♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Fr. Pacwa: THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME TO SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION, A PROGRAM WHERE WE DO BIBLE STUDY AND GO THROUGH VARIOUS TEXTS AND THEMES. THIS OPENING PART OF THE PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THINGS, THE ISSUE IS THAT OF SIN, THAT THE TOPIC OF SIN TAKING A VARIETY OF THEM FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT AS SOME OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO IT. WE'RE USING A BOOK THAT I WROTE CALLED, WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINST SIN. AND I SAY, THAT WAS NOT MY IDEA FOR THE TITLE. I WANTED TO CALL IT SIN: AGAINST IT BUT SOMETIMES I FORGET BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT FITS MY LIFE. NOW, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC IN OUR AMERICAN CULTURE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE AS A CULTURE, ABSOLUTE FREEDOM WHICH HAS BECOME ONE OF THE HIGHEST VALUES. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, IT ALWAYS CONFLICTS WITH THE DESIRE OF ABSOLUTE FREEDOM AS DEFINED BY OTHER PEOPLE. SO, A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE, WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING A VEHICLE AND TWO PEOPLE COME TO AN INTERSECTION, I SHOULD FEEL FREE TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION FIRST AND UNFORTUNATELY, SO DOES THE OTHER PERSON. SO, WHO WINS AND BY WHAT PRINCIPLE? WELL, THERE ARE NECESSARY LIMITATIONS TO FREEDOM AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES FOR THAT. ESPECIALLY THE SUPREME COURT, SINCE THE MID 1960'S, IN PARTICULAR, THE SUPREME COURT HAS SET ABSOLUTE FREEDOM OF CHOICE AS THE PRIMARY VALUE NO LONGER IS THERE IN THE COURTS A PURSUIT OF THE VIRTUES. AND SCRIPTURE, THIS CALLS US TO A FREEDOM TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT AND BECAUSE IT IS GOOD. THAT'S THE TOPIC AT HAND TODAY. AND IT IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND A KEY THEME OF THE BIBLE THAT COMES FROM ISRAEL AND ITS HISTORY. THE ISRAELITES, WHERE A LARGE FAMILY THAT BECAME A SET OF FAMILIES AND CLANS, ESPECIALLY AFTER JACOB AND HIS WIVES HAD 12 SONS, EACH OF WHICH IS THE PRE GENITOR OF A PARTICULAR TRIBE. AND WHEN THEY WERE INVITED BY THE PHAROAH OF EGYPT WITH ONLY 72 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILIES, THEY SETTLED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE DELTA REGION. WIVES KEPT AWAY FROM THE EGYPTIANS WHO OBJECTED TO RAISING SHEEP. AND I MEAN, IT'S HOT, NOT WARM. AND I'VE BEEN IN SOUTHERN EGYPT WHEN IT WAS 142°. THAT'S HOT. BY EVERYBODY'S STANDARDS. AND SHEEP ARE SOMETHING THAT THEY FOUND OFFENSIVE. SO, THE ISRAELITES WHO RAISED SHEEP HAD MOVED. THEY WERE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND PLENTY OF GRASS OVER THERE, THEY RAISED THEIR SHEEP AND AND NOT BE BOTHERED WITH THE EGYPTIANS. HOWEVER, AS TIME WENT ON, THERE WERE CHANGES IN DYNASTY. AND WITH THE CHANGES IN DYNASTY, IN FACT, THERE WERE A GROUP OF KINGS THAT CONQUERED EGYPT IN THE 1700S BC. THESE ARE CALLED [FOREIGN WORDS] THEY WERE SEMITIC. AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE KINGS WAS EVEN NAMED JACOB. JACOB AND THESE PEOPLE AND BECAUSE UPPER EGYPT, IT WAS A HIGHER ELEVATION. AND PEOPLE OF UPPER EGYPT RECONQUERED THE COUNTRY BY THE 15 HUNDREDS. BC. THAT'S WHY IT SAYS IN EXODUS VERSE 2, 23, AFTER A LONG TIME, THE KING OF EGYPT DIED, THE ISRAELITES GROANED UNDER THE SLAVERY AND CRIED OUT. THIS CHANGE IS NOT ONLY ONE KING BUT CHANGES OF DYNASTIES. AND CHANGES OF CULTURE. WHEN THEY RULED EGYPT, IT WAS THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE OF HISTORY. AND BY THE TIME THAT MOSES THE FIRST RECONQUERED EGYPT FOR THE EGYPTIANS, IT WAS ALREADY WHAT'S CALLED THE LATE GRANS AGE. AND MORE ADVANCEMENT IN CULTURE GOING ON. AND JUST SO YOU GET AN IDEA, THE MOST FAMOUS THINGS TO VISIT IN EGYPT ARE THE PYRAMIDS, RIGHT? WELL, BY THIS TIME, THE PYRAMIDS WERE ALREADY 1300, 1400-YEARS-OLD. AND THEY WERE NOT MAKING