1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 In the name of the glorious Trinity, Father and Son and Holy 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:04,400 Spirit forever. Amen. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,200 Glory be to the everlasting mercies which sent you to us, O 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,840 Christ, the Light of the world and the life of all. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,960 Give us wisdom by your law and enlighten our impulses by your 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,360 knowledge. Sanctify our souls by your truth 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,800 and grant that we may be obedient to your words and may 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,160 fulfill your commandments at every hour, O you. 9 00:00:26,710 --> 00:00:29,950 Who enlightens the rational with the knowledge of your greatness? 10 00:00:30,750 --> 00:00:34,550 Do enlight, O my Lord, our thoughts that we may meditate 11 00:00:34,550 --> 00:00:37,590 upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times, O Lord 12 00:00:37,590 --> 00:00:40,840 of all. Father and Son and Holy Spirit 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,560 forever. Amen. 14 00:01:03,770 --> 00:01:07,010 Shlama everyone receive the peace of our Lord. 15 00:01:07,570 --> 00:01:11,730 I am so pleased and excited to to present this episode which is 16 00:01:11,730 --> 00:01:16,850 coming to you from Sacramento. We are in Sacramento preparing 17 00:01:16,850 --> 00:01:22,550 for the. 35th Annual Youth Conference of the United States 18 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:27,790 and Canada, Northern America. I think they this episode is is 19 00:01:27,990 --> 00:01:32,310 a special one, a different one. You're not going to you're not 20 00:01:32,310 --> 00:01:35,830 going to only hear my voice, my monotonous voice. 21 00:01:36,790 --> 00:01:42,070 But I have a amazing guest with me, my beloved brother, who I 22 00:01:42,070 --> 00:01:45,710 have a lot of respect for, who is a member of the NEC National 23 00:01:45,710 --> 00:01:49,300 Executive Committee. And he's a Deacon at the Mariosa 24 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:54,420 Parish in Gilbert, AZ. He is Shamasha Odeacon. 25 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:57,580 Andrew Aziz. Welcome, Shamasha. 26 00:01:57,580 --> 00:01:59,540 Robbie, thank you for for the kind welcome. 27 00:01:59,540 --> 00:02:03,300 It is an honor and a privilege to be to be with you to join you 28 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:06,100 all today again like you mentioned the 35th annual 29 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:09,220 conference and then also to be a part of this live podcast that 30 00:02:09,220 --> 00:02:10,340 we are doing. So thank you. 31 00:02:11,530 --> 00:02:14,170 Let's talk a little bit about this year's conference, very 32 00:02:14,170 --> 00:02:16,170 brief and then we'll get into our topic. 33 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:19,050 Our topic is going to be about the last year's conference and 34 00:02:19,050 --> 00:02:22,250 the and the the theme was being rooted. 35 00:02:22,250 --> 00:02:28,690 Beyond be rooted, John, Chapter 5 versus 5 to 6 this year is not 36 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:30,170 of the world. Not of this world. 37 00:02:30,410 --> 00:02:33,690 Not of this world. This program is being recorded 38 00:02:33,690 --> 00:02:37,730 on Thursday and we see many of the youth now are arriving at 39 00:02:37,730 --> 00:02:39,770 the hotel. We are at the hotel in 40 00:02:39,770 --> 00:02:41,850 Sacramento. We won't give you the address. 41 00:02:41,850 --> 00:02:44,250 Oh, but then it will be over by no, no, Monday. 42 00:02:44,730 --> 00:02:46,130 The conference will be still going on Monday. 43 00:02:46,570 --> 00:02:48,450 We don't want them showing up. Yeah, last minute. 44 00:02:49,050 --> 00:02:54,290 But again, we're excited being members of the NEC and kudos, 45 00:02:54,850 --> 00:02:59,930 you know, all glory to God, but a very, very heartfelt 46 00:03:00,010 --> 00:03:03,610 gratitude. And thank you to the Diocese of 47 00:03:03,610 --> 00:03:08,930 California Youth under the Presidency, President. 48 00:03:09,730 --> 00:03:14,290 Joey Hermes, your support most and his team have done an 49 00:03:14,290 --> 00:03:18,130 amazing job at organizing it and now they're executing all the 50 00:03:18,130 --> 00:03:20,450 organization. So, and I'm sure we have a lot 51 00:03:20,450 --> 00:03:24,090 of confidence in all our youth all over the, you know, United 52 00:03:24,090 --> 00:03:28,650 States and Canada. They do an amazing job and we're 53 00:03:28,650 --> 00:03:32,410 excited and we're going to have an amazing few days growing in 54 00:03:32,410 --> 00:03:35,730 the holy scriptures, growing in the teachings of the Church, the 55 00:03:35,730 --> 00:03:38,170 doctrine of the Church and teachings of the holy Fathers, 56 00:03:38,170 --> 00:03:40,860 the Saints of the Church. And most importantly, as I said, 57 00:03:40,860 --> 00:03:42,260 the scriptures and literature as well. 58 00:03:42,260 --> 00:03:48,460 We have many presenters who will speak about the the theme itself 59 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:52,980 and hopefully we may do another episode and get feedback on 60 00:03:52,980 --> 00:03:55,260 that. But let's get straight into it. 61 00:03:55,660 --> 00:03:58,620 Shamasha, you were one of the presenters last year, is that 62 00:03:58,620 --> 00:03:59,580 correct? Yeah, Yeah. 63 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:00,820 What was you? What were you? 64 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:04,380 What aspect of the theme were you covering in your speech? 65 00:04:04,380 --> 00:04:08,420 So last year I spoke about the Christ centered relationships. 66 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,400 With regards to being rooted, so we know that be rooted. 67 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,480 We talk about being rooted with Christ as Christ is divine and 68 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,800 we are the branches. And I took the segment or the 69 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:24,160 the portion of our relationships and how we how we center them or 70 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,400 how we how how we're attached to Christ through our 71 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,160 relationships, how Christ should play in it a vital role in our 72 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,480 lives. How we approach our 73 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,720 relationships, whether they're our our home relationships, 74 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,880 family, friends, work relationships. 75 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,120 All all of our relationships and how those are implemented. 76 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,360 How Christ. How we implement Christ in those 77 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,560 relationships. And what was some of the the 78 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:52,840 scriptural verses that you? So, so we begin with the with 79 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,680 the conference theme or the conference verse which is John 80 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,980 Chapter 15, verse five and six. And it says I am the vine, you 81 00:05:01,980 --> 00:05:05,420 are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him 82 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:08,860 bears much fruit for without me you can do nothing. 83 00:05:09,420 --> 00:05:13,300 If anyone does not abide in me he is cast out as a branch and 84 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:17,100 is withered and they gather them and throw them into the fire and 85 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:21,140 they are burned. And so this was the this was the 86 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:26,500 the main this was the main theme that that we we that we 87 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:28,380 discussed during the conference and. 88 00:05:28,780 --> 00:05:31,340 The main thing that we took is that life flows from the vine to 89 00:05:31,340 --> 00:05:33,260 the branches. And then and we we have that 90 00:05:33,260 --> 00:05:36,140 image where Christ goes out and he sees the fig tree and it's 91 00:05:36,140 --> 00:05:41,220 withered and it has given no fruit and right away he he 92 00:05:41,220 --> 00:05:42,980 condemns it. He says that this, this will, 93 00:05:42,980 --> 00:05:46,820 this tree will bear no more fruit and so every aspect of our 94 00:05:46,820 --> 00:05:50,860 life bears fruit and and we wanted to discuss what does 95 00:05:50,860 --> 00:05:54,420 bearing fruit look like in a spiritual relationship with 96 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:56,980 somebody. Somebody that's in a in a 97 00:05:56,980 --> 00:05:58,740 relationship, they're engaged to be married. 98 00:05:58,740 --> 00:06:00,220 What is that supposed to look like? 99 00:06:00,220 --> 00:06:03,300 And so we talked about the fruit of the Spirit. 100 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:06,460 When we're when we're connected with Christ, what are we, what 101 00:06:06,460 --> 00:06:09,700 are we looking to to look like What kind of what kind of image 102 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:12,900 are we trying to give off of. And and the first thing that I 103 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:17,860 really like to go and look at is is Galatians chapter 5, verse 22 104 00:06:17,860 --> 00:06:19,620 and 23. And I'll read that if if, if 105 00:06:19,620 --> 00:06:22,420 that's okay for you, Bobby. It says but the fruit of the 106 00:06:22,420 --> 00:06:27,660 Spirit is love, joy. Peace, long-suffering, kindness, 107 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:31,660 goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. 108 00:06:32,060 --> 00:06:35,620 Against such there is no law. And Jesus possessed each and 109 00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:37,860 every one of those perfectly. I mean. 110 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:41,140 Perfectly so. In order for us to produce them, 111 00:06:41,140 --> 00:06:44,740 we need to be rooted into the line which is Jesus Christ. 112 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,520 And then I think the next thing is, well, how do we become 113 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,880 rooted? How are we abiding in Christ? 114 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,840 Yes. And you know, I mean when you 115 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:57,000 ask that question, if we if we put that question out there and 116 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,360 say you know think about it guys and do that do that, here you 117 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,400 go, stop vacuuming, stop washing dishes, pull over to one side 118 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,120 think about it. How are we rooted in Christ off 119 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:10,040 the bat scriptures I mean to that you know scriptures of the. 120 00:07:10,620 --> 00:07:14,220 The ultimate authority of the Church, the canons, are built 121 00:07:14,220 --> 00:07:17,660 upon the Holy Scriptures, which have been canonized by the 122 00:07:17,660 --> 00:07:20,940 Church. By the way, I like these offside 123 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,260 notes. The Church came before the 124 00:07:22,260 --> 00:07:24,700 scriptures, right? So the Church canonized the Holy 125 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:26,860 Scriptures, of course, but I mean scriptures and in 126 00:07:26,860 --> 00:07:34,660 scriptures then we'll go to praying, fasting, charity. 127 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:38,450 You know, scheduling. But there's one very, very 128 00:07:38,450 --> 00:07:44,490 important verse where Jesus expands on the analogy of the 129 00:07:44,490 --> 00:07:51,370 vine and the branches, and that's in John chapter 6, verses 130 00:07:52,210 --> 00:07:54,850 35. I believe it is Jesus. 131 00:07:54,850 --> 00:08:01,210 Now I always have to when we when you read Jesus said period, 132 00:08:01,370 --> 00:08:07,900 not negotiable, not even. You know you can't have debates 133 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:10,780 on this, especially when Jesus says truly, truly. 134 00:08:10,780 --> 00:08:14,340 I say to you, it's not only the two words Jesus loved using a 135 00:08:14,340 --> 00:08:16,460 lot. It means not negotiable. 136 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:19,460 This is not for you to choose whether you like or not. 137 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:22,500 This is a commandment. And when you read in the holy 138 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:28,340 Scriptures, Jesus said you stop and you say I need to listen to 139 00:08:28,340 --> 00:08:29,700 this. Extra carefully. 140 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:32,059 Extra carefully, you know intent. 141 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:37,679 Listen intently. And I need to begin to obey and 142 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,440 put this in my life. So when Jesus says that means 143 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,120 it's not for you know, this is not Peter saying, this is not 144 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,240 John saying. This is not one of the Church 145 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,240 Fathers or the the Saints or one of the prelates or a priest. 146 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,640 This is Jesus, Lord God Incarnate. 147 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,680 Praise me to his name. Now listen to what he says. 148 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,760 I am the living, living God. This is the this is the Aramaic 149 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,120 version. This is the shit, the version 150 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,040 translated into English. And I like this version. 151 00:09:01,510 --> 00:09:04,270 I see there was a debate now the Jews were arguing with one 152 00:09:04,270 --> 00:09:07,790 another, this verse 52 John chapter 6, and saying, how can 153 00:09:07,790 --> 00:09:10,390 this man give us his body to eat? 154 00:09:11,950 --> 00:09:17,510 And Jesus said to them, truly, I say to you or any in the shooter 155 00:09:17,510 --> 00:09:20,750 version, Amen, that means yes. You know when, when I, when when 156 00:09:20,750 --> 00:09:23,670 I say something to you and you say it, I'll be you mean to say 157 00:09:23,710 --> 00:09:28,230 that and I'll say yes, yes I am. That's what I want you to, you 158 00:09:28,230 --> 00:09:31,710 know, acknowledge and pick up. Jesus saying yes, yes, I am 159 00:09:31,710 --> 00:09:34,710 telling you like how it's translated timeless truth. 160 00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:37,270 I speak to you. Unless you eat the body of the 161 00:09:37,270 --> 00:09:40,310 Son of men and drink his blood, you have no life in yourself. 162 00:09:40,590 --> 00:09:44,670 But whoever eats of my body and drinks of my blood, here it is 163 00:09:44,670 --> 00:09:47,270 has eternal life and I shall raise him up at the last day. 164 00:09:47,590 --> 00:09:52,910 Whoever eats verse 56, Whoever eats my body and drinks my 165 00:09:52,910 --> 00:09:57,730 blood, abides or remains abides. So we're talking about being 166 00:09:57,730 --> 00:10:01,290 rooted, right? This is the the church 167 00:10:01,290 --> 00:10:05,130 understands and the fathers that this is the pinnacle of abiding 168 00:10:05,130 --> 00:10:08,770 in Jesus Christ is that you eat the body of Jesus and where do 169 00:10:08,770 --> 00:10:11,650 we see the body when Jesus picked, picked up the bread and 170 00:10:11,650 --> 00:10:15,130 said, this is my body. So unless those who eat of it 171 00:10:15,170 --> 00:10:18,610 and drink on my blood abide in me and I abide in them. 172 00:10:19,290 --> 00:10:21,050 See, there's that. There's that. 173 00:10:21,050 --> 00:10:23,130 I always say so much. I think we've spoken about this 174 00:10:23,450 --> 00:10:27,090 that. Intimate, spiritual, spiritual, 175 00:10:27,370 --> 00:10:31,690 not physical. Intimate spiritual relationship 176 00:10:31,690 --> 00:10:34,850 between Jesus the Heavenly Bridegroom and the Church being 177 00:10:34,850 --> 00:10:37,130 his bride. That intimate relationship, 178 00:10:37,130 --> 00:10:39,370 which is the whole Eucharist, which is the most important. 