[00:00] 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,240 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,240 In the name of the Father, the Son, 2 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:16,240 and the Holy Spirit. 2 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:16,240 Our Lord reminds us in this holy season of

[00:16] Lent of the importance of observing the commandments 3 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:19,760 of God and being faithful to these commandments. 3 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:19,760 And these commandments are given to us by God so that we may share more fully in His holiness, that we share God's holiness, and that we don't allow sin to control us, that our bodies, our minds, our hearts are called to share 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,559 in the glory of God and to share in God's eternal glory. 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,559 And sin diminishes us, and sin leads us away from our true destination, our true destination, and keeps us 5 00:00:24,559 --> 00:00:30,360 above all and prevents us from loving and following God through the obedience to His commandments. 5 00:00:24,559 --> 00:00:30,360 And it's been happening, of course; we see 6 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:37,160 in our lifetime

[00:37] how more and more God's commandments are rejected, God's commandments are mocked, and sin is being glorified. 6 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:37,160 Sin is glorified 7 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,580 to the point where young people don't know that, you know, relationships outside of marriage are a sin and could lead to eternal damnation. 7 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,580 It's become more and more depraved in our society, in that sin is being accepted as a norm and 8 00:00:39,580 --> 00:00:48,080 not being challenged, and if you try to tell someone that that's a mortal sin, they look at you as if you're crazy or that you're offending them.

[00:54] 8 00:00:39,580 --> 00:00:48,080 9 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:54,799 Same-sex relations, contraception, abortion, relations outside of marriage, living together before marriage—it's being glorified and seen as normal, and it's not; it's a sin which could lead to 10 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:56,840 eternal separation from God. 9 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:54,799 And so our Lord is reminding us today that we are called to 11 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:04,360 obey the commandments and we have to lead others to understand the commandments of God. 10 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:56,840 We can't be ashamed or afraid to renew society

[01:11] in understanding God's commandments, you know, even just missing Mass on Sunday. 11 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:04,360 There are Catholics that have no problem of going to Mass just once or twice a year, and they think 12 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:11,800 by doing that, that they're fulfilling their obligation, 13 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:17,199 and it's just a sense of a loss of sin, and that we offend God, but also that we can lose eternal happiness, lose God for all eternity, and that people have no fear of hell. 12 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:11,800 People have no fear of going to hell. 13 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:17,199 They don't care, and someone told me once who was 14 00:01:17,199 --> 00:01:21,760 a mistress to a man, she was a mistress

[01:30] to a married man, and she said to me, "Father, I know I'm going to 15 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:30,040 hell, but I don't care." How can one think that their sin is more important than eternal happiness with God in a world that's, in this passing world? 14 00:01:17,199 --> 00:01:21,760 And so it's

[01:51] our Lord is just reminding us 16 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:38,120 how important it is to observe the commandments and to teach others to do so. 15 00:01:21,760 17 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:30,040 And even perhaps we lose a sense of sin, thinking, oh, that's just a small sin, or that's a venial 18 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:51,279 sin, and it's just a reminder to us that even our venial sins, Jesus had 19 00:01:51,279 --> 00:01:58,019 to suffer and die for them. 16 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:38,120 He even had to suffer and

[02:07] die for our venial sins so that they could be forgiven. 17 00:01:38,120 --> 20 00:01:58,019 --> 00:02:02,720 00:01:43,360 So this Lenten season is just a

[02:22] time for us to reflect, and I want to be faithful and observe God's commandments. 18 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:51,279 I want to be faithful in following Jesus Christ, no matter what the world says. 19 00:01:51,279 --> 00:01:58,019 I want to 21 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,040 be faithful to Jesus, who died for my sins, who died so that

[02:43] 22 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,600 I could share in that eternal glory to be with God 23 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:22,559 forever in heaven. 20 00:01:58,019 --> 00:02:02,720 May Mary, our mother, the refuge of sinners, 24 00:02:22,559 --> 00:02:24,399 help us to turn back to 25 00:02:24,399 --> 00:02:29,080 her Son whenever we fall, without fear, but with confidence in

[03:01] the mercy that God has waiting for 26 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:35,800 us so that we can be renewed and restored in following Christ with ever greater faith 27 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:43,279 fidelity. 21 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,040 In the name of

[03:19] the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 28 00:02:43,279 --> 00:02:47,839 22 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,600 we have to lead others to understand the 29 00:02:47,839 --> 00:02:50,160 commandments of God. 23 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:22,559 We 30 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:56,699 can't be ashamed

[03:36] or afraid to renew society in understanding God's commandments, you know, 24 00:02:22,559 --> 00:02:24,399 even 31 00:02:56,699 --> 00:03:01,279 just missing Mass on Sunday. 25 00:02:24,399 --> 00:02:29,080 There are Catholics that have no problem of going to Mass 32 00:03:01,279 --> 00:03:11,759 just once or twice a year, and 26 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:35,800 they think by

[03:54] doing 33 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:14,119 that, that they're fulfilling their obligation, and it's 34 00:03:14,119 --> 00:03:19,839 just a sense of 27 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:43,279 a loss of sin, and that we offend God, 35 00:03:19,839 --> 00:03:23,759 but also that we can lose eternal 36 00:03:23,759 --> 00:03:28,960 happiness, lose 28 00:02:43,279 --> 00:02:47,839 God for all eternity, and that people have no fear

[04:15] of hell. 29 37 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:36,880 00:02:47,839 --> 00:02:50,160 People have no fear of going to hell. 30 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:56,699 They don't care, 38 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:37,880 and someone told me 39 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:43,039 once who was a mistress to a man, she was a mistress 31 00:02:56,699 --> 00:03:01,279 to 40 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:47,839 a married man, and she said to me, Father, I know I'm going to hell, but I don't care. 41 00:03:47,839 --> 00:03:49,119 32 00:03:01,279 --> 42 00:03:49,119 --> 00:03:54,240 00:03:11,759 How can one think that their sin is more important than eternal happiness with 43 00:03:54,279 --> 00:03:59,839 God 33 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:14,119 in a world that's, in this passing world? 34 00:03:14,119 --> 00:03:19,839 And so it's, 44 00:03:59,839 --> 00:04:03,119 our Lord is just reminding us how important it is 45 00:04:03,119 --> 00:04:08,960 to observe the commandments 35 00:03:19,839 --> 00:03:23,759 and to teach others to do so. 36 00:03:23,759 --> 46 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:15,479 00:03:28,960 And even perhaps we lose a sense of sin, thinking, oh, that's just a small sin, 47 00:04:15,479 --> 00:04:21,279 or that's a 37 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:36,880 venial sin, and it's just a reminder 48 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,239 to us that even our venial sins, Jesus had to suffer 38 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:37,880 and die for them. 39 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:43,039 He even had to suffer and die for our venial sins so that they could be forgiven. 40 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:47,839 So this Lenten season is just a time for us to reflect, and I want to be faithful and 41 00:03:47,839 --> 00:03:49,119 observe God's commandments. 42 00:03:49,119 --> 00:03:54,240 I want to be faithful in following Jesus Christ, no matter what the world says. 43 00:03:54,279 --> 00:03:59,839 I want to be faithful to Jesus who died for my sins, who died so that I could share in 44 00:03:59,839 --> 00:04:03,119 that eternal glory to be with God forever in heaven. 45 00:04:03,119 --> 00:04:08,960 May Mary, our mother, the refuge of sinners, help us to turn back to her Son whenever we 46 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:15,479 fall, without fear, but with confidence in the mercy that God has waiting for us so that 47 00:04:15,479 --> 00:04:21,279 we can be renewed and restored in following Christ with ever greater faith fidelity. 48 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,239 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.