(THEME MUSIC) >> WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO FR. SPITZER'S UNIVERSE AT THE VERY BUSY INTERGALACTIC INTERSECTION OF FAITH AND REASON. I'M DOUG KECK REMINDING THAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT. EMAIL THEM TO FR SPITZER'S UNIVERSE. BUT FR. SPITZER INSISTS I PROMOTE HIS SHOW FIRST. YOU'VE GOT TO MENTION FR. SPITZER'S SHOW FIRST. YOU CAN WATCH AS WELL ONLY AFTER YOU WATCH FR. SPITZER'S SHOW. OUR TOPIC IS SATAN AND THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. EWTN. ALL THINGS CATHOLIC AND ALL THINGS SPITZER. MOTHER ANGELICA'S GUIDE. AND THE BLUE COLLAR PROJECT BY JOHN MARTIGNONI. >> FR. SPITZER, GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU DOUG. >> AS ALWAYS YOU WANT TO START THINGS WITH A PRAYER. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. HEAVENLY THE BLESSING OF THIS MINISTRY, OUR CHURCH AND OUR ABILITY TO SERVE WITHIN IT. SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT DOWN UPON DOUG MYSELF AND OUR WHOLE AUDIENCE SO THAT WE DO AND SAY AND HEAR WILL BE BROUGHT INTO FRUITION. WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. AND MARY SEAT OF WISDOM AND ARCHANGELS IN HEAVEN PRAY FOR US. IN THE FATHER, THE SON THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU FATHER. >> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. WE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS ON CARDINAL BURKE. HE HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MONTH LIVING IN A HOUSE NEAR HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE 73-YEAR-OLD CARDINAL HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL, AND PUT ON A VENTILATOR ON ALL 14th. A WEEK LATER HE GOT OFF OF THE VENTILATOR. HE'S TRYING TO GROW IN PATIENCE. NEEDED FOR DAILY LIVING. AND HE DEALT WITH FATIGUE, DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND OTHER AT THIS POINT TYPICAL THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH THE COVID-19 VIRUS. SO WE'RE THRILLED THAT HE IS OUT AND WELL AND HE HIMSELF CREDITS OUR LORD. AND I'M SURE IT WOULD CREDIT ALL OF THE PRAYERS AS HE HAS BEFORE OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT AND WHO PRAYED FOR CARDINAL BURKE. WE WANTED TO HONOR HIM AND MENTION THAT. CARDINAL BURKE IS STILL WITH US. NOW WE GO FROM THINGS THAT ARE WONDERFUL TO THINGS THAT ARE VERY BIZARRE. RECENTLY A SELF-PROFESSED CATHOLIC FROM NEW YORK ALSO WENT TO CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA IS INVITING PEOPLE FROM TEXAS BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS LAW THAT THEY SHOULD COME TO NEW YORK FOR ABORTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEIR DOORS ARE OPEN WIDE THERE. SHE ALSO RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT THIS KIND OF COVID MANDATE. SHE DID IN KIND ALMOST PUTTING THE UNVACCINATED AS IF THEY'RE THE LEPERS OF SOCIETY. I THOUGHT THAT THE WE END WITH UP PEOPLE I'M PERSONALLY OPPOSED TO CHEERLEADERS FOR ABORTION: NOT ONLY RAISED IN CATHOLIC FAMILIES. >> YEAH. I MEAN IT'S A TRAGEDY. I HAVE TO SAY I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF A CORRUPTION OF THE WILL PRACTICALLY THAT'S GOING ON. HOW DO YOU MOVE THAT THERE'S A GIGANTIC STEP I'M PERSONALLY OPPOSED TO ON THE OTHER HAND I WANT TO PROMOTE ABORTIONS. I WANT TO PROMOTE THE KILLING OF THE INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS. THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS IN PLACE. I SAW THIS FANTASTIC AMICUS CURIA BRIEF. THIS IS A CASE COMING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT AND THE BRIEF SHOWS THAT IN ONE INTERNATIONAL POLL 96% OF BIOLOGISTS PROFESSORS IN 96% INDICATED THAT HUMAN LIFE THAT IS TO SAY THE EXISTENCE OF A NEW UNIQUE HUMAN BEING OCCURS AT FERTILIZATION, AND IN THE ONE THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES 68% OF PROFESSIONAL BIOLOGISTS AND PhD.S IN BIOLOGY SAID NEW HUMAN BEING OCCURS AT FERTILIZATION AS WELL. OF COURSE THE POLITICS HERE ARE THICKER AS THEY INVADE ACADEMIA IN THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL. BUT CLEARLY A SUPER MAJORITY OF BIOLOGISTS BELIEVE YOU HAVE A FULL UNIQUE HUMAN LIFE THAT IS OCCURRING AT FERTILIZATION. AND FURTHERMORE IT'S VERY CLEAR THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT YOU HAVE A NEW COMPLETE SPECIFICALLY HUMAN GEE MOM AND YOU HAVE A ZYGOTE CELL. IT BELONGS TO HUMAN BEINGS ALONE. THIS CELL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY SINGLE CELL IN A PERSON'S BODY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER LIFETIME. IT'S THE UNITY OF ALL OF THOSE CELLS. ALL OF THAT PRESENT NINE MONTHS AFTER FERTILIZATION. BUT IT'S NOT ANY MORE HUMAN THAN IT WAS AS A SINGLE CELL HUMAN ZYGOTE SO SAY THE SUPER MAJORITY OF BIOLOGISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PRETTY SERIOUSLY AND YOU LOOK AT THE THE RESPONSE TO THE AMICUS CURE YEAH BRIEF. THAT SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS DEPENDING ON WHICH CRITERION YOU'RE USING AND THEY RAW DRESSED THAT. AND BUT OF COURSE THE THIRD ONE IS THE WHOLE IDEA OF VIABILITY WHICH OF COURSE IS A FLEX STANDARD THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO USE THAT AS A STANDARD. IT CAN NEVER BE FIXED. ONCE YOU GET AN ARTIFICIAL WOMB YOU'LL HAVE VIABILITY UP TO ONE SECOND. I MEAN THE POINT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT SCIENTISTS AGREE. BIOLOGISTS. IT'S PRETTY MUCH SETTLED YOU HAVE A NEW UNIQUE LIFE OCCURRING AT FERTILIZATION. THE FACT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT. WHETHER YOU HAVE THREE WEEKS OF DEVELOPMENT. NINE MONTHS OF DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT AT ALL. IT'S ABSOLUTELY A HUMAN BEING. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY MORE HUMAN REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE. SO MY POINT YOU'RE PROMOTING THE KILLING OF AN INNOCENT HUMAN BEING. AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THEY'RE TRYING EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK. THEY'RE TRYING TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A HUMAN BEING AND A PERSON. THIS IS THE VERY SAME THING THAT WAS DONE IN THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE COURTS OF ENGLAND AND THEN OF COURSE IN THE GREAT STATUTE OF 1640 WHERE WE DECLARED THESE BLACK PEOPLE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT PERSONS AND IN THE LAW THE MINUTE YOU SAY THEY'RE NOT PERSONS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A HUMAN BEINGS THEY BECOME CHATTEL. YOU CAN SELL UNTIL IN 1993 YOU KNOW THE U.S. CONGRESS MADE IT ILLEGAL TO SELL FETAL BODY PARTS. IT WAS PERFECTLY LEGAL UP UNTIL THAT TIME TO SELL FETAL BODY PARTS JUST LIKE THEY DID SLAVES. YOU CAN'T SAY THEY'RE THE PROPERTY OF A WOMAN. BECAUSE THE FETUS IS IN BODY OF A WOMAN'S BODY. FROM IGNATIUS PRESS. MY POINT THE EVIDENCE NOW IS IN DISPUTABLE. YOU'RE PROMOTING THE KILLING OF A INNOCENT HUMAN BEING. IT'S GENOCIDE. YOU CANNOT JUSTIFY IT IN WAY. ANY ATTEMPT TO BE SURE AT ITS MAXIMUM. WHAT'S GOING TO STOP IT AS PETER SINGER HEY YOU PERMIT ABORTION WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH INFANTICIDE. INFANTICIDE SHOULD BE JUST AS LEGAL. OF COURSE SINGER IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF US. OF COURSE THERE'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE. YOU'VE GOT THIS GOVERNOR IN VIRGINIA WHO'S BASICALLY SAYING I KNOW THEY'RE BORN JUST LET THEM DIE. DON'T GIVE THEM ANY TREATMENT OR FOOD. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA TO DO TO THE INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS. MY MINORITY IS THERE IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE. AND I'M PRAYING FOR A REVERSAL OF ROW V. WADE IN THE DOBBS CASE. AND I'M PRAYING FOR A REVERSAL OF ROE V. WADE IN THE DOBBS CASE. AND PRAYING FOR THEM TO BE TO DO JUST THAT. IT'S CONJUNCTION WITH THE NAPA INSTITUTE AND THE RADIO IS PARTICIPATING AS WELL. WE WILL BE DOING THAT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO JOIN US. IT'S ALSO INTERESTING YOU BROUGHT UP THE MISTS CASE. THERE'S A STORY OF THE "WASHINGTON TIMES" MISTS 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN IS MORE LIBERAL THAN THE LIMITS THAT EXIST IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED BY. PRO CHOICE ADVOCATES THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LEAD THE WORLD AND ARGUE AGAINST RESTRICTIONS. STILL RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS MISTS 15 WEEK BANFF PREGNANCY ARE MORE LIBERAL THAN MOST WESTERN AND INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR MIND WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLY RESTRICTIVE LAW AND THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD HAS ABORTION RIGHTS THE WAY THAT THE OLD SOVIET UNION DID. >> YEAH. WHY NOT WHY LET FACTS GET IN THE WAY OF CHURNING BELIEF MACHINE. >> EXACTLY. >> EXACTLY. THE OTHER ONE SINCE WE WERE TALKING ON THIS TOPIC AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY AND IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS. ARCHBISHOP CORELONE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD IN STANDING UP MORE THAN ANYBODY. >> WITH THE DISAGREEMENT WITH WHICH THE AFTERNOON BISHOP. I'M CATHOLIC. I'M DIFFERENT FROM THIS IS HER RATIONAL. I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN IN FIVE YEARS AND ONE DAY. WHAT BUSINESS TO ANYONE. FOR TUESDAY IT WAS A GREAT AND TOTAL BLESSING BUT IT IS NONE OF OUR BUSINESS HOW OTHER PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR SIZE AND TIMING OF THEIR FAMILY. >> THAT LOGIC. -- CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE NAZI PERSECUTION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE OR NAZI PERSECUTION. WELL IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS. I'M HAPPY. I HAD FIVE HEALTHY CHILDREN. I KNOW THERE WERE THESE DEFORMED CHILDREN BEING KILLED IN NAZI GERMANY BUT WE HAVE TO LET THEM GO AHEAD AND DO IT. IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS. THEY JUST IN THEIR COUNTRY THEY DON'T LIKE THOSE CLUBFOOTED PEOPLE. THEY JUST HAVE TO GO. YOU'RE TO SAY THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. JUSTICE IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS AND THE KILLING OF INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. OF COURSE IT SHOULD BE EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. OTHERWISE, YOU LET TRAVESTIES. NOT JUST TRAVESTIES, YOU LET EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OF JUSTICE AND THE PRINCIPLE OCCUR WITH RECKLESS ABANDON. YOU THINK YOU WILL HAVE A CULTURE LEFT - YOU WILL NOT. IT WILL ALL COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU. THAT'S WHY I LOVE THAT LUTHERAN PASTOR'S EMBLEM ON HIS TOMBSTONE. FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE COMMUNISTS BUT I WASN'T A COMMUNIST SO I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. THEN THEY CAME FOR THE SOCIALISTS. I WASN'T A SOCIALISTS EITHER. SO I DIDN'T SAY. AND THEY I WASN'T JEWISH. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. THEN THEY CAME FOR ME. AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK UP FOR ME. THERE IT IS. I THINK THOSE WORDS ARE ENSHRINED AND SHOULD BE ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF EVERY HUMAN BEING. IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THESE OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOKESMEN FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE IT'S JUSTICE. LOOK AT YOUR OWN SELF-INTEREST. MAYBE THAT WILL BE OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU. >> ANYWAY. I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT WAY. OF COURSE IT'S OUR BUSINESS. WHAT THE HECK. AND THIS IS A PERSON WHO'S IN A MAJORITY POSITION IN THE HOUSE? A MAJORITY PARTY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? >> WOW. THIS IS THOUGHT ABOUT PHILOSOPHY OF LAW THAT SHATTERS ALL PREVIOUS NORMS. WOW. AND IT SHATTERS ALL PREVIOUS NORMS AND IT'S MINIMALIST INTERPRETATION OF OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY VIS A VIS JUSTICE. SO LET'S GO TO THE FIRST QUESTION THAT CAME IN HERE BECAUSE THIS PERSON HAS HAVE SOME CONCERNS. DEAR FR. SPITZER, I WATCHED A RECENT EPISODE OF FR. SPITZER'S UNIVERSE ON YOUTUBE. THAT'S GREAT. YOU SPOKE OF IT BEING TIME FOR OUR CHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY TEENS, TO HEAR SOME TOUGH LOVE ABOUT THEIR SOULS AND ETERNITY. HOWEVER, SWINGING THE ROD WILL ONLY SERVE TO DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY. AND TO EWTN, PLEASE DON'T SHUT DOWN COMMENTS. WE NEVER HAVE THE COMMENTS OPEN. WE DIDN'T SHUT THEM DOWN ON THAT VIDEO. SOME COMMENTS ARE WELL-DESERVED, SOME ARE NOT. IF YOU POST POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL CONTENT, YOU MUST ALSO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEALING WITH THE RESPONSE. WE ARE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE FEATURING THIS LETTER. BE BRAVE! HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE. I KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE IT! >> MARY, I WASN'T ADVOCATING YOU START USING THE ROD. I'M ADVOCATING THAT SOMETIMES YOU TELL THE TRUTH. AND SO I MEAN TELLING THE TRUTH IS NOT A BAD THING. MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT CONFRONTS THEM IS NOT A BAD THING. LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE REALLY IS DARKNESS OUT THERE. THAT THERE'S A DARK SPIRIT OUT THERE. THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT. THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND LETTING THEM NOW HOW THE DARK SPIRIT WORK IS A VERY GOO THING. THE DARK SPIRIT WORKS BY ADVOCATING TEACHINGS THAT ARE SIMPLY AND TOTALLY AGAINST JESUS' TEACHING. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT YOU TALK ABOUT ALSO IN THE SAME BREATH, YOU KNOW JESUS TAUGHT THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY RESTRICTED OUR SEXUAL ACTIVITY TO MARRIAGE AND A MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. AND THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO MAKE THIS EXCLUSIVE AND PERMANENT. HE'S VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT THIS. ST. PAUL FOLLOWS IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. THAT'S ALL PASSE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO ANY OF THOSE STATISTICS TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN. THE MINUTE YOU START COHABITATING THE LONGER YOU COHABITATE THE MORE YOU'LL HAVE STRESS IN YOUR MARRIAGE. THE GREATER YOUR PRACTICE OF RELIGION WILL DECREASE. THE MORE YOU PRACTICE RELIGIOUS WILL DECREASE WITH ALL THREE OF WITH THE DIVORCE RATES INCREASING AND THE MARITAL ARE SIMPLY UNDERMINED. THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. WHY WOULDN'T YOU TELL YOUR KIDS THIS. THESE ARE MATTERS OF VERY GOOD SECULAR STUDIES. THIS IS NOT THE SPITZER STUDY. THAT COME FROM UNIVERSITIES THAT PRETTY MUCH DON'T NECESSARILY -- >> WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT WHEN THESE STUDIES COME OUT AND SAY THESE TOUGH THING THEY'RE COVERED EVERYWHERE. NO THEY'RE NOT. WE NEVER HEAR THESE THINGS. NOBODY IS ON THE ABC WORDS NEWS TONIGHT HOW COHABITATION IS VERY BAD FOR YOUR FUTURE AS A MARRIED PERSON. >> I DID FIND ONE INTERESTING ARTICLE. THIS IS NOT A GOOD PRACTICE