179 00:10:39,370 --> 00:10:40,850 That's why we say come to church. 180 00:10:40,850 --> 00:10:43,570 You need to come and have this relationship with your Heavenly 181 00:10:43,570 --> 00:10:46,530 Bridegroom and you need to be abiding in Jesus Christ. 182 00:10:46,530 --> 00:10:48,450 Yes. Praying, arms giving and vast 183 00:10:48,450 --> 00:10:50,130 scripture. Yeah, exactly and but. 184 00:10:50,690 --> 00:10:54,370 But it all, it all, it's like, it all points to one thing. 185 00:10:54,370 --> 00:10:58,930 It brings you to that Sunday, that moment when you approach 186 00:10:58,930 --> 00:11:01,410 the holy mysteries and partake in the body and blood of Christ. 187 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:03,370 We celebrate. We we rejoice. 188 00:11:03,370 --> 00:11:05,970 We we enjoy. We have a relationship with 189 00:11:05,970 --> 00:11:07,290 these guys. It's an offering. 190 00:11:07,290 --> 00:11:09,850 It's a Thanksgiving. And if we're void of that, if we 191 00:11:09,850 --> 00:11:12,650 lack that in our spiritual lives, if we lack the Eucharist 192 00:11:12,650 --> 00:11:15,730 in our spiritual lives, then. And and this was what one of the 193 00:11:15,730 --> 00:11:17,610 things that I spoke on last year was. 194 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:20,940 If we lack that spiritual relationship with Christ, we 195 00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:24,820 cannot expect to have Christ centered relationships in in in 196 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:27,340 the world. And I think it's beautiful that 197 00:11:27,340 --> 00:11:31,380 this year we talk about not of this world because it kind of it 198 00:11:31,380 --> 00:11:33,940 it it culminates last year's theme as well. 199 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:36,380 Both of them really have a lot to do with each other. 200 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:40,110 It's the same chapter of of John chapter 15, but like you 201 00:11:40,110 --> 00:11:42,910 mentioned with with the Eucharist, everything that we 202 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:46,670 talk about scripture, prayer, fasting, it all culminates in 203 00:11:46,670 --> 00:11:49,550 the Eucharist. And if if we've, if we're lack, 204 00:11:49,550 --> 00:11:52,110 if if we lack that in our in our spiritual lives, we really 205 00:11:52,110 --> 00:11:54,970 cannot implement. Spirituality. 206 00:11:54,970 --> 00:11:57,850 We cannot implement Christ in all other aspects of our life. 207 00:11:57,850 --> 00:12:00,010 If we don't have Christ, if we're not taking His body and 208 00:12:00,010 --> 00:12:03,650 drinking His blood, how do we expect to have be images of 209 00:12:03,650 --> 00:12:05,850 Christ, representatives of Christ, and all other aspects of 210 00:12:05,850 --> 00:12:06,050 our? Life. 211 00:12:06,050 --> 00:12:10,250 It becomes tangible. I'm not sure we actually hold 212 00:12:10,250 --> 00:12:12,210 Jesus in our and one of the fathers. 213 00:12:12,210 --> 00:12:14,490 I think it's my sore issue. Don't quote me. 214 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:18,620 You know the manner in which we are to receive the Eucris. 215 00:12:18,620 --> 00:12:21,340 You know, sometimes we see these people come up and hi, Lovie, 216 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:23,140 how are you? With a big smile on their faces 217 00:12:23,140 --> 00:12:26,020 and two of the top buttons of their shirts undone. 218 00:12:26,020 --> 00:12:28,660 And they grab the Eucris and they throw it in their mouth. 219 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:30,460 And I and I say this literally. I've seen this. 220 00:12:30,940 --> 00:12:33,220 And that's why one of the father says when you approach it, you 221 00:12:33,220 --> 00:12:36,780 approach in fear and trembling because right at that moment the 222 00:12:36,820 --> 00:12:39,570 angels are. Interfere and trembling, and you 223 00:12:39,570 --> 00:12:44,090 are to prostrate and consume the body from the palm of your hand. 224 00:12:44,090 --> 00:12:45,330 And kiss. And kiss. 225 00:12:45,330 --> 00:12:48,010 Kiss, Kiss the body. Yes, and kiss the body and you 226 00:12:48,010 --> 00:12:50,490 are to prostrate. And why? 227 00:12:50,490 --> 00:12:55,050 Because it is as though the sheep, the shepherd whom the 228 00:12:55,050 --> 00:12:57,210 priest is an icon of Jesus Christ. 229 00:12:57,370 --> 00:13:01,730 That's another topic, is taking the sheep out to a pasture to 230 00:13:01,850 --> 00:13:04,070 graze. And you know, sheep, and I 231 00:13:04,070 --> 00:13:06,510 always say sheep don't pick up grass and put in their mouth 232 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:08,190 there constantly with their heads bowed. 233 00:13:08,190 --> 00:13:10,190 They're grazing. It's that that honor, that 234 00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:13,390 reverence that we prostrate and consume the body. 235 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:17,750 And when we do, we obviously approach the the, the Eucharist 236 00:13:17,750 --> 00:13:20,630 of the the cup as well. It becomes tangible. 