeds,
00:59:32continuously,
00:59:33from ordinary bread,
00:59:35who does not eat,
00:59:36from this bread,
00:59:37He is always anemic,
00:59:39He has no strength,
00:59:40and in the end,
00:59:42ends,
00:59:43with death,
00:59:44So feed yourself,
00:59:46from this bread,
00:59:47that gives life,
00:59:48and enjoy,
00:59:48of this presence,
00:59:49wonderful Jesus,
00:59:50in the Holy Eucharist,
00:59:52that the Lord,
00:59:53God bless you,
00:59:54that this week,
00:59:55It could be a week,
00:59:56of great blessing,
00:59:57for you,
00:59:58Enjoy!
00:59:59to participate,
01:00:00of the sacrament,
01:00:01of reconciliation,
01:00:02and that you can get closer,
01:00:03this Sunday,
01:00:04with great joy,
01:00:05and with great joy,
01:00:06to receive Jesus,
01:00:07real presence,
01:00:08of God,
01:00:09in our midst,
01:00:10that the Lord,
01:00:11God bless you,
01:00:12and the Virgin,
01:00:13It always accompanies you,
01:00:14Thank you for continuing,
01:00:38with us,
01:00:39in the next session,
01:00:41you will discover,
01:00:41that Jesus wants to follow,
01:00:42making themselves present,
01:00:43in your life,
01:00:44But now,
01:00:45It will show you,
01:00:46how to find it,
01:00:47through his word,
01:00:48and thus find,
01:00:49the path that leads to the Father,
01:00:51until then,