AND SHE DID EXPOSE THE SLIDING EFFECT AND CONSUMER LOCK IN EFFECT. BUT IT WAS ONE EXAMPLE. THERE WAS A DEAD SILENCE EVERYWHERE ELSE. I WAS JUST STUNNED WHEN I BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE STATISTICS. >> I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A BY LINE IN THE NEXT PAPER SHE'S WRITING FOR. >> OOPS. MAYBE I'VE DONE HER IN. >> LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COME IN. >> LET'S MOVE TO OUR. NEXT QUESTION. DEAR FATHER SPITZER, I HAD A FRIEND WHO RECENTLY RETURNED TO THE CHURCH. SHE TOLD ME THAT HER VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES MAKE HER HAPPY AND THAT SHE HAS JOY. I TOLD HER THAT THE CLOSER A RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH JESUS THE MORE JOY WE HAVE. THEN I ADDED, WE CAN BE HAPPY IN THIS WORLD, BUT THAT JOY ONLY COMES FROM GOD. MY FRIEND GOT UPSET WITH THIS AND SEEMED TO ASSUME THAT I WAS TELLING HER THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE JOY. WAS I WRONG? MARILYN NO MARILYN. I MAYBE WOULD HAVE THERE ARE DEEPER MANIFESTATIONS OF JOY -- SERVING IS A GREAT THING IT DOES BRING JOY. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THERE ARE DEEPER MANIFESTATIONS OF JOY. GENERALLY THE WAY I DO IT, IF SOMEBODY SAYS I'VE NOW REACHED THE PINNACLE OF JOY. OH WELL, I'M SURE THAT RIGHT NOW YOU ARE INCREDIBLY HAPPY PERSON AND I DON'T WANT SPOIL OF IN WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. HOWEVER I WOULD SAY IN THE FUTURE SHOULD YOU FEEL A SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS A SPIRITUAL OR EVEN A DREAD OR EVEN A SENSE THAT THERE IS A SPIRITUAL NEGATIVITY THAT'S BEYOND YOUR CONTROL. IF THAT BEGINS TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW THE ONE THING YOU -- IT WON'T GO AWAY IT'S SORT OF A MALAISE ON THE HORIZON. YOU MIGHT SERIOUSLY CONSIDER A FAITH COMMITMENT. YOU MIGHT SERIOUSLY CONSIDER GOING TO CHURCH. YOU MIGHT CONSIDER SERIOUSLY GOING TO MY CHURCH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE WE HAVE THESE SACRAMENTS OF RECONCILIATION AND THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION AND HOW IMPORTANT THESE SACRAMENTS HAVE BEEN IN MY LIFE FOR ALLEVIATION OF EMPTINESS AND ALIENATION, AND SENSE OF EVIL BEYOND ME THAT ONLY GOD CAN CONTROL. GOD IS MY FRIEND IN PRAYER. IN A WAY I WOULD POINT IT OUT THAT WAY. YOU DON'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM HER JOY. BUT THE MAIN THING THERE'S THIS OTHER LEVEL OF THIS SOUL. THIS OTHER LEVEL OF OUR BEING. SHE MAY NOT HAVE ENCOUNTERED IT YET. YOU NOTICE OH WAIT A MINUTE THERE ARE THESE DEEPER MAN MANIFESTATION AND THE SENSE OF EVIL OR IT'S EVIL BEYOND GUILT IS WHAT I WOULD CALL IT. WHEN YOU START FEELING THOSE THINGS. THAT'S WHY SARTE CALLED IT IRRESOLVABLE EVIL. BUT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GOD. WHAT DO THE SAINTS SAY. YEAH. WHEN WE HAVE THAT KIND OF NAUSEA. WHEN WE HAVE THAT KIND OF SENSE OF THE ABSURD KIERKEGAARD WOULD TURN TO GOD. OR THEY WOULD TURN TO GOD. ALL THESE PEOPLE THE SAINTS THEY TURNED TO GOD AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS THERE IS AN ALLEVIATION. THERE IS A SENSE OF COMMUNION. THERE IS A SENSE OF PROTECTION. THERE IS A SENSE OF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS. ALL OF THESE THINGS BEGIN TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES AS A REAL POSITIVE. SO THE FIRST THING YOU GET OVER THAT EMPTINESS AND ALIENATION AND THEN YOU DISCOVER A WHOLE LEVEL OF JOY. THIS IS SUPER EXTRA. THIS IS LIKE -- I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT GENUINENESS OF YOUR JOY AT ALL. SERVICE BRINGS JOY. AND SO CHRIST AND GOD MEANT IT THAT WAY. BUT ALSO THERE'S A WHOLE NEW LEVEL TOO THAT YOU WILL DISCOVER ON THE STAGES OF LIFE'S WAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT WAS IN THERE TOO THE IDEA OF SERVICE HELPS AND YOU GET JOY BUT A LOT OF TIMES IF THERE'S NOT THE SACRAMENT. YOU LOSE THAT HIGH. AND IT STARTS TO TURN INTO WORK OR DRUDGERY. THERE'S A LITTLE BIOGRAPHY OF DOROTHY DAY. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. AT FIRST SHE WASN'T NECESSARILY GOING FOR THE RELIGION BUT SHE DID AFTER A WHILE. SHE KNEW MY JOY CAN'T COME FROM DOING THESE GOOD THINGS WHICH DOES BRING JOY TO MY HEART ALONE. I NEED TO BE IN COMMUNION WITH GOD. AND I NEED SPECIFICALLY TO BE IN COMMUNION WITH CHRIST. MY LIGHT WHO IS MY EXAMPLE AND MY LEADER IN THIS KIND OF SERVICE TO REALLY HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO'RE DESTITUTE. IN FACT YESTERDAY WE WERE CELEBRATING THE ST. VINCENT DePAUL. IT WAS GREAT HERE'S THIS PERSON WHO BASICALLY OSTENSIBLY JOIN THE PRIESTHOOD. AND HE GETS SUCKED IN SLOWLY BUT SURELY TO DOING THESE JOYFUL THING. HE GOES UP TO GOD AND COMES BACK TO SERVICE. THAT'S THE WAY I DID. FAITH AND SERVICE. A LOT OF PEOPLE GO SERVICE FIRST AND THEN FAITH. BOTH WAYS COMBINES THAT WONDERFUL POPE BENEDICT YOU KNOW THAT YOU GET THE LOVE ALONG WITH THE TRUTH OF FAITH AND ALSO THE SACRAMENTS OF FAITH AS WELL. SO IT BECOMES A WONDERFUL COMBINATION WHICH CHRIST INTENDED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. >> HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION AS WE HEAD TO THE BREAK. DEAR FATHER SPITZER, I HAVE DONATED TO AND VOLUNTEERED WITH ANIMAL RESCUES FOR YEARS. I KNOW ANIMALS DON'T HAVE IMMORTAL SOULS, BUT THEY ARE PART OF GOD'S CREATION. DO THE DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEER WORK THAT I HAVE DONE FOR ANIMAL CHARITIES AND RESCUES COUNT FOR GOOD WORKS OR WORKS OF MERCY? OR DO WE NEED TO ONLY SUPPORT “PEOPLE” CHARITIES INSTEAD? WHAT DOES THE CHURCH SAY ABOUT THIS? JANE, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CHURCH REALLY TALKS ABOUT DOING THOSE KINDS OF CHARITIES. OF COURSE DOING THINGS FOR ANIMALS IS A VERY GOOD THING. OF COURSE IT COUNTS FOR SOMETHING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ST. PAUL TELLS US THAT THE WHOLE CREATION IS YEARNING FOR RAW REDEMPTION IN JESUS CHRIST. AND SO YOU KNOW I'M SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE CREATURES THAT DOES CREATED BY GOD TO BRING WARMTH TO THE SOULS OF HUMAN BEINGS. IF YOU'RE WORKING IN ONE OF THESE RESCUE SHELTERS THESE CREATURES ARE BEING ABUSED AND HERE YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM. ABSOLUTELY IT'S A GOOD THING. I WOULD SAY WORKING FOR ANIMALS ALONE. OKAY TOO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TOO OR THINK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT TOO ABOUT WORKING IN MAYBE OTHER KINDS OF WORKS THAT PERTAIN TO HUMAN BEINGS BEINGS, WELFARE. THERE'S SHELTERS FOR HUMANS. THERE'S SHELTERS FOR PETS. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO THROUGH YOUR PARISH THAT ARE WORKING AT A ST. VINCENT DePAUL CENTER. WHERE YOU COULD GIVE EDUCATION TO PEOPLE OR MAYBE GIVE THEM SOME FOODSTUFFS ON A SATURDAY. OR HAND OUT CLOTHING TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE IN NEED. OR A VARIETY OF THINGS. TUTORING LITTLE KIDS IS FANTASTIC. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH PETS. OF COURSE THESE KINDNESS TO ANIMALS IS A GOOD THING, AND ST. FRANCIS FORGED THE WAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF IN BEING HAVING THOSE KIND CONNECTIONS WITH THE ANIMAL WELFARE. >> THAT CONNECTION THAT LOVE THAT KINDNESS. IN THE WORK NOT ONLY DO THEY PROTECT THESE CREATURES. IT'S BECAUSE OF THEM THAT FAMILIES AND OTHER THINGS GET TO ENJOY THE COMPANIONSHIP OF THESE WONDERFUL ANIMALS. WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. MUCH MORE AHEAD WITH FR. SPITZER'S UNIVERSE WHEN WE COME BACK YOUR QUESTIONS CONTINUE. (THEME MUSIC) (THEME MUSIC) >> WE CONTINUE IN FR. SPITZER'S UNIVERSE AS WE ALLUDED EARLIER WANT TO REMIND THE FRIARS AS THEY PRAY THE ROSARY AFTER THE DAILY MASS. NOW MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND 9:30 ON SUNDAY THAT'S EASTERN TIME DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER JOIN US, AND NAPA INSTITUTE RELEVANT RADIO AND MANY OTHER CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO GET RID OF LEGAL ABORTION. AND GOD WILLING OVERTURN ROE V. WADE. WE INVITE TO EWTN.com TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. NOW WE GO BACK TO FR. SPITZER. ANOTHER QUESTION. DEAR FR. SPITZER, WHAT CAN I SAY TO SOMEONE WHO SAYS THEY ARE ANGRY AT GOD BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE? THEY SAY THAT THEY LOVE GOD BUT THEY DON'T LIKE HIM? PAT >> WELL, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE TO TRUST THAT GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST IN HIS PERMISSIVE WILL. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF SOMEONE DIES AS CHRISTIANS WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE EQUATION. THAT'S NOT THE END OF EVERYTHING. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS TRYING TO CALL THEM TO HIS ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIMSELF IN HEAVEN AND EITHER THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH PURGATORY OR DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN OR IF A PERSON WANTS IT THAT'S THE PERSON'S DECISION THEY WOULD ALSO DETERMINE THEMSELVES IF THEY WANT AWAY FROM GOD. AWAY FROM HEAVEN. NOW I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE YOU'RE WRITING THAT THIS PERSON WAS A PERSON WHO BASICALLY WAS OPEN TO GOD, WANTED WAS MOVING TOWARD GOD. PROBABLY GOING TO CHURCH. I'M ASSUMING AND TRYING TO FOLLOW AS BEST THEY COULD AS GOD'S LAWS AND TEACHINGS. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY GET MAD AT GOD FOR ALLOWING A PERSON TO DIE. SOMETIMES YOU KNOW THE TIMING OF DEATH HAS TO DO WITH NATURAL CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT GOD ALLOWS IT TO HAPPEN. HE'S NOT GOING TO PERFORM A MIRACLE EVERY TWO MINUTE. EVERY TWO SECONDS FOR THAT MATTER. WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING FOR MIRACLES. BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE GOD -- HE HAS A NATURAL ORDER. AND SOMETIMES THAT TIMING COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR SALVATION. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE UNDERSTAND. WE DON'T SEE 0.1 WE DON'T ONE, 1,000TH 1,000TH. SO THE KEEP POINT IS WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE HAD RADICAL TURN AROUND. WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE CAUSED SOME TROUBLE OR DIFFICULTY. WE HAVE TO TRUST IN GOD. SO WHEN A PERSON DIES AND THEY DIE OUT OF TIMING WHAT WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE IS PRAY FOR THAT PERSON AND JUST ENTRUST THAT PERSON TO GOD TO GOD'S LOVING MERCY AND TO BELIEVE HE HAS THE BEST THING IN MIND FOR THAT PERSON. REMEMBER, GOD'S SALVIFIC. AND TRYING TO LEAD US TO SALVATION EVEN IF WE'RE CHOOSING THE TRICKS OF THE EVIL SPIRIT HE'S TRYING TO PULL US BACK OUT OF IT. EVEN SOMETIMES HE WARNS US. HE PUTS CHALLENGES IN OUR LIVES AND SUFFERING IN OUR LIVES TO PULL US OUT OF A BASICALLY A NOSEDIVE INTO THE OCEAN. TODAY HELL FOR YOU. HE'S NOT INDIFFERENT TO OUR SALVATION. HE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO SAVE ME, AND SAVE YOU. AND TO SAVE THE PERSON WHO INDICTED UNEXPECTEDLY. AND WE HAVE TO TRUST HIM. THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. YOU CAN'T SECOND GUESS HIM. YOU CAN'T SAY MY LOGIC IS SUPERIOR. I DECLARE OVER GOD THAT PERSON SHOULD HAVE LIVED LONGER. I'M GOING TO MAKE MY WILL FIAT AS IT WERE BE DONE OVER GOD. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT'S A REALLY BAD PRACTICE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GOD KNOWS AND OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE A WILL THAT SALVIFIC. >> NEXT QUESTION. DEAR FR. SPITZER, I RETURNED TO THE CHURCH ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THROUGH CATHOLICS COME HOME. IS IT NORMAL FOR MY PRAYER LIFE AND FAITH TO INCREASE AND THEN DECREASE OVER TIME? PRESENTLY I THIRST FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHURCH AND TREASURE BEING CLOSE TO THE TRINITY AND MOTHER MARY. HOWEVER, I WORRY ABOUT BACKSLIDING INTO THE NOTHINGNESS I FELT BEFORE RETURNING TO THE CHURCH. MAGGIE AND THIS REMINDS ME OF A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAME KIND OF THING. SOMETIMES YOU GET THAT CHARGE. IT'S KIND OF THE SPIRIT CHARGE, AND THEN IT STARTS TO WANE A LITTLE BIT. >> YEAH. THE WORD FEELING YOU FELT MAGGIE THAT'S THE WORD THAT CONCERNS ME. THE REASON IT DOES IS AS IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA IT'S NOT THE FEELINGS THAT COUNT. THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHERE YOUR SOUL IS. IT REALLY IS YOUR STATE OF BEING. AS WE GO ALONG THE STAGES OF LIFE'S WAY NOTICE IF THERE'S A GENERAL INCREASE OF TRUST IN GOD AND THERE'S A GREATER HOPE IN YOUR SALVATION, AND THERE'S A GREATER ABILITY TO LOVE. THERE'S GREATER PEACE OR GREATER KINDNESS IN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU HAVE THAT SENSE OF GOD'S WISDOM. WHY AM I GOING THROUGH THIS DEPRIVATION. WHY AM I GOING THROUGH THIS DESERT. EVERY SINGLE SAINT I KNOW WENT THROUGH MANY DESERTS WHEN THEIR FEELINGS WERE NOT EBULLIENT. SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THESE THINGS. WHY WOULD GOD TO DO THAT? >> TO DETACH US FROM OUR EGOS. IT ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING WITH DETACHING IS FROM OUR SENSUALITY OR FROM OUR EGO. THAT'S CALLED THE DARK KNIGHT OF THE SPIRIT. THERE'S DARK KNIGHT AND COMES IN ONE FOR SENSUALITY AND ONE FOURIE GO. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD THINGS AS ST. TERESA OF AVILA. THAT'S REALLY GOOD SUFFERING. SO THE DEPRIVATION OF FEELING THAT'S NOT A BAD THING AT ALL. FEELINGS GO UP. THEY GO DOWN. AND OF COURSE GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT HE'S WORKING ON OUR FEELINGS AND THE EVIL SPIRIT IS WORKING ON OUR FEELINGS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT ST. IGNATIUS HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT WHO'S CAUSING WHAT FEELINGS. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME RULES OF THUMBS. NUMBER ONE, FIRST OF ALL MOST OF THE TIME CONSOLATION, PEACE, A SENSE OF SERENITY. A SENSE OF GOD IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS. THAT SENSE OF HOPE THAT NORMALLY COMES FROM THE HOPELESS.. LET'S SAY 75% OF THE TIME FOR LACK OF ANY DEFINITION TO THE CONTRARY. AND MOST OF THE TIME IF YOU'RE FEELING THAT. BUT SAYS IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA IT'S NOT ALWAYS SO. HE DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN PEOPLE THE FIRST WEEK AND SECOND WEEK. I'LL NOT GET INTO IT. HOLY SPIRIT CAN ALLOW FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS, ALIENATION AND LONELINESS AND DREAD HE CAN ALLOW THOSE FEELINGS TO OCCUR AND HE DOES IT IN MANY WAYS RELATED. DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT. AND WE'RE ALSO KIND OF CARELESSLY ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO SIN, ET CETERA. OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO FEEL A PERVASIVENESS EMPTINESS OR ALIENATION. NOW WHAT HAPPENS. THERE ARE THREE OTHER REASONS WHY YOU COULD BE FEELING DESOLATION. WELL BESIDES CIRCUMSTANTIAL LOSS OF A JOB OR YOU'VE SOME KIND OF A SOME KIND OF DEPRESSION IS MORE PSYCHOLOGICALLY OR SOME IMBALANCE OF YOUR CHEMISTRY IN THE BRAIN, OR SOME IMBALANCE OF YOUR CHEMISTRY IN THE BRAIN. OR FEELINGS OF DESOLATION OR BEING IN THE DESERT. THE NUMBER ONE REASON YOU START STRAYING TOWARD THE FIRST WEEK. IN OTHER WORDS YOU START MAYBE DOING THINGS THAT ARE YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING LAX. WELL, IT WON'T MATTER IF I LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM OVER HERE. IT'S NOT TOO BAD. BUT IT IS CAPTURING YOUR IMAGINATION. OR YOU'RE LETTING YOUR ANGER GOING. YOU WERE SORT OF DOING WELL ON IT AND NOW YOU'RE LETTING IT GO. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU START FEELING THE EMPTINESS, THE AIL YEAH ANYTHING, THE LONELINESS THAT DEFINITELY CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE ARE LAX. AM I SLIPPING BACK INTO MY OLD WAYS? GOT TO GET TO CONFESSION AND THE NUMBER TWO THE SECOND REASON IT CAN HAPPEN. LET'S SUPPOSE YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS IN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. SO YOU I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. GREAT CLASSIC IMPORTANT FANTASTIC BOOK. SO YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS. YOU'RE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. AND IT'S STARTING TO AFFECT YOU. WOW I OUGHT TO BE DOING THIS. MAYBE I'M GOING TO START DOING MORE THIS. A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY AND YOU'RE REALLY GETTING INTO IT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU START FEELING THIS DESOLATION. YOU START GETTING SOME NIGHTMARES. YOU START GET AWAY AT NIGHT WITH PRESSURE ON YOUR CHEST. I'M TRYING TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER. I'M LISTENING TO THOMAS CAMPUS. AND I'M FEELING THIS STUFF. HE'S TRYING TO STOP YOU. HEEDS TRYING TO DISCOURAGE YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD IN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. DON'T LET HIM DO IT. JUST WAVE IT OFF. OKAY YOU WANT TO KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT. YOU WANT TO GIVE ME NIGHTMARES. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU. I'M MOVING AHEAD WITH ST. ST. THOMAS. I'M MOVING AHEAD WITH THE IMAGE OF CHRIST. I'M GOING TO BOOK 3. THAT'S THE SECOND THING. DON'T LET THAT DISCOURAGEMENT GET TO YOU. THE DEVIL WILL TRY TO STOP YOU. THERE'S A THIRD REASON THAT YOU CAN FEEL THE DESOLATION AND THAT'S MORE OF GOD'S WORK. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE GOD IS SORT OF SAYING MOTHER TERESA, YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. YOU'RE NOW REALLY DEEP INTO THE SECOND WEEK. YOU'RE DEEP INTO THE ILLUMINATIVE WAY. WHAT HE DOES IS HE SUGGESTIVELY GOES IN. AND HE'S WITHDRAWING THEM. BUT HE'S DOING IT AND THE SAINTS KNOW THIS. THEY KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING. THEY'RE DOING TO GET THE LAST REMNANT OF EGO OUT OF THERE. IT'S REALLY HARD. I HOLD ON TO MY EGO. I'M NOT COMPARING MYSELF TO MOTHER TERESA. I CAN TELL YOU EGO IS HARD TO DETACH FROM. GOD ALLOWS A LOT OF THE SAINTS TO GO INTO THE DESERT FOR FAIRLY LONG PERIODS OF TIME. IT WORKS. BEFORE THEY DIE. MOTHER TERESA ALL OF A SUDDEN A MONTH OR SO BEFORE DEATH THEY'RE ZOOMING. ST. TERESA OF AVILA SHE ZOOMED WAY BEFORE SHE DIED. SHE CONSTANTLY HAD HER EX ECSTASIES, AND VERY CONCENTRATED IN HER PRAYER. SHE SUFFERED A LOT OF PHYSICAL INFIRMITIES AND TERRIBLE PAIN THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE PAID UP FRONT. BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING. THOSE ARE THE THREE MAJOR REASONS IF YOU'RE KIND OF MAKING PROGRESS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE THAT'S NORMALLY THE REASONS THAT GOD ALLOWED DESOLATION. >> LET'S JUMP OVER TO THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT QUICKLY IN OUR CLOSING MINUTES HERE. NOW YOU TALK ABOUT THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SATAN AND TEMPTATION. IT'S NOT USUALLY WHAT WE THINK. YOU TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF REFERENCES TO SATAN. EVIL IN GENERAL OR THE EVIL ONE. EXPLAIN. FIRST OF ALL OUR FATHER WHEN JESUS IS TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES HOW TO PRAY THERE IN THE SERMON. HE USES THAT WE TRANSLATE AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL AND SO THE LAST TWO LINES THE TRANSLATION DIFFICULTIES HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. WE TRANSLATE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 13th CENTURY. LED US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. IN THE GREEK MANUSCRIPT THE IDEA WITH THE GREEK THERE'S NOT SO MUCH TEMPTATION IT'S PUT US NOT TO THE TRIAL OR THE TEST. THAT'S HOW WE WOULD SAY IT TODAY. OF COURSE GOD IS NEVER GOING TO LEAD ANYBODY INTO TEMPTATION. THE WAY THAT WORD TEMPTATION IS TRANSLATED BACK IN THE 13th AND 14th CENTURY. TRIAL. IT'S BETTER TO SAY SOMETHING PUT US NOT TO THE TRIAL OR TO THE TEST. BUT DELIVER US AND THE WORD THAT'S EVIL CAN MEAN BOTH EVIL LIKE DELIVER US FROM EVIL IN GENERAL OR IT COULD REALLY MEAN FROM THE EVIL ONE TOO. IT MEANS BOTH. SO SOMETIMES YOU KNOW -- I SORT -- WHEN I'M SAYING OUR FATHER ON MY OWN, THEN I BASICALLY PUT US NOT TO THE TRIAL OR THE TEST DEAR LORD BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL AND THE EVIL ONE. OF COURSE IN MASS OR ROSARY WE USE THE USUAL THING. I TRY NOT TO GET MYSELF OFF ON A TRACK, SAND WHY DOES GOD HE DOE REALLY MEAN BOTH. WHEN HE'S TEACHING THIS. SO THAT'S WHY I POINTED OUT THE EVIL ONE HAS TO BE -- WE NEED DELIVERANCE FROM HIM TOO. >> YOU SAY IN THE PRAYER IN JOHN'S GOSPEL'S ASK GOD TO PROTECT THE APES FROM THE EVIL ONE. IF THIS INTERPRETATION IS CORRECT THEN JESUS ANTICIPATED THAT THE APES AND THEIR FOLLOWERS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TEMPTATIONS AND IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH JESUS. >> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. AND OF COURSE JESUS DOES ANTICIPATE IT. HE KNOWS VERY WELL THAT EVEN THOUGH HIS PASSION AND DEATH IS THE DEFINITIVE LIBERATION FOR US ALL HE'S NOT GOING TO STOP THE EVIL ONE FROM TEMPTING US. OTHERWISE, WE WOULD NOT BE FULLY FREE TO SIN. HE'S GOING TO ALLOW US FULLY ALLOWED TO SIN. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE GOD INSTEAD OF CHOOSING EVIL. SO THE THEN IDEA WHAT DID JESUS DO WHEN HE HAD DEFINITIVE DEFEAT OVER EVIL. WE CAN TURN ANYTIME WE WANT. EVEN WHEN WE SINCERELY UTTER THE PRAYER LORD HAVE MERCY FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN OR A SINFUL WOMAN. WHEN WE SAY THIS WITH GREAT FAITH AND SINCERITY AND THERE'S RAW REGRET ALREADY DONE. THE EVIL SPIRIT HAS NO MORE POWER. ALREADY CHRIST'S ACTION ON CROSS PUTS THE DEFINITIVE END TO THE ENSLAVEMENT THAT THE EVIL SPIRIT HAS OVER US. IS TO GO TO THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION WITH FIRM PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT AND SINCERE CONTRITION. IF YOU DO THAT THAT'S THE END. EVERY KIND OF LITTLE TABULATION HE'S GOT GOING OF ALL OF THE SINS YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THE PENALTIES YOU OWE TO HIM EVERYTHING ELSE ONE WORD FROM YOU ONE CONFESSION FROM YOU AND BLAST BLAST-O-RAMA. ALL OF THE PENALTIES HE CAN WANTS TO EXACT. ALL OF THE YOU OWE ME YOU TOOK WHAT I HAVE OFFERED YOU NOW BELONG TO ME. ALL THAT'S GONE. IT'S ALL DISPELLED. JESUS HAS PAID THE PRICE. THEN AND THERE. THAT'S THE VICTORY. JESUS PASSION AND DEATH. NOW OF COURSE DOES THAT MEAN WON'T GET ANY MORE TEMPTATIONS IN THE FUTURE. YOU CAN BE SURE YOU WILL GET TEMPTATIONS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE YOU ARE FREE BEING MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD. BECAUSE OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BATTLE THAT RAT TO THE END. AND NO KIDDING. JUST TO THE BITTER END. AND HE'S GOING TO THROW EVERY OBSTACLE HE CAN IN FRONT OF YOU. AND OF COURSE THE QUESTIONER JUST SAID, WELL I MEAN HOW COME I FEEL DESPONDENT. BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS. THAT'S WHAT THE EVIL SPIRIT DOES. AND JUST DON'T LET HIM GET TO YOU. HE'S NOT WORTH IT. CHRIST IS THE LIGHT AND HE IS VICTORIOUS OVER SATAN. PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM. >> AMEN. BEFORE SO WE CAN WRAP THIS SECTION IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES. THERE'S ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PROHIBITION OF OATHS AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEAN. >> JESUS OATHS -- THAT'S LIKE SOLEMNLY SWEARING ON TRULY ON YOUR FAITH IN GOD. AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AN OATH, IN CERTAINLY IN THE ANCIENT SENSE IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT JUST SWEARING BEFORE GOD IT'S LIKE SWEARING ON MY OWN FAITH AND RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, AND JESUS JUST GOES WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T BE DOING THIS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE DOING WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THIS KIND OF A PACT OR OATH WITH -- BEFORE A HUMAN BEING TO PUT ALL OF THAT ON THE LINE AND THE OPENING IT GIVES TO THE EVIL SPIRIT. YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE LINE TO PLEDGE YOUR WORD. YOU CAN JUST YES WHEN YOU MEAN YES, AND NO WHEN YOU MEAN NO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYMORE. ANYTHING ELSE IS FROM THE DEVIL. >> OKAY. WITH THAT WE SHALL WRAP-UP THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM. FATHER GIVE US YOUR BLESSING. >> BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY FOR GOD'S BLESSING. MAY THE LORD OF LIGHT AND LOVE. LORD WHO IS VICTORIOUS OVER SATAN. THE LORD WHO IS VICTORIOUS OVER ALL DURING THE COARSENESS IN THIS WORLD SEND HIS LIGHT INTO YOUR LIFE AND YOUR SOUL. TO HELP GUIDE YOU AND HELP YOU UNTO THE SALVATION OF LIGHT FOREVER AND JOY FOREVER WITH HIM. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FR. SPITZER. STAY WELL. AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK WE MOVE INTO THE SATAN REVEALED IN THE PARABLES. AND OF COURSE THE MASSIVE INSTALLATION OF REVEREND JOHN C. IFFERT OF THE 11th BISHOP OF COVINGTON KENTUCKY. ALSO INTERESTING EVENT ANNUAL MASS AT SEE SERVICES PILGRIMAGE. ST. ELIZABETH IN EMMITSBURG MARYLAND. EWTN BRINGS IT TO YOU OCTOBER 3RD I'M DOUG KECK. JOURNEY WITH US NEXT TIME. THANKS. (THEME MUSIC)