237 00:13:20,790 --> 00:13:24,110 That's why it's a sacrament. I'd like to, you know, define 238 00:13:24,110 --> 00:13:26,310 it. It's an outward expression of an 239 00:13:26,350 --> 00:13:29,470 inward divine work. You know, how did that? 240 00:13:30,420 --> 00:13:32,820 Body become. How did that bread become body? 241 00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:34,260 Well, that's the sacrament, that's. 242 00:13:34,260 --> 00:13:35,980 The mystery. It's a mystery and we're 243 00:13:35,980 --> 00:13:40,420 touching that, you know, so you know, not writing off or 244 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:43,460 belittling the scriptures and these are all from the 245 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:45,260 scriptures. But you know, and I always say, 246 00:13:45,940 --> 00:13:48,660 what's the use, What is the purpose of me reading these 247 00:13:48,660 --> 00:13:51,780 scriptures and then coming to this verse? 248 00:13:51,780 --> 00:13:54,670 This is what this is my session. You know, you can read the 249 00:13:54,990 --> 00:13:58,150 entire Bible cover to cover. Some take pride. 250 00:13:58,150 --> 00:14:00,910 I've read it three times cover to cover. 251 00:14:01,270 --> 00:14:03,150 And I always say, well, the Partick and the Eucharist. 252 00:14:03,150 --> 00:14:05,190 Oh, I don't think so. Well, I'm sorry you haven't 253 00:14:05,230 --> 00:14:06,910 gained much. You've read a lot, but you 254 00:14:06,910 --> 00:14:11,910 haven't understood. You know, that was it it all. 255 00:14:11,910 --> 00:14:15,230 Because again, the pinnacle of our faith is that time when we 256 00:14:15,230 --> 00:14:18,630 come to truly abide in Jesus Christ. 257 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,520 And through the the mysteries of the. 258 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,080 The whole Eucharist. And there's one thing I wanted 259 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,480 to mention to Robbie I've heard. I've heard you mention this a 260 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,040 few times as. And there's so you listen to and 261 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,520 of course. Of course I, I, I try to at 262 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,480 least there's there's people that will say it's a symbol it's 263 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,560 it's symbolic and and but it's not symbolic like you said 264 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:44,040 earlier he said take eat, this is my body take this cup, drink 265 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,640 this is my blood that was shed for for the new covenant but. 266 00:14:48,290 --> 00:14:49,970 Can I share the verse? Yes, go ahead. 267 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:56,610 For my body is indeed food. You know, some will say eating 268 00:14:57,210 --> 00:15:00,010 entails believing. No, believing is believing. 269 00:15:00,410 --> 00:15:02,850 Eating is eating. When Jesus says he who does not 270 00:15:02,850 --> 00:15:06,810 believe and he's He does not believe and he's baptized, you 271 00:15:08,010 --> 00:15:12,850 know when he says just believe. So if he wanted to indicate 272 00:15:12,850 --> 00:15:14,290 faith, he would have said the same thing. 273 00:15:14,290 --> 00:15:17,650 He does not believe in my body. He actually says food. 274 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,680 Drink. And he picked up bread. 275 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,760 And he showed to his disciples and said, you know, let me 276 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,880 paraphrase it hustly. You know, all this time I've 277 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,160 been talking to you about the bread. 278 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,840 Here it is. This is now my body. 279 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,680 And someone said to me, and I want to share, I was talking 280 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,080 about this. And I said, the Holy Spirit 281 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,470 descends on the hosts. The Holy Host. 282 00:15:40,470 --> 00:15:43,190 And mysteriously spiritually they change. 283 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:48,350 Now the Church of the East does not teach transubstantiation, 284 00:15:48,790 --> 00:15:54,030 but we teach it mysteriously and spiritually Eat 80s indeed, the 285 00:15:54,030 --> 00:15:55,950 presence of Jesus Christ, he said to me. 286 00:15:56,630 --> 00:16:01,030 So you have the Holy Spirit. And you're saying that you have 287 00:16:01,030 --> 00:16:03,390 the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit comes down on the bread. 288 00:16:03,390 --> 00:16:06,990 I said, are you limiting the power and the, you know, the 289 00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:10,070 omnipresence of the Holy Spirit? He understood. 290 00:16:10,070 --> 00:16:11,990 He goes, oh, no, no, I I would draw that, you know. 291 00:16:12,390 --> 00:16:14,870 So no, it's not a miss. It's not a symbol. 292 00:16:15,190 --> 00:16:17,510 And you know, something that irritates me, Shamasha, is when 293 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:19,750 we symbolize everything. Now, I'm not saying there are 294 00:16:19,790 --> 00:16:22,950 many symbols, many metaphors, but the sacraments are not just 295 00:16:22,950 --> 00:16:25,390 a symbol. They are indeed real. 296 00:16:25,390 --> 00:16:28,630 We are truly being put to death in Christ, in baptism. 297 00:16:29,370 --> 00:16:32,010 You know, spiritually, mysteriously, it's not just a 298 00:16:32,010 --> 00:16:33,770 symbol. So that's why sometimes, you 299 00:16:33,770 --> 00:16:38,210 know, these things are sort of devalued, if I may say, because 300 00:16:38,210 --> 00:16:40,490 we think the symbols nothing. Amen. 301 00:16:40,490 --> 00:16:43,370 Robbie, let me share a few more verses that that I put together 302 00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:46,810 for for especially my, my, my topic last year and then and for 303 00:16:46,810 --> 00:16:49,490 this for this podcast. So it's it's some one, it really 304 00:16:49,490 --> 00:16:52,450 comes to mind because the 1st 3 verses really talk about 305 00:16:52,770 --> 00:16:56,090 somebody that's that's blessed and that's utilizing the 306 00:16:56,090 --> 00:16:58,690 spiritual relationship and and I'll read these three verses for 307 00:16:58,690 --> 00:17:01,380 you, it says. Blessed is the man who walks not 308 00:17:01,380 --> 00:17:04,140 in the council of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of 309 00:17:04,140 --> 00:17:06,819 sinners, nor sits in the seat of the troublesome. 310 00:17:07,180 --> 00:17:10,220 But his will is in the law of the Lord, and in his law he 311 00:17:10,220 --> 00:17:13,579 meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted 312 00:17:13,660 --> 00:17:17,260 by streams of waters, that produces its fruit and in its 313 00:17:17,260 --> 00:17:20,579 season, and his leaf shall not wither, and whatever he does 314 00:17:20,579 --> 00:17:23,700 shall prosper. And this is somebody who's who's 315 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:27,849 blessed because he's doing. The the right things and not 316 00:17:27,849 --> 00:17:30,890 doing the the bad things. So not walking in the council of 317 00:17:30,890 --> 00:17:33,450 the ungodly, not standing in the way, the sinners, not mingling 318 00:17:33,450 --> 00:17:35,210 with sinners. And then Scripture talks about 319 00:17:35,210 --> 00:17:35,450 it. St. 320 00:17:35,450 --> 00:17:39,330 Paul talks about it, but that that last that last verse there 321 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:43,290 in verse three, like a tree planted by streams of waters and 322 00:17:43,450 --> 00:17:45,970 and that's that's that's the vine and the branches. 323 00:17:45,970 --> 00:17:49,290 If we were to rearrange this, If I was permitted to rearrange 324 00:17:49,290 --> 00:17:53,170 this idea, I would put that verse first planted. 325 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:57,830 By the stream of waters which is the grace, okay, and who is the 326 00:17:57,830 --> 00:18:01,470 grace of God, is Jesus Christ planted into Jesus, and then it 327 00:18:01,470 --> 00:18:05,270 gives the fruits, the fruits of the Spirit that you spoke about 328 00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:08,190 only through Jesus Christ. And we need to be planted 329 00:18:08,190 --> 00:18:12,190 rooted, meaning have a firm stand in the faith. 330 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:16,300 In the trust, in the perseverance, in the obedience 331 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:18,820 of our Lord Jesus Christ, above all His love, obviously, you 332 00:18:18,820 --> 00:18:21,260 know, So there it is. That's an amazing verse. 333 00:18:21,260 --> 00:18:24,180 It's talking about being planted or being rooted into the grace 334 00:18:24,340 --> 00:18:28,540 which is Jesus Christ itself. And then another one is 335 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:31,300 Colossians chapter 2, verse six and seven. 336 00:18:31,340 --> 00:18:33,300 And here he says, this is Paul saying this. 337 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:35,940 He says as you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, 338 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:39,740 so walk in him rooted and built up in him. 339 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,760 And established in the faith as you have been taught abounding 340 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,280 in it with Thanksgiving. So receiving Jesus the Jesus 341 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,040 Christ the Lord walking in him and being rooted and built up 342 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,640 and like you said being just just having that faith and and 343 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,640 when when he says walking Robbie I believe he he means just 344 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,040 living your life daily life when when you're walking people say 345 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,960 you know you're you're walking in this world every aspect of 346 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,960 our lives should be rooted in Christ and and having that faith 347 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,580 living you know daily. Day-to-day. 348 00:19:08,580 --> 00:19:11,020 Let me praise God for the diversion. 349 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:13,140 Let me praise. God, praise God I mean. 350 00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:15,500 Therefore, look at the transition here. 351 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:20,100 Therefore gestures you have received Jesus the Christ, so 352 00:19:20,140 --> 00:19:23,420 received him in faith in. Baptism in Eucharist. 353 00:19:23,420 --> 00:19:26,620 In the Eucharist it says strengthening your roots not. 354 00:19:27,330 --> 00:19:31,130 Rooted you've already received. You're rooted in Jesus. 355 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:32,610 Strengthening. Strengthen it. 356 00:19:32,610 --> 00:19:35,930 See that like translations? I'm going to go there. 357 00:19:35,930 --> 00:19:38,690 I'm going to tangent. But it's beautiful. 358 00:19:38,810 --> 00:19:40,570 Yeah. And then I have. 359 00:19:40,610 --> 00:19:46,810 Ephesians chapter three of the 17 says the Messiah, that is 360 00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:51,370 Christ may dwell by faith in your heart, by love when you 361 00:19:51,370 --> 00:19:55,290 root, and your when your root and your foundation shall be 362 00:19:55,290 --> 00:19:57,970 confirmed. See, he's talking about. 363 00:19:57,970 --> 00:20:01,290 You've already been rooted. Confirm it and strengthen. 364 00:20:01,290 --> 00:20:04,170 It strengthen our roots. And we spoke about how we can, 365 00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:08,450 you know, confirm and strengthen being rooted in Jesus Christ, 366 00:20:08,450 --> 00:20:12,850 praising glory to his name. And and I think the message is, 367 00:20:12,850 --> 00:20:15,850 yes, there are all the ways we spoke about all the means that 368 00:20:15,850 --> 00:20:17,890 we can be, you know, have a relationship. 369 00:20:18,090 --> 00:20:20,570 Having a relationship is different to being rooted in 370 00:20:20,610 --> 00:20:23,050 Jesus Christ. It's it's that ultimate. 371 00:20:24,170 --> 00:20:28,850 Ultimate, you know, binding in Jesus Christ that we have and 372 00:20:29,330 --> 00:20:32,730 and we see it that when we partake the holy Eucharist, the 373 00:20:33,090 --> 00:20:36,690 holy mysteries, you know, I always give this analogy and I 374 00:20:36,690 --> 00:20:41,970 think we can close off with this if a husband and wife are 375 00:20:41,970 --> 00:20:51,810 married and they lack their intimacy, if the husband you 376 00:20:51,810 --> 00:20:54,130 know, expresses his concern. Or the wife. 377 00:20:54,130 --> 00:20:56,930 The Church will ask questions. Why? 378 00:20:57,410 --> 00:20:59,610 Because one of your responsibilities, a Saint Paul 379 00:20:59,610 --> 00:21:01,530 rights and one is to fulfill each other's desire. 380 00:21:01,530 --> 00:21:05,050 That's why you're married. So if a husband and wife are 381 00:21:05,050 --> 00:21:09,050 lacking in that intimacy, a binding in one another, well 382 00:21:09,050 --> 00:21:13,130 then what about our relationship as Church? 383 00:21:13,130 --> 00:21:15,370 The bride of Christ with our homely bridegroom on a 384 00:21:15,370 --> 00:21:19,130 spiritual, and I always have to emphasize on a spiritual, 385 00:21:19,130 --> 00:21:22,200 faith-based level. How can you say that you have a 386 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,360 great relationship with Christ if you're not? 387 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:29,000 Spiritually intimate. By a binding in him through his 388 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,280 whole body and blood. Through the Eucharist. 389 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,280 Yeah. And I I think it's it's very 390 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,320 important that the youth was going back to the the 391 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,480 conference. I think, yeah. 392 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:45,520 I think the with with the youth and their their activity, their 393 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,200 strengthening their roots as well. 394 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,680 It's so important in today's day and age that the youth. 395 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,440 Not only partake and participate in in the youth conferences but 396 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,840 when they're at their own at their own parishes and the 397 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,640 importance of utilizing and strengthening their roots at 398 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,680 their at their parish level. It's it's so important that the 399 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,160 youth partake in and I'm talking about the youth because we're at 400 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,520 the youth conference. But I I stress this to my own 401 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,560 youth group and and how important it is for them to 402 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,840 partake in the Eucharist, to be active in scripture, to be 403 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,000 active whenever we host prayer nights or worship nights to come 404 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,640 and to pray and to strengthen that faith and if they ever have 405 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,760 any questions. Any anything that comes up that 406 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,320 that they can utilize and and they can always refer to to 407 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,720 scripture to strengthen those roots because that that that's 408 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,000 the foundation that they're building the rest of their lives 409 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,240 on their eternal life and and their their life in this world 410 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:38,120 and and then I I pray that this year's conference helps them 411 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:41,440 utilize and discern between not of this world and and. 412 00:22:41,910 --> 00:22:45,710 And what world they actually do belong to so? 413 00:22:45,910 --> 00:22:49,350 One of the concluding