PYRAMIDS ANY MORE. IT HAPPENED WAY LONG TIME AGO IN ANOTHER PERIOD. SO, THE ISRAELITES WERE IN THIS NEW PERIOD. AND WHEN THE DYNASTY CHANGED, THE EGYPTIAN DYNASTY WITH THIS NEW ADVANCED CULTURE, THE LATE BRONZE AGE CULTURE, THE EGYPTIANS FORCED THE ISRAELITES INTO SLAVERY. AND THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEY MAY HELP OTHER COME AND CONQUEROR EGYPT WHO WERE SEMITIC LIKE THE ISRAELITES. AND THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE CONQUEST, FROM ASIA SO, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ALLOW THAT. SO, THEY MADE THEM INTO SLAVES AND WEAKENED THEM. THEN, THAT DIDN'T BEGIN AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE ISRAELITES IN THEIR SLAVERY BECAME EVEN STRONGER, NOT LESS STRONG. AND AS A RESULT, THE ISRAELITES WERE THEN TREATED EVEN WORSE, NOT ONLY WERE THEY SLAVES BUT THE EGYPTIANS BEGAN TO KILL OFF THEIR SONS. THE EGYPTIANS WOULD TAKE ANY BOY BABIES AND DROWN THEM IN THE NILE. AND WHY DID THEY DO THAT? BECAUSE THE CROCODILES WOULD EAT THEM. THEY WOULD EAT THE BABIES AFTER THEY DIED AND DROWNED. SO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE THEY, AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, ALL THE DIFFERENT PUNISHMENTS THAT WERE GOING ON WITH THE 10 PLAGUES OF THE EGYPTIANS AS A GRADUAL STEP BY STEP PROMISED PUNISHMENT AGAINST THE EGYPTIANS, GIVING THEM CHANCE AFTER CHANCE TO STOP KILLING THE BOY BABIES OF THE ISRAELITES. STOP TRYING TO REDUCE THEIR POPULATION AND SET THEM FREE. AND EGYPTIANS DID NOT LEARN READILY, THEY DID NOT LEARN THEIR LESSON AND THEY KEPT TO SLAVERY. SO, THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THAT THE LORD ANNOUNCES HIS PLAN TO FREEDOM. NOW, JUST AGAIN, TO KEEP IN MIND, CHAPTER 2 EXODUS, MOSES HAD TRIED HIS OWN PLAN TO FREE THE SLAVES. REMEMBER, THAT THE ONE EGYPTIAN GUY WAS BEATING A HEBREW AND HE KILLED THE EGYPTIAN, RIGHT? EVERYBODY WAS DOING IT UNJUSTLY. AND DID THAT WORK? NO. BECAUSE IT GOT FOUND OUT AND MOSES HAD TO RUN FOR HIS LIFE AS A FUGITIVE FROM EGYPTIAN LAW. THAT WAS HIS HUMAN PLAN TO SAVE THE PEOPLE BY KILLING ONE EGYPTIAN AT A TIME. AND THAT WAS NOT GOING TO WORK IN THE LONG RUN. AND IT DIDN'T WORK FOR HIM. SO, THEN WE SEE THAT THE LORD APPEARS TO MOSES IN A A BURNING BUSH ON MOUNT SINAI. AT THAT POINT, IT WAS CALLED THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD AND SOMETIMES IT'S ALSO CALLED HOREB. IT'S CALLED HOREB BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE NORTHERN DIALECT. LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE'S A NORTHERN DIALECT AND SOUTHERN DIALECT. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. YOU KNOW, UP NORTH, THEY SAY GRECE. AND THEY SAY, HEY, WHAT'S YOU GUYS DOING. AND THERE, THEY SAY [FOREIGN WORDS] AND THERE'S DIFFERENCE IN LANGUAGES, EVEN IN OUR COUNTRY, AND HEBREW. SINAI WAS THE SOUTHERN NAME FOR THE SAME PLACE. AND AS THE LORD APPEARS TO MOSES, TEACHING HIM RESPECT, TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF, HE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN STEPPING, TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF, THIS IS HOLY GROUND. AND THEN THEY START WALKING. AND IN VERSE 7, THE LORD SAID, 3:7, I HAVE OBSERVE THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE WHO WERE IN, WHO ARE IN EGYPT AND I HAVE HEARD THEIR CRY ON ACCOUNT OF THE TASK MASTERS. INDEED, I KNOW THEIR SUFFERINGS. AND I HAVE COME DOWN TO DELIVER THEM FROM THE EGYPTIANS AND TO BRING THEM UP OUT OF THAT LAND TO BE A GOOD AND BROAD LAND, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, TO THE COUNTRY OF THE CANAANITES, HITTITES, ARMITES, THE PEREZITES, HIVVITES AND THE JEBSITES. THE CRY OF THE ISRAELITES HAS NOW COME TO ME. I WILL SEND YOU TO PHARAOH TO BRING MY PEOPLE, THE ISRAELITES, OUT OF EGYPT. SO, MOSES IS GOING TO BE THE INSTRUMENT FOR FREEING THE SLAVES IN EGYPT. BUT NOT BY HIS PLAN, CARRYING OUT ONE EGYPTIAN AT A TIME. BUT HE WILL FREE THEM BY GOD'S PLAN. WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE IT IN A DIFFERENT STEP. AND THIS FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY, IN EGYPT IS, IN ONE SENSE, THE MODEL OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FOR ALL OTHER WAYS THAT GOD SAVES US. AND IT ALSO BECOMES A MODEL FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE NEW TESTAMENT ALSO SEES OUR SALVATION THROUGH THE SAME LENSE OF FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY IN EGYPT. BUT IT'S NOT SLAVERY AS SLAVERY TO EGYPTIAN TASK MASTERS BUT IT'S SLAVERY TO SIN. AND JUST TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT HAPPENED, NOTE THAT THE NUMBER OF VERY SUBTLE THINGS TAKING PLACE. BUT IN THE EXODUS, YOU HAVE THE 10 PLAYINGS AND -- PLAGUES AND BY THE WAY, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK AT FIRST. MOSES GOES TO THE PHAROAH AND SAYS, SET THEM FREE. AND PHAROAH WON'T DO IT. AND HE SAYS, NO, YOU PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR FREEDOM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS. I'M GOING TO MAKE HARDER WORK FOR YOU. AND THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO MOSES. COULDN'T YOU LEAVE US ALONE. WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING US AND BOTHERING THE PHAROAH. SO, THE TENSION BUILDS AS THIS GOES ON. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO OUGHT TO PAY ATTENTION TO IN THE WAY THAT GOD DELIVERS PEOPLE. AND THEN, WE SEE THAT, FIRST, MOSES DOES SOME SIGNS, MIRACULOUS SIGNS. HE TAKES HIS STAFF AND TURNS IT INTO A SERPENT. AND THE EGYPTIANS' MAGICIAN DO THE SAME THING. BUT MOSES' SERPENT EATS ALL OF THERE IS AND THEN GOES BACK TO BEING A STAFF. SO, MOSES WON. THEN, MOSES TAKES WATER FROM THE NILE AND POURS IT OUT AND IT TURNS TO BLOOD. AND THE EGYPTIANS DO THAT. AND THEN MOSES TURNS THE WHOLE RIVER TO BLOOD. AND THE PHAROAH IS SAYING TO THE EGYPTIAN MAGICIANS, WAIT WAIT WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE BLOOD. CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING THERE? WHAT AN IMPORTANT THING. NOW, ALL OF THE EGYPTIANS DEPEND ON THE NILE FOR THEIR LIFE. AND ALSO, NILE RIVER WAS ONE OF THE GOD'S THAT THE EGYPTIANS WORSHIPED. THEY WORSHIPED THE NILE RIVER. IT WAS THE RIVER OF GOD. AND THE LORD GOD SAID, YES, HE HAS POWER OVER THAT. AND THE FROGS CAME. AND THEN THE EGYPTIANS ALSO HAD A FROG GOD. SO, THE LORD SHOWS THEM, NO, I'M IN CHARGE OF THE FROGS, NOT YOUR GOD. AND ALSO, THERE WAS A GOD OF THE FLIES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, EGYPTIAN GENERALS WOULD WEAR A NECKLACE WITH A CARVED FLY ON IT TO SHOW THEIR POWER. AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, IF YOU GO TO EGYPT, THEIR FLIES ARE REALLY, REALLY NASTY. OH, THEY ARE AWFUL! AND AT THE BATTLE OF TABROOK, THE FLIES HAD A MAJOR IMPACT DURING WORLD WAR II AT THE BATTLE OF TABROOK. AND THEY WERE HAVING THE BATTLE AND THOSE FLIES HAD A BIG EFFECT ON THE WAR. AND THE PLAGUE, THERE'S A GOD OF DARKNESS, TOO. SO, ALL OF THOSE PLAGUES WERE SYMBOLS OF DISTINCT GOD'S IN EGYPT. AND THE LORD SHOWS THAT HE DOMINATES EACH ONE OF THE EGYPTIAN GOD'S. THEY ARE NOT IN CHARGE! AND EVEN THIS PHAROAH WHO WAS CONSIDERED A GOD, THE PHAROAH PROBABLY WAS RAMSES. YOU KNOW WHAT RAMSES MEANS? THE SON OF RAU. AND MOSES OF WAS THE SON OF TUT. SO, IT WAS NOT THE PHAROAH OR ANY OF THE OTHER GOD'S. AND ONLY THE LORD IS GOD AND FINALLY, HE SHOWS THE EGYPTIANS HE'S THE LORD OF LIFE AND DEATH. AND THE FINAL PLAYING IS THE PLAYING OF DEATH, OF THE FIRST BORN. WHY WAS THAT APPROPRIATE? THE EGYPTIANS WERE KILLING THE FIRST BORN OF ISRAEL, ALL OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL. AND ISRAEL IN CHAPTER 4 IS CALLED, THE FIRST BORN. IF YOU MESS WITH MY FIRST BORN SONS, I WILL GET YOUR FIRST BORN SONS. IN OTHER WORDS, AND THEY ALWAYS DO THIS IN THE BIBLE. LOOK CAREFULLY. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS. THE PUNISHMENTS FIT THE CRIMES. AND ALL OF THE BIBLICAL PUNISHMENTS FIT THE CRIME. AND THEN THE EGYPTIANS CHASE THEM OUT. AND AS YOU KNOW, MOSES PUT HIS HAND UP AND WITH THE STAFF IN IT, THE SEA OPENS UP, THE ISRAELITES WALK IN, THE EGYPTIANS FOLLOWED AND THEY GOT DROWNED BY THE ISRAELITES CAME THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS THE FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY AND THAT'S THE MODEL OF SALVATION. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO READ, AND REREAD THOSE EPISODES IN EXODUS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MEANT BY SALVATION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. AS WELL AS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO WHEN WE COME BACK. SO, PLEASE, STAY WITH US! [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Fr. Pacwa: THANK YOU AND WELCOME BACK. OF COURSE, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN WATCH THIS SHOW OR ANY OTHER EWTN PROGRAM ON YOUR SMART PHONE. IF YOUR PHONE IS IGNORANT, FORGET IT! BUT IF YOU HAVE A SMART PHONE, YOU CAN WATCH IT. GET THE EWTN APP. IT'S A FREE APP AVAILABLE AT EWTNapps.com YOU CAN DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. NOW, WE'RE CONTINUING ON. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS THING OF GOD USING THE LIBERATION OF THE ISRAELITES FREEDOM INTO EGYPT AS A MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING SALVATION. NOW WE'LL GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT HERE AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT'S VERY FAMOUS AND USUALLY QUOTED OUT OF CONTEXT, JOHN 8:31, 32. JESUS HAD SAID TO THE JEWS, IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD, YOU ARE TRULY MY DISCIPLES AND YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH; AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE. THIS IS AN INTERESTING VERSE. YOU SEE, FIRST OF ALL, TO KNOW THE TRUTH, YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE IN MY WORD, NOT JUST HEAR IT ONCE. HAVE YOU TO GO IN YOUR EAR AND OUT THE OTHER EAR! THAT'S NOW HOW YOU CONTINUE IN THE WORD, THE LIFE THROUGH YOU. AND YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO STAY IN THE WORD. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND AT THAT POINT OF CONTINUING IN THE WORD OF JESUS CHRIST, THEN WE BECOME TRULY HIS DISCIPLES AND NOT PEOPLE SAYING, OH, YEAH, I LIKE JESUS, I ADMIRE HIM A LOT. HE'S A GOOD GUY, THAT'S NICE. NO, NO. A DISCIPLE MEANS SOMEONE WHO IS TAUGHT. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS IN GREEK, ONE WHO IS TAUGHT. SO, YOU HAVE TO BE TAUGHT BY CHRIST IN HIS WORD. AND LET THE WORD OF CHRIST FORM YOU. AND THEN, YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE. NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE. AND THEY APPLY IT TO THEIR OWN IDEAS. THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT. IT'S NOT WHAT SOME TELEVISION COMMENTATOR MAY SAY OR WHAT SOME POLITICIAN MAY SAY, OR A SCIENTIST MAY SAY, OR A PHILOSOPHER MIGHT SAY OR ANY OF THEM. IT IS CONTINUING IN THE WORD OF JESUS CHRIST. TRULY BECOMING HIS DISCIPLE. THEN YOU KNOW THE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE. NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE TO OUR OWN HEARTS BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS IN NO WAY SOME VAGUE ACCEPTANCE OF JESUS AS IF YOU ADMIRE HIM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS TOO SUPERFICIAL. AND WE SEE THAT HIS TRUTH IS SO POWERFUL AND THAT IT HAS AN ABILITY TO SET PEOPLE FREE FROM KEY PROBLEMS IN LIFE. THERE ARE A LOT OF RESPONSES TO THIS. AND IN FACT, THE PEOPLE WHO LISTENED TO THIS WERE PRETTY UPSET WITH JESUS SAYING THAT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY SAY IN VERSE 33, JOHN 8. SO THE VERY NEXT VERSE, THEY ANSWER JESUS SAYING WE ARE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM AND HAVEN'T EVER BEEN SLAVES TO ANYONE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SAYING YOU WILL BE MADE FREE? NOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT THEY SAW SLAVERY AS SLAVERY TO SOMEONE. YOU CAN BE ENSLAVED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND ESPECIALLY TO SIN. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR LORD, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY GOES INTO WITH THEM BECAUSE THE SLAVERY TO SIN IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT'S USUALLY SOMETHING AT SOME POINT, SLAVERY TO SIN COMES BECAUSE WE CHOOSE TO DO THE SIN NOT REALIZING THAT THE SIN CAN GET HOLD OF US AND CAPTURE US IN ITS SELF. THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T REALIZE THERE'S ANOTHER KIND OF SLAVERY AND THAT'S WHY JESUS RESPONDS IN VERSE 34 TO THEM. AND SAID, AMEN, AMEN, I TELL YOU, ANYONE WHO COMMITS SIN IS A SLAVE TO SIN. AND THE SLAVE DOES NOT HAVE A PERMANENT PLACE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, THE SON HAS A PLACE THERE FOREVER. SO, IF THE SON MAKES YOU FREE, YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED. NOW HOW IS IT THAT IT MAKES YOU FREE, BY FREEING US FROM SIN. THAT IS KEY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. HOW MANY DIFFERENT SINS ARE ABLE TO ENSLAVE US IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. SINS OF THE FLESH OFTENTIMES. AND NOT JUST SEXUAL SINS. BUT ALCOHOL, DRUGS. TALK TO ALCOHOLICS. TALK TO DRUG ADDICTS. HOW EASY IS IT TO STOP WITH YOUR ADDICTION? AND DOES IT NOT LEAD TO A DESTRUCTION OF YOUR LIFE? I HOPE YOU REALIZE THIS, BUT EVERYDAY 160 DIE FROM OPIOID OVERDOSES. OPIOIDS KILL 160 PEOPLE A DAY, EVERYDAY. WITH SEXUAL DISORDERS, WHETHER THEY ARE SEXUAL ADDICTIONS, SAY, PORNOGRAPHY, THAT'S VERY ADDICTIVE AND VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO BREAK FREE OF THAT. AND OTHER SEXUAL BEHAVIORS. HOW IS THAT ENSLAVING? ASK SOMEBODY WHO HAS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE THAT CAN CURE THEM. SOME KILL YOU MORE SLOWLY THAN OTHERS BUT THERE ARE OVER 60 SEXUAL DISEASES IN OUR CULTURE. AND ITS BEEN REPORTED THAT 20% OF ADULTS ARE INFECTED. THIS IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH AN ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR. AND WE ALSO SEE THAT YOU CAN BECOME VERY ADDICTED TO YOUR JOB SO THAT YOU GET STATUS, MONEY, AND YOU CAN BECOME ENSLAVED TO THE IDEA OF OWNING CERTAIN THINGS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE YOUNG WOMAN. SHE WAS AT VANDERBILT WHEN I WAS A STUDENT. SHE WAS AN UNDERGRAD. AND SHE SO WANTED TO FIT INTO HER SORORITY THAT SHE WENT INTO DEBT BUYING CLOTHES TO KEEP UP WITH THE SORORITY SISTERS. AND THEN, SHE COULDN'T PAY HER TUITION AND HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL! THAT SLAVERY TO WHAT YOU THINK PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU AND TO POSSESSIONS AND STATUS. AND YOU CAN GO ON. IT'S IMPORTANT. BUT OUR LORD WANTS US TO THINK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH ANY OF OUR SINS ENSLAVE US. HOW EASY IS IT TO GET AROUND WITH YOUR COWORKERS AND NOT GOSSIP ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. HOW EASY IS THAT? A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S NOT SO EASY. AND ALSO, THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF OTHER ENSLAVEMENTS, ANGER. WELL, I HAVE A RIGHT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PERSON DID TO ME? AND YEAH, YOU CAN'T TELL ME NOT TO BE ANGRY BECAUSE I HAVE A REASON, I HAVE A RIGHT. I'M NOT SAYING THE PERSON DIDN'T DO SOMETHING BAD. BUT I CAN ALSO SEE THE ANGER TEARING YOU UP MORE THAN IT'S TEARING THEM UP. AND YOU ARE A SLAVE TO THAT ANGER. OR IN POLITICS, HOW MANY FOLKS IN POLITICS, THEY HOW MANY OF THEM START OFF WANTING TO SERVE. AND THEN, OFFER THEM A BRIBE AND GIFTS AND THEN THEY BECOME BIGGER GIFTS, HAVING THE POWER. AND THEN THEY BECOME ADDICTED TO KEEPING THE POWER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES ON WITH PEOPLE IN ANY AREA OF LIFE. WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. CHRIST WANTS US TO HAVE A SENSE OF FREEDOM FROM THAT AND BEING A CHILD IN THE FAMILY RATHER THAN A SLAVE TO THE STUFF. SLAVES HAVE TO SERVE THE STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE. THEY HAVE TO DO THE CHORES. AND BELIEVE ME, PEOPLE WHO BECOME ENSLAVED TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND OTHER THINGS, THEY ARE DOING ALL KINDS OF NASTY STUFF TO SUPPORT THOSE ENSLAVEMENTS. I WOULDN'T JUST SAY NASTY HABITS BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS TOO NICE. IT'S THE ENSLAVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING AND THE SELF DESTRUCTION. WHEREAS, THE LORD WANTS US TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE CALLED TO BE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF GOD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST. GOD IS OUR FATHER. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE VERY MUCH WANT TO HAVE IN OUR OWN LIVES AND THAT CHRIST'S WORD KEEPS ON GIVING US THESE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD BEING OUR FATHER. WE SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN IN MANY OF THE GOSPEL. HE WANTS US TO BE HIS CHILDREN BY ADOPTION. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO GIVE TO US SO THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN CRY OUT FROM WITHIN US, ABBA, FATHER! BECAUSE WE DO RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION WHILE THE WORLD GIVES US A SPIRIT OF ENSLAVEMENT TO THEMSELVES. THEY WANT TO HAVE OUR CONTROL FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES. MANY TRY TO CALL THAT FREEDOM. BUT ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION THE WAY THEY TWIST THINGS AROUND. WE'RE FOR CHOICE! YES, YOU ARE, BUT YOUR CHOICE IS TO KILL BABIES IN THE WOMB. YOU ARE FOR THE RIGHT TO DIE. NO, NO. IT'S CALLED A RIGHT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. AND IN SOME COUNTRIES, WHERE THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT, PEOPLE START KILLING PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. WELL, MOM AND DAD ARE REALLY IN A BAD WAY AND THEY JUST DON'T REALIZE. THEY ARE IN SUCH A BAD WAY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW BADLY OFF THEY ARE. AND WHEREAS, IN ONE FAMILY, A BOY HAD TERMINAL ILLNESS 12-YEARS-OLD, THEY DIDN'T ASK HIM. THEY DECIDED, HE WOULD WANT US TO HAVE HIM EUTHANIZED. THAT IS TO SAY: MURDERED. THESE ARE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND WE HAVE TO BE ALERT, CHRIST WANTS US TO HAVE THE CHILDREN, THE FREEDOM OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD, THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS US TO. SO, LET'S GO OVER TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. WE'LL STOP THAT DISCUSSION FOR NOW. AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS EMAIL. FATHER PACWA, WHEN YOU CONSIDER SOCIETY TODAY WITH SUCH AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN, ANTI-MORAL ATMOSPHERE ON THE OCCASIONS OF SIN EVERYWHERE, HOW DO WE AVOID THE NEAR OCCASION OF SIN WHEN IT PRACTICALLY HITS US IN THE FACE. AND THEN, WE STEP OUTSIDE, PUT ON THE TV, OPEN A BROWSER WINDOW. WELL, THERE'S A POINT TO THAT. WE HAVE TO EXTRA ALERT. FIRST OF ALL, WHY ARE ALL THOSE TEMPTATIONS AROUND US? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY OFF OF US, GIVING US THOSE TEMPTATIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE. THE FIRST BUSINESS TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE INTERNET WAS? PORNOGRAPHY. THAT WAS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS GROUP IN THE COUNTRY. SO, OF COURSE, THEY WERE GOING TO OFFER US ALL OF THAT STUFF AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE. THEN, ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE TEMPTATIONS THAT WE HAVE. PART OF WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT'S GOING ON FOR OUR SAKE, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS? WELL, WE NEED TO KEEP OURSELVES FOCUSED ON THAT WORD OF CHRIST BY WHICH WE LEARN HIS TRUTH. AND WE ALLOW HIS WORD TO PURIFY OUR MINDS OF ATTACHMENTS TO THE DESIRES FOR THESE THINGS. WE WANT TO HAVE GREATER FREEDOM FROM POSSESSIVENESS. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE PURSES, SHOES, TROUSERS AND SUITS THAT COST LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY TO MAKE US LOOK REALLY GOOD. WELL, SOMEBODY HAS TO WEAR THE CHEAP SUITS? SO MIGHT AS WELL BE US. I DON'T MIND WEARING CHEAP SUITS. AND I THINK TO HAVE A CLEAR SENSE OF KEEPING OURSELVES PURIFIED BY THE WORD, REMEMBER, CHRIST SAID IN JOHN 15, MY FATHER IS THE VINE DRESSER, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES AND I'M THE VINE. AND OUR FATHER APPROVED EACH BRANT BY THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN. THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A CHALLENGE TO THESE TEMPTATIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. LET'S TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. >> NOW, I'M FROM CALIFORNIA AND MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE CATHOLIC DOGMA TO BE SAVED. DOES THAT MEAN THAT ALL THE CATHOLICS CAN BE SAVED? >> Fr. Pacwa: WELL, HERE IS THE QUESTION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I WAS A SMALL BOY -- WELL, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT HAPPENED BEFORE I HAD THE ISSUE. BUT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY AND THERE WAS A PRIEST NAMED FATHER FEELY WHO SAID, ONLY CATHOLICS GO TO HEAVEN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? ANYBODY EVER HEAR OF HIM? HE WAS EXCOMMUNICATED FOR SAYING THAT. BY POPE PIUS XII. BECAUSE THE REALITY OF THIS, THE FULLNESS IS IN THE TRUTH OF THE CHURCH. POPE PIUS XII, LIKE PREVIOUS POPES TAUGHT KNEW THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. AND LOTS OF TIMES, THERE ARE CATHOLICS WHO GIVE VERY, VERY BAD EXAM'S. TAKE A LOOK IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. AND THE POPES HAD BEEN ABSOLUTELY AGAINST THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE FROM WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER IT BEGAN, IN 1435 BY JANUARY 1436, WHEN THE NEWS GOT TO ROME, POPE EUGENE IV PUT IT UNDER AUTOMATIC EXCOMMUNICATION. THAT WAS REPEATED EVERY CENTURY, UNTIL SLAVERY ENDED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES, IN THE 1880'S. LAST COUNTRY WAS BRAZIL. THE POPES ALL OF THEM BACKED IT UP. BUT WHY DID THE POPES STILL HAVE TO PREACH ABOUT IT? BECAUSE CATHOLICS DIDN'T OBEY FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. AND THERE WERE CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO OWNED SLAVED DESPITE THE AUTOMATIC EXCOMMUNICATION. AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN TODAY? THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC EXCOMMUNICATION FOR HAVING AN ABORTION. AND DO NOT SOME CATHOLICS CALL THEMSELVES CATHOLICS FOR FREE CHOICE AND PROMOTE ABORTION. PEOPLE DISOBEY. SO, SOMETIMES CATHOLICS GIVE A BAD EXAMPLE. AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS. WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES! BUT YOU ARE GIVING A BAD EXAMPLE. AND YOU HAVE A DOUBLE SIN OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING WRONG AND CAUSING A SCANDAL. SO, SOME PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT HORRIBLE THINGS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THAT ARE JUST NOT TRUE. IF THEY BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE, IN THEIR CONSCIOUS, THEY CAN'T JOIN THE CHURCH. AND SO, OUR LORD WILL JUDGE THEM BY THE TRUTH THEY KNOW, WHETHER THEY GET TO HEAVEN OR NOT. SO, WE LEAVE THAT UP TO HIM. BUT THE NORMAL MEANS OF SALVATION IS THE CHURCH THAT CHRIST ESTABLISHED, AND THAT IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. NOW, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION FACEBOOK GROUP. YOU CAN WATCH CLIPS OF THE SHOW, STAY CONNECTED WITH THE DISCUSSIONS. AND NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 5,000 MEMBERS IN THE GROUP ALREADY! JUST AFTER 10 WEEKS. GO TO facebook.com/groups/ewtnbiblestu dy facebook.com/groups/ewtnbiblestu dy. JOIN UP TODAY AND BECOME A PART OF ALL OF THIS. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, SO, STAY WITH US. [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Father: ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO SAVE THE DATE FOR THE NEXT EWTN FAMILY CELEBRATION, ON NOVEMBER 3 OSBORNE CENTER? JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. AND ABOUT THAT TIME, HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE OVER! GOD WILLING. SO, WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU DOWN THERE. THIS IS A WONDERFUL TOWN. I LIKE JACKSONVILLE QUITE A BIT. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, GO TO ewtn.com/FAMILY CELEBRATION. SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A FACEBOOK QUESTION THAT WE HAVE FROM ELIZABETH. LET'S SEE, OKAY. I GOT TO FIND WHICH SCREEN THIS IS ON. FATHER MITCH, IT SEEMS WITH THE DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT WORDS GET CHANGED TO BETTER REFLECT A PARTICULAR BELIEF THAN THAT OF THE CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION. 1 PETER 3:21, SOME TRANSLATIONS READ THAT THE BAPTISM WATER IS SYMBOLIC AND THE CATHOLIC BELIEF THAT BAPTISM IS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION. SO, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 1 PETER 3. OKAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 1 PETER 3:21. OKAY. IT SAYS, THIS IS WHETHER YOU HAVE -- WHETHER WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION, BAPTISM CORRESPONDS TO SAVE YOU NOT AS A REMOVAL OF DIRT FROM THE BODY BUT AS AN APPEAL TO GOD. AND LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IT ALSO SAYS, IN GREEK, [FOREIGN WORDS] SO, IT SAYS, IT'S A FIGURE OR CORRESPONDING TYPE, SO, IT DOESN'T SAY A SYMBOL, THE SYMBOL IN GREEK IS [FOREIGN WORD] AND IT'S NOT THERE. SO, YOU HAVE TO, THIS IS WHERE YOU DEAL WITH TRANSLATING SCRIPTURE. YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, IN THIS CASE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IT'S GREEK. BUT YOU ALSO ARE DEALING WITH THE CHANGES IN THE LANGUAGES TO WHICH YOU ARE TRANSLATING. FOR INSTANCE, WE DO NOT USE THE, THOU, OR THY ANY MORE. WE DON'T USE THAT MUCH IN ENGLISH. I KNOW IT SOUNDS VERY OLD FASHIONED AND WHEREAS, IN FACT, THEE, THOU, AND THY IS THE FAMILIAR FORM, LIKE IN SPANISH. YOU USE TU, AND THAT'S THE FAMILIAR WAY. AND THE SAME THING, IT'S FAMILIAR AND YOU SAY PANE IS THE FORMAL. AND IT'S USED TO. AND THEN THE FAMILIAR SOUNDS TOO FORMAL. SO, WE ADAPT OUR TRANSLATIONS TO THAT. BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS OF THE ORIGINAL. PUT IT INTO MODERN FORM BUT DEAL WITH THE ORIGINAL ACCURATELY AND FAITHFULLY. TO PUT THE WORD SYMBOL IN THERE, WHEN IT'S NOT IS A MISTRANSLATION. SO THAT'S WHY I URGE YOU, ELIZABETH, STUDY GREEK AND HEBREW! [LAUGHTER] AND IF HAVE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, GET SOME ARAMAIC IN THERE. [LAUGHTER] BUT GET THE GREEK AND THE HEBREW. THERE'S PROGRAMS WHERE YOU CAN LEARN THESE LANGUAGES. YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF TOO, WITH THE COMPUTER. THEY WILL CORRECT YOU. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET STARTED. SO, I WOULD STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DO THAT. AND ALL OF US. ALL OF US. KEEP THE TRANSLATORS ON THEIR TOES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. MA'AM, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? >> ME? >> Fr. Pacwa: WELL, YOU HAVE THE MICROPHONE! >> Voice: WELL, FATHER, I WATCH DAY AND NIGHT AND I HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS. >> I JUST WANT YOUR QUESTION. >> WELL, THE ONLY THING, IF THEY CAN COME BRINGING BACK INTO THE TIME. THAT'S WITH THE CHILDREN, WHAT I WANT TO SUGGEST TO THE PASTOR WHO ARE TELLING CC ADDENDUM AND CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND BRING BACK THE -- >> AND YOU ARE INDICATING RECEIVING COMMUNION ON THE TONGUE. SO, ANY OF YOU BISHOPS WHO ARE LISTENING -- [LAUGHTER] -- THIS LADY JUST MADE HER APPEAL TO YOU ON THE TONGUE AS THE NORM, ONCE AGAIN. AND THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS INFLUENCE THAT I HAVE AS YOU HAVE. SO, THERE YOU GO! [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. WE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE STUDIO AUDIENCE. MA'AM, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? >> Voice: ABILENE, TEXAS. >> Fr. Pacwa: NICE TOWN OUT THERE, WEST TEXAS. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? >> Voice: YOU MENTIONED CATHOLICS THAT OWNED SLAVES WERE AUTOMATICALLY EXCