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 --> 00:00:04,440 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 --> 00:00:18,960 knowledge. Sanctify our souls by your 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,800 truth, and grant that we may be obedient to your words and may 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,800 fulfill your commandments at every hour. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,040 O you who enlightens the rational with the knowledge of 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,880 your greatness, do enlight, O my Lord, our thoughts that we may 11 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,240 meditate upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times, 12 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,260 O Lord of all, Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 13 00:00:42,220 --> 00:01:03,060 Amen. A man asked Jesus in Luke 14 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:12,650 chapter 13 if there are a few who have life or are sharing in 15 00:01:12,650 --> 00:01:18,850 God's life through Jesus Christ. Jesus's reply was strive to 16 00:01:18,850 --> 00:01:22,810 enter the narrow gate. It's amazing how he never 17 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:27,010 directed his answers directly and and you know, in relation, 18 00:01:27,010 --> 00:01:31,730 directly in relation to the question And some people think, 19 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:33,050 oh, he's trying to avoid the question. 20 00:01:33,050 --> 00:01:36,510 No, it's Jesus saying that's not none of your business. 21 00:01:36,990 --> 00:01:40,310 Basically, very politely worry about yourself. 22 00:01:40,830 --> 00:01:42,950 You take the plunk out of your own eye. 23 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:50,350 Take care of your own burdens first Matthew 11 and then worry 24 00:01:50,350 --> 00:01:52,590 about the burdens of your brothers and sisters. 25 00:01:54,110 --> 00:01:57,190 I received many questions, as well as pertaining to things and 26 00:01:57,190 --> 00:02:01,310 issues that really don't affect our life with Christ, which will 27 00:02:01,310 --> 00:02:06,040 determine our salvation on the day of salvation when Christ 28 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:13,200 returns. One very common question or that 29 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:20,120 should be asked one question that I seldom hear and have been 30 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:25,720 posed with is what is the correct way of repentance and 31 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:31,000 absolution from deaths on sins. That's a very, very crucial, 32 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,040 very important question we need to ask how do I repent from my 33 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,040 sins? How am I absolved from my sins? 34 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:45,120 Let me put it reword that how do I repent from my life that is 35 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,880 contrary to the commandments of God, that is not appeasing God. 36 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:54,680 And then when I repent, how can I be absolved from the deaths of 37 00:02:54,680 --> 00:03:00,200 sins? From the blemishes of sins, Some 38 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,090 will say just pray to Jesus. True. 39 00:03:03,770 --> 00:03:10,490 However, Jesus himself gave the keys to binding and loosening to 40 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:15,570 his disciples and apostles. Let's read that in Matthew 41 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:22,730 chapter 18 verse 18 Jesus replies to Simon Saint Simon the 42 00:03:22,730 --> 00:03:29,890 rock when he gave that rock built upon rock foundation 43 00:03:30,350 --> 00:03:35,470 proclamation, which we also confess and recite when we sing 44 00:03:35,470 --> 00:03:39,470 the La Humara. I sing it last episode, I'll 45 00:03:39,470 --> 00:03:44,150 sing it again la Humara hula mo then and la he show she come 46 00:03:44,150 --> 00:03:48,870 shapin and that too mahmana. By the way, it's not Mahmana 47 00:03:49,190 --> 00:03:54,350 that too that Tumrah that tum nahmana Pala rain. 48 00:03:55,030 --> 00:03:59,850 What to Paro got no Shanton unto you, Lord Ovo we confess. 49 00:03:59,850 --> 00:04:02,130 And you, Jesus Christ, we glorify. 50 00:04:02,450 --> 00:04:05,730 For you are the quickener of our bodies, and you are the savior 51 00:04:05,730 --> 00:04:08,010 of our souls. When we sing that, when we 52 00:04:08,010 --> 00:04:12,290 recite that, when we chant that praise that him during the 53 00:04:12,690 --> 00:04:17,130 Eucharistic service, we are joining Simon with that 54 00:04:17,130 --> 00:04:19,250 proclamation. And this was Jesus's reply, 55 00:04:19,250 --> 00:04:24,060 Truly, I say to you, whatever you ask, well, let's continue. 56 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:28,220 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound 57 00:04:28,220 --> 00:04:32,380 in heaven, and whatever you loosen or release on earth will 58 00:04:32,380 --> 00:04:35,860 be released or loosened in heaven. 59 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:41,300 What about that actually to Saint Peter the rock? 60 00:04:42,220 --> 00:04:51,010 He actually gave the keys not to Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem, not 61 00:04:51,010 --> 00:04:54,090 to Nazareth or Galilee or Jordan. 62 00:04:54,130 --> 00:05:03,090 No, He gave the keys to the Kingdom of heaven for which we 63 00:05:03,210 --> 00:05:08,410 await when the Lord returns. Now, apart from binding and 64 00:05:08,410 --> 00:05:15,930 loosening spiritual canons, laws by which Christians should live 65 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:24,800 while sharing the life of Christ on earth, apart from that that 66 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:30,120 they bound and loosed cannons and laws, there is also the 67 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:38,440 loosening and the binding of the sins of man, which is the gift 68 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:43,320 of God through Jesus Christ. I'm sorry, I should add the 69 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,590 gracious gift of God through Jesus Christ to the apostles 70 00:05:48,630 --> 00:05:51,190 within the church. That's a great equation. 71 00:05:52,070 --> 00:05:56,990 The provisions of God, the gracious provisions, gifts of 72 00:05:56,990 --> 00:06:03,110 God are through Jesus Christ his Son to the apostles within the 73 00:06:03,110 --> 00:06:08,110 church for all the faithful. John chapter 20, verses 19 to 74 00:06:08,110 --> 00:06:11,430 23. Now again pull over to one side. 75 00:06:12,340 --> 00:06:16,580 Forget the stirring of the pot and making the tea and buttering 76 00:06:16,580 --> 00:06:23,140 the the the toast, washing the dishes, vacuuming or folding the 77 00:06:23,140 --> 00:06:27,460 clothes. Listen intently, beloved John. 78 00:06:27,460 --> 00:06:31,180 This is from the scriptures. Erdata John, Chapter 20, verses 79 00:06:31,180 --> 00:06:33,900 19 to 23. But when it was evening of the 80 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:37,340 first day of the week had shabba. 81 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:42,150 Sunday doesn't do its service. Hard Shabba. 82 00:06:42,150 --> 00:06:45,510 There's no justice in Sunday. But the word hard Shabba hard 83 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:49,470 One Shabba week, first day of the week, we say Hoshiba. 84 00:06:50,030 --> 00:06:52,790 But if we read it as it is written, it's hard shabba. 85 00:06:54,230 --> 00:06:58,270 The doors were barred closed lock where the disciples were 86 00:06:58,270 --> 00:07:02,230 staying because of fear for the Judeans. 87 00:07:02,510 --> 00:07:04,550 They were fearing the Jews, the disciples. 88 00:07:05,260 --> 00:07:08,180 Jesus came and stood in their midst, and he said to them, 89 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:11,140 peace be with you, which is the peace we give during the 90 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:14,060 liturgical service. Towards the end of the service, 91 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:17,020 before the communion, peace be with you. 92 00:07:17,580 --> 00:07:21,820 He said this and to prove and to put them at ease. 93 00:07:21,820 --> 00:07:24,700 Because they were alert, they were startled. 94 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:27,900 He said this, and he showed them his hands and his side. 95 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:29,940 So it was Jesus wasn't just the Spirit. 96 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:36,910 And his disciples rejoiced, because they saw our Lord, Lord 97 00:07:36,910 --> 00:07:41,510 Maria, Lord God. But Jesus said to them again, 98 00:07:41,510 --> 00:07:43,470 peace be with you, Just listen to this. 99 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:49,630 Just as my Father has sent me, I also am sending you. 100 00:07:50,670 --> 00:07:54,670 When he said this thing, these things, he breathed upon them 101 00:07:54,670 --> 00:07:58,350 and he said to them, receive the spirit of holiness or the Holy 102 00:07:58,350 --> 00:08:04,510 Spirit if you will forgive, loosen, release a man's sins. 103 00:08:04,630 --> 00:08:08,070 He's talking to the apostles, beloved, not to a large 104 00:08:08,070 --> 00:08:11,750 congregation, not to us individually. 105 00:08:13,590 --> 00:08:16,430 The scriptures don't say that. Jesus said that if we in 106 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:18,430 division, oh, he's talking to his apostles. 107 00:08:18,430 --> 00:08:20,270 He gave this authority to his apostles. 108 00:08:21,790 --> 00:08:26,390 If you forgive, loosen a man's sins, they will be forgiven him. 109 00:08:26,830 --> 00:08:33,789 And if you hold bound a man's sins or bind them, they will be 110 00:08:33,789 --> 00:08:36,270 healed. Them's our authoritative words 111 00:08:36,270 --> 00:08:42,429 beloved both for Christ proving to our beloved Jehovah 112 00:08:42,669 --> 00:08:49,590 witnesses, friends and Mormons and the non Christians that 113 00:08:49,630 --> 00:08:55,430 Jesus is God. He is God, just as the Father, 114 00:08:55,430 --> 00:09:00,490 so I because by nature he is equal to the Father. 115 00:09:00,650 --> 00:09:04,770 He is God praising glory to his name, and also his apostles 116 00:09:05,570 --> 00:09:11,690 authority to his apostles, who in turn set an order. 117 00:09:13,650 --> 00:09:16,050 Apasa. We say there was an order by 118 00:09:16,050 --> 00:09:19,850 which the faithful who believed in Jesus Christ would be 119 00:09:19,970 --> 00:09:26,950 benefactors of the gracious gift of the forgiveness of sins and 120 00:09:26,950 --> 00:09:29,910 the cleansing of sins, not only to the faithful, but also to the 121 00:09:29,910 --> 00:09:35,710 non believers. Let me quote from Dr. Martin 122 00:09:35,710 --> 00:09:42,310 Luther, the Father of Reform in his handbook of Christian 123 00:09:42,310 --> 00:09:47,870 Doctrine, Small Catechism, and this is on confession and 124 00:09:47,990 --> 00:09:52,470 absolution. And I quote and why am I reading 125 00:09:52,470 --> 00:09:54,700 this? Because we posed the question 126 00:09:54,700 --> 00:10:00,540 right How do I repent? And how am I cleansed from my 127 00:10:00,540 --> 00:10:03,780 sins? How do I repent from my sins and 128 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:07,540 transgressions? And how can I be cleansed from 129 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:09,620 my sins and transgressions? Because let me give you an 130 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:13,380 example. I remember back in Iran we had 131 00:10:13,380 --> 00:10:17,620 the Hammam, the public baths because, you know, water wasn't 132 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:21,300 readily available in the homes. So we would go to the public 133 00:10:21,660 --> 00:10:27,580 baths. And I remember my late mother, 134 00:10:27,580 --> 00:10:30,140 God rest the soul and the rest, the soul of all those who've 135 00:10:30,140 --> 00:10:36,500 departed, would give us a bath and then would tell me to go 136 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:40,380 straight home. Do not pass, Go. 137 00:10:40,380 --> 00:10:41,740 What is it? Go straight to jail. 138 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:45,020 Do not pass. Go straight home and wait for 139 00:10:45,020 --> 00:10:47,460 me. So what I would do is go 140 00:10:47,460 --> 00:10:50,780 straight to my friends and play soccer, football. 141 00:10:51,340 --> 00:10:57,590 Gutet akla football, soccer. And then get dirty and sweaty. 142 00:10:57,710 --> 00:11:03,150 And when mom coming back from the baths and saw me sweaty and 143 00:11:03,150 --> 00:11:08,070 once again unclean. And when I saw the the wooden 144 00:11:08,070 --> 00:11:15,630 spoon or the flip flop or the belt coming towards me and I 145 00:11:15,630 --> 00:11:20,030 would say I'm sorry, sorry, sorry mom, I'm so sorry. 146 00:11:20,790 --> 00:11:24,760 And then she would stop. Well, rarely would she stop, you 147 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,200 know? After one or two swings, she 148 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,240 would then stop and accept my apology. 149 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,840 Now, that apology doesn't clean me, does it? 150 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,160 No. I receive forgiveness when I say 151 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,160 I'm sorry. I will not do it again. 152 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,480 There's my repentance. Promise of repentance. 153 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:47,000 And by by promising to repent and beginning repentance and 154 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:52,000 asking forgiveness. I'm still sweaty and smelly and 155 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,640 dirty. Unclean, I should say, right? 156 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,240 What would Mom do? Grab me by the hand, Take me 157 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,320 inside and wash me again. Cleanse me again. 158 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,640 Okay. Let's go back to Martin Luther, 159 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,920 He writes on confession and absolution. 160 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,290 And I quote what is confession here? 161 00:12:13,290 --> 00:12:16,370 Asks. Confession embraces 2 parts. 162 00:12:16,530 --> 00:12:20,970 One is that we confess our sins, the other that we receive 163 00:12:20,970 --> 00:12:26,770 absolution or forgiveness from the priest as from God himself. 164 00:12:27,010 --> 00:12:34,450 Martin Luther, the Father of Reform, Father of Protestantism, 165 00:12:35,220 --> 00:12:40,700 writes when the priest is giving absolution, it is as is from God 166 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:47,140 himself and in no wise doubt but firmly believe that by it our 167 00:12:47,140 --> 00:12:50,180 sins are forgiven before God in heaven. 168 00:12:51,260 --> 00:12:56,540 Yes, this was while Martin Luther was a priest in the Roman 169 00:12:56,540 --> 00:13:02,550 Catholic Church. However, and unfortunately after 170 00:13:02,550 --> 00:13:06,270 he was defrocked, after he was removed from the office, he then 171 00:13:07,190 --> 00:13:12,590 changed his mind, revolted on this statement and began to 172 00:13:12,590 --> 00:13:18,430 teach that there is no need for any other person between you and 173 00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:24,310 God. Well, how about Jesus Christ? 174 00:13:25,740 --> 00:13:27,940 No one comes to the Father unless it be through me, and I'm 175 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,820 sure that's what Martin Luther meant. 176 00:13:29,820 --> 00:13:37,140 But what about the apostles, who we are to receive in order to 177 00:13:37,140 --> 00:13:41,540 receive Jesus Christ and the sender of Jesus Christ, Matthew 178 00:13:41,540 --> 00:13:45,780 104042. He who receives you receives me 179 00:13:45,980 --> 00:13:48,820 talking to the apostles or his disciples, whom He later called 180 00:13:48,820 --> 00:13:52,940 apostles. And he who receives me receives 181 00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:57,590 him who sent me. Keep in mind Jesus Christ sent 182 00:13:57,590 --> 00:14:03,310 his apostles in the world, just as the Father sent his son John. 183 00:14:03,310 --> 00:14:09,390 1718 This is what Jesus prays during his high priestly prayer, 184 00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:14,750 just as the Father has sent me Now. 185 00:14:14,750 --> 00:14:19,350 If right now there are two listening together and now 186 00:14:19,350 --> 00:14:22,990 you're saying to one another, show me in the Bible. 187 00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:27,850 Give me evidence from the Bible. Only the Bible. 188 00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:31,410 Solar Scriptura. We'll talk about that one day 189 00:14:31,770 --> 00:14:35,090 from the Bible. Achimen Ekdatta, Right. 190 00:14:36,010 --> 00:14:40,050 On confessing our sins to one another apart from God, why 191 00:14:40,050 --> 00:14:43,770 should I confess? Well, the Bible. 192 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:48,610 The Ekdatta, Solar Scriptura James 516. 193 00:14:48,610 --> 00:14:51,810 Therefore, confess your sins to one another. 194 00:14:53,090 --> 00:14:55,610 There it is. Confess your sins to one 195 00:14:55,610 --> 00:14:57,050 another. Do you stand corrected? 196 00:14:57,050 --> 00:15:01,490 If not, you're being stubborn. Confess your sins to one another 197 00:15:01,490 --> 00:15:04,170 and pray for one another so that you may be healed. 198 00:15:04,410 --> 00:15:07,850 The urgent request of a righteous person is very 199 00:15:07,850 --> 00:15:11,410 powerful in its effect. You may say yes. 200 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:14,690 See, so we can confess. But not all have received the 201 00:15:14,690 --> 00:15:17,890 authority. As in John chapter 20. 202 00:15:18,850 --> 00:15:23,830 Jesus said to his disciples, if you forgive, they are forgiven 203 00:15:24,470 --> 00:15:30,910 and if you bind, they are bound. So let's go in the order of 204 00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:34,830 absolution in the church. I'm sorry, Steven. 205 00:15:34,830 --> 00:15:39,590 You know these these programs are just very relaxed. 206 00:15:39,830 --> 00:15:40,590 Can you? Yes. 207 00:15:40,590 --> 00:15:41,750 Give me that. That's it. 208 00:15:41,750 --> 00:15:42,990 Yes. I forgot one of my. 209 00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:44,390 There you go. There you go. 210 00:15:44,390 --> 00:15:48,390 Thank you, Steven. Steven, my producer, and Adrian. 211 00:15:48,390 --> 00:15:50,200 I couldn't mate it. Make it so. 212 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,440 What is the Order of Absolution in the Church? 213 00:15:53,440 --> 00:16:00,240 OK, let me read from the Order of Absolution some excerpts from 214 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,320 the Order of Absolution. And this is what I'm going to 215 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,200 use now. These are liturgical texts. 216 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,920 You cannot tell me me or men just wrote these. 217 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:13,440 No mere men wrote the Scriptures as well, but they were inspired 218 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:17,910 by the Holy Spirit. Well, the Apostles, the Church 219 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:22,070 Fathers who wrote these orders, which who which are thousands of 220 00:16:22,070 --> 00:16:28,310 years in age, were also inspired by the Holy Spirit. 221 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:30,990 They had authority to bind and loosen. 222 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:35,590 Now he they are binding. During the the liturgical 223 00:16:35,590 --> 00:16:39,230 service before the the partaking of the Holy Communion. 224 00:16:39,230 --> 00:16:42,310 The priest praise the prayer of absolution. 225 00:16:42,310 --> 00:16:47,300 And Martin Luther said it's as if God himself is bestowing 226 00:16:47,380 --> 00:16:50,860 those gifts. The first present during this 227 00:16:50,860 --> 00:16:54,460 time, beloved. On a side note, please get off 228 00:16:54,460 --> 00:16:59,420 your phones If you've been on your Snapchat and Instagram, 229 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:03,460 disrespecting God, disrespecting the the House of the Lord 230 00:17:03,460 --> 00:17:07,380 because you don't understand, so you've been, you know, what is 231 00:17:07,380 --> 00:17:11,980 it? Scrolling your Instagram and and 232 00:17:11,980 --> 00:17:17,710 Twitter and and and Snapchats and sending messages to one 233 00:17:17,710 --> 00:17:20,310 another. During this prayer, please stop 234 00:17:20,869 --> 00:17:23,910 just for a few seconds. Please show respect to God. 235 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:26,510 Not not the priest of God. A few seconds and listen. 236 00:17:26,750 --> 00:17:28,870 During this time we are supposed to be confessing. 237 00:17:28,870 --> 00:17:33,030 Lord, I'm a Sinner. Lord, these are my weaknesses. 238 00:17:33,030 --> 00:17:37,150 Lord, help me. Lord, you make me to be worthy 239 00:17:37,150 --> 00:17:41,820 to dare to partake of your holy body and blood. 240 00:17:41,820 --> 00:17:47,780 May they not be to me condemnation and vengeance, but 241 00:17:47,780 --> 00:17:51,180 forgiveness of sins. And during that time the priest 242 00:17:51,180 --> 00:17:56,460 who has the Apostolic authority, according to John 20, that if 243 00:17:56,460 --> 00:18:00,060 you bind, they are bound, if you loosen, they are loosened. 244 00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:03,940 The priest prays, Oh our God, good and full of mercy. 245 00:18:03,940 --> 00:18:06,580 What beautiful words, what beautiful words. 246 00:18:07,340 --> 00:18:14,890 Oh our good God, God is good always, and full of mercy, whose 247 00:18:14,890 --> 00:18:19,250 goodness and loving kindness or grace are abundant upon all. 248 00:18:19,650 --> 00:18:24,250 Pour forthro, my Lord, the compassion of the pleasantness 249 00:18:24,250 --> 00:18:27,890 of your love upon these your servants and handmaidens, and 250 00:18:27,890 --> 00:18:31,210 transform them in the hope of renewal to the life of 251 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:34,450 repentance. Renew in them your Holy Spirit, 252 00:18:34,450 --> 00:18:37,770 by which they are sealed for the day of salvation. 253 00:18:37,770 --> 00:18:41,530 This is from the Scripture. Purify them in your compassion, 254 00:18:41,530 --> 00:18:43,930 from all the blemishes of the flesh and of the Spirit. 255 00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:46,850 Strengthen the hope of their belief by the help of your 256 00:18:46,850 --> 00:18:49,050 grace. Make straight the gate of their 257 00:18:49,050 --> 00:18:50,850 deeds in the paths of righteousness. 258 00:18:51,010 --> 00:18:54,730 Make them to rejoice with the Saints in the Kingdom, in your 259 00:18:54,730 --> 00:18:58,170 Kingdom, in the confirmation of the hope of their faith and the 260 00:18:58,170 --> 00:19:04,370 adoption of sonship from Holy Baptism, and in the joy of of 261 00:19:04,370 --> 00:19:07,370 your absolving mysteries the body and blood. 262 00:19:07,530 --> 00:19:11,600 Strengthen them by the help of your mercy, to observe your 263 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:15,600 commandments and to fulfill your will, to give thanks to worship 264 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,640 and to glorify Your holy Name or Lord of all, Father and Son and 265 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,160 Holy Spirit forever. Amen. 266 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,640 This is the prayer of absolution. 267 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:30,440 However, beloved sin, transgressions, deaths are seen 268 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:35,760 very severe and extreme by the Church, to the point that there 269 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:41,240 is an order of absolution, A liturgy of absolution, And I 270 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:42,880 will talk about that towards the end. 271 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:48,800 And in the liturgy of absolution, the Father's right 272 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:54,520 that the liturgy of absolution is to be bestowed or preyed upon 273 00:19:55,880 --> 00:20:01,720 a person who has left his faith, but has returned to it, and on 274 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,680 him or her who has eaten flesh, that is meat. 275 00:20:06,310 --> 00:20:12,670 In the fasting season, or on Friday or Wednesday, because 276 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:16,670 these are Apostolic cannons, beloved or on him who has 277 00:20:16,670 --> 00:20:21,710 committed any sort of offense? He who is to be absolved must be 278 00:20:21,710 --> 00:20:23,950 made to stand at the door of the sanctuary. 279 00:20:24,270 --> 00:20:25,510 What up? But we didn't know that. 280 00:20:25,510 --> 00:20:27,790 Will you know now? Now you know. 281 00:20:28,230 --> 00:20:31,310 Don't look at the past. Don't harp on the past. 282 00:20:31,550 --> 00:20:36,510 Don't use the past as a as a silly and unsustainable 283 00:20:36,510 --> 00:20:40,750 justification. You now know that if we do not 284 00:20:40,750 --> 00:20:46,470 fast during the Lent 50 day, Lent 49, or we eat flesh that is 285 00:20:46,470 --> 00:20:52,030 meat on a Wednesday or on a Friday, we need the Liturgy of 286 00:20:52,230 --> 00:20:54,510 Absolution. We're going to read some prayers 287 00:20:54,510 --> 00:20:59,540 from there. Let me share with you one of the 288 00:20:59,820 --> 00:21:04,140 hymns, the anti funds that the priest recites and chants during 289 00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:11,060 the preparation of the bread to be taken up on the altar and to 290 00:21:11,060 --> 00:21:17,180 be offered as the Body and blood of Christ, to be sanctified and 291 00:21:17,180 --> 00:21:20,460 to be mysteriously and spiritually changed to be the 292 00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:23,060 real Presence of the Body and blood of Jesus Christ. 293 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:26,660 The Rubric. The heading says he heals those 294 00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:31,380 that are broken in heart and dressed, that means binds their 295 00:21:31,380 --> 00:21:34,140 wounds. Our Lord gave the medicine of 296 00:21:34,140 --> 00:21:37,660 repentance. These are 1000 year old year old 297 00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:42,740 liturgy, beloved, written by the Church Fathers by the Apostles. 298 00:21:43,580 --> 00:21:46,860 Our Lord gave the medicine of repentance to the skilled 299 00:21:46,860 --> 00:21:49,340 physicians who are the priests of the Church. 300 00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:54,510 Let him or her whom Satan has stricken with wounds, I mean 301 00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:57,990 sins and transgressions. When what we spoke about last 302 00:21:58,310 --> 00:22:02,750 episode of wickedness come and show. 303 00:22:03,630 --> 00:22:06,310 That means confess. Come and show. 304 00:22:06,310 --> 00:22:09,030 Come and confess. Show his source to this 305 00:22:09,070 --> 00:22:15,150 disciples of the wise physician, and they will heal him with 306 00:22:15,150 --> 00:22:17,830 spiritual medicine, which is the body and blood of Christ. 307 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:26,400 All of this by the power and authority given by God through 308 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:31,400 Jesus Christ to his disciples and apostles, and within the 309 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:37,600 Church, as we stated in Matthew. Let me read some excerpts from 310 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,640 the Order of Litany. First of all, I want to read an 311 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:45,280 enter phone or need to enter phone, the rubric states. 312 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,820 Incline your ear, oh Lord, and answer me now. 313 00:22:49,060 --> 00:22:55,660 The rubrics you'll see are always from the the Psalm, the 314 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:58,500 offenders and publicans you did not despise. 315 00:22:59,820 --> 00:23:04,020 I'm sorry before I read this. Now this is the this is the the 316 00:23:04,780 --> 00:23:09,660 proper order of repentance. When you go to your spiritual 317 00:23:09,660 --> 00:23:12,740 counselor to your priest, and you show your swords, you 318 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:15,300 confess your sins that you have committed. 319 00:23:17,090 --> 00:23:22,290 If they warrant the liturgy of absolution, your parish priest 320 00:23:23,490 --> 00:23:30,930 will prescribe you to fasting, and it's usually 50 days, just 321 00:23:30,930 --> 00:23:34,650 as a Lord, faster. During that time you abstain 322 00:23:34,650 --> 00:23:38,090 from the Holy Urbana, which is a disciplinary action. 323 00:23:38,090 --> 00:23:40,410 It's a it's a it's a it's a punishment. 324 00:23:40,410 --> 00:23:44,530 It's a loving, kind punishment. God punishes those whom he 325 00:23:44,530 --> 00:23:46,830 loves. Loving, kind. 326 00:23:47,030 --> 00:23:50,270 Punishment. During that time you attend 327 00:23:50,270 --> 00:23:54,830 church, you are to be permitted to remain in the church until 328 00:23:54,830 --> 00:24:00,030 the reading of the gospel, followed by the sermon and when 329 00:24:00,030 --> 00:24:05,230 the dismissal of the catacumens. He who has not received it, let 330 00:24:05,230 --> 00:24:07,990 him depart. He who will not partake, let him 331 00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:11,950 or her depart. You depart, and you go back 332 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:16,120 home, and you go to your room, and you continue in prayer and 333 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,480 supplication that the Lord will have mercy upon you. 334 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,440 And you read your holy scriptures, and you read the 335 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,720 life of the holy Saints and the writings of the Church Fathers. 336 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:30,400 And during that time, the priest will continue to speak with you 337 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:35,720 and counsel you until the time that you have come to complete 338 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:40,600 remorse and ready to promise that repentance, to offer that 339 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,380 repentance. Then the priest will bring you 340 00:24:44,380 --> 00:24:47,780 to the altar, and you will be kneeling in front of the 341 00:24:47,780 --> 00:24:52,380 sanctuary with your arms crossed on your shoulders as though you 342 00:24:52,380 --> 00:24:55,500 are a dead man. Because when we are in sin, we 343 00:24:55,580 --> 00:25:00,340 are dead, and the priest will recite, along with the Deacon. 344 00:25:00,580 --> 00:25:05,340 The liturgy of the absolution, not just the prayer, goes for 345 00:25:05,340 --> 00:25:08,620 about 15 to 20 minutes, and one of the enter funds will be sent 346 00:25:09,270 --> 00:25:12,710 offenders and publicans. You did not despise, oh Lord, 347 00:25:12,710 --> 00:25:16,950 neither did you cast them from before your face, Oh, my Lord. 348 00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:20,230 For you have said that the healthy are not in need of the 349 00:25:20,230 --> 00:25:24,670 physicians, but those who are severely afflicted, And we who 350 00:25:24,670 --> 00:25:27,910 have committed evil deeds before you and are stricken with 351 00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:31,510 illness in our souls. Request of you to have mercy 352 00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:33,670 upon us. Let me read another one. 353 00:25:34,550 --> 00:25:40,880 My souls have putrified. My my souls have putrified and 354 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,680 stink. Who is the physician who is able 355 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,640 to clean my hidden souls, or who is able to heal and to dress 356 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,760 them? And who is able to deliver me 357 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,760 from the fire the adulteress cried out. 358 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,880 I shall loosen the knots of sins, and I will draw near to 359 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,880 the Lord and Savior. For He did not cast out the 360 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,640 publican from before him, and He made the Samaritan woman to 361 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,880 return by His words. By his word he gave life, life 362 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:12,200 to the 0 Phoenician woman, and by them by the hem of his 363 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,880 garment he gave healing to the woman who had the flow of blood. 364 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,560 By the word of his goodness he freed the adulteress from her 365 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,640 debts, and he inscribed her in the book of life along with the 366 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,840 wise virgins. With all of this company, my 367 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:34,440 soul says at all times blessed is Christ the Savior. 368 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,400 Let me recite a few stanzas from the diagonate Litany. 369 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,800 Let us stand up in sorrow and in earnest. 370 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,760 Let us besiege and say, oh Lord, have mercy upon us, and we all 371 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,320 reply, oh Lord, have mercy upon us. 372 00:26:49,710 --> 00:26:52,950 Oh he who came to tell call sinners to the path of 373 00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:56,470 repentance, We besiege you. Oh, he who revealed to Moses the 374 00:26:56,470 --> 00:27:00,390 fashioning of creation at the time of his fast we repeat, see, 375 00:27:00,390 --> 00:27:05,450 because the the, the person that is being absolved his fasting. 376 00:27:05,450 --> 00:27:10,370 Oh He who by the same fast Jesus demonstrated to Him the former 377 00:27:10,370 --> 00:27:12,890 things and revealed Him concerning future things. 378 00:27:13,090 --> 00:27:16,570 Oh he who by fasting was reconciled to the offenders, and 379 00:27:16,570 --> 00:27:21,370 who made resplended the countenance of Moses, We beseech 380 00:27:21,370 --> 00:27:24,610 you, oh Christ, our Savior, Savior, Church from all harm, 381 00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:27,410 and make your servants to rejoice by the gladness of your 382 00:27:27,410 --> 00:27:31,530 churches, and lessen from your worship as the burden of deaths 383 00:27:31,530 --> 00:27:34,170 and sins. And have mercy upon us all these 384 00:27:34,290 --> 00:27:37,930 while you are kneeling before the sanctuary. 385 00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:46,130 So do not find unsustainable. Ridiculous. 386 00:27:47,570 --> 00:27:52,730 Justification, beloved. Last week we spoke about this 387 00:27:52,730 --> 00:27:57,610 God cannot be mocked. God is not deceived. 388 00:27:59,370 --> 00:28:04,890 I highly recommend as your spiritual father, as your 389 00:28:04,890 --> 00:28:12,410 brother, as your friend, as your podcast presenter, seek your 390 00:28:12,410 --> 00:28:17,890 parish priest. Seek absolution from your parish 391 00:28:17,890 --> 00:28:21,170 priest and demand to confess and be absolved. 392 00:28:21,490 --> 00:28:23,930 It is in the liturgy of the Assyrian Church of the East. 393 00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:30,090 And when you do, always, beloved, always pray. 394 00:28:31,130 --> 00:28:37,800 Lord Jesus, the Son of God, have mercy on me, a Sinner, and bring 395 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,080 me to repentance from my sins and transgressions. 396 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,280 Praise and glory be to His holy Name now and at all times and 397 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:46,400 forever. Amen. 398 00:29:05,010 --> 00:29:06,450 We. Hope you enjoyed this week's 399 00:29:06,450 --> 00:29:08,770 message. 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