prayers for the ferial Eucharistic 414 00:22:49,350 --> 00:22:55,870 service at Haza is Jesus Christ, whom we honored, celebrated, and 415 00:22:55,870 --> 00:23:00,030 worshipped through His Holy mysteries honoring Christ, 416 00:23:00,030 --> 00:23:01,990 celebrating Him, and worshipping Him. 417 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,480 That is a part of being that that relationship rooted in 418 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,760 Jesus Christ. I mean and it was a successful 419 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,840 conference too. The feedback we received the 420 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:16,000 surveys and last year I think we have his Grace Marabres from 421 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:21,160 Arabelle and we had some other fellow parish priests who. 422 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,040 Fashion if I D. Ms. Yeah, And this year is 423 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,800 again, not of this world. We want to stress that. 424 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,840 This world is going to damn nation. 425 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,480 The Lord is going to return. You know the Lord is returning. 426 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:42,080 Last Sunday's gospel was, unless European again again is not 427 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,640 saying Paul whom we call sexist and biased. 428 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,160 And you know I've heard Paul being named homosexual and you 429 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:55,480 know hastily this is Jesus Christ whom those live contrary 430 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,160 to his commandments, but they're still proclaimed that they love 431 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,560 Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ, praise me to 432 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,760 His name. Our God, our Lord, our Savior 433 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:09,280 warns us unless we repent of the patterns of this world, we will 434 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,680 not enter the Kingdom of heaven. We will perish. 435 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,000 So I hope that the message is, and I'm sure that it will be 436 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,840 given effectively. And I just hope that those who 437 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:23,240 listen to it will take heed and live a life of obedience and 438 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,400 repentance so much. Thank you so much. 439 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,680 I know you're presenting this. I have a break this year. 440 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:29,680 The host thing. You've been? 441 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,640 You've been, you've been so, so active, so for so long and so 442 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,320 people just, you know, we've always been looking up to you. 443 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,960 So this is an opportunity for for you to sort of just just 444 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,240 watch and criticize. Observe. 445 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,480 Observe, yes. Eagle eye, you know, glory be to 446 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,280 Christ, because we are unworthy servants. 447 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,120 And I do want to mention my brother. 448 00:24:49,630 --> 00:24:51,350 As he's a Ravi Kasha, Guargue is with Rashu. 449 00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:53,430 Are we going to have an episode with him that's for the 450 00:24:53,430 --> 00:24:55,750 following Monday or what are you doing with this Steve and our 451 00:24:55,750 --> 00:24:57,430 producers here? He's just shaking his head. 452 00:24:57,950 --> 00:24:59,670 We'll figure it out. But that's Okay. 453 00:24:59,670 --> 00:25:02,510 I will be with the Ravi Kasha as well. 454 00:25:02,550 --> 00:25:04,990 And I think we're going to do a live broadcast. 455 00:25:04,990 --> 00:25:06,470 I don't know. I'll leave it up to the 456 00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:08,430 producers. There's just they command me. 457 00:25:08,430 --> 00:25:09,990 They say jump. I say how high? 458 00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:11,870 Only for the glory of God, right? 459 00:25:11,990 --> 00:25:14,980 Not because of them. Thank you, Sharma. 460 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:15,700 Sure. God bless you. 461 00:25:15,820 --> 00:25:20,460 And we pray that you you enjoyed this episode spiritually and 462 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:24,460 that not only, you know, being aware of what we discussed last 463 00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:27,420 year, but you go away and think about it and ponder on these 464 00:25:27,420 --> 00:25:30,460 words every one of us, myself including, so that we are 465 00:25:30,460 --> 00:25:33,220 prepared for that amazing that we're not all returns. 466 00:25:33,220 --> 00:25:36,420 And I want to hear those words. Well done, good and faithful. 467 00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:38,780 So I mean raise me to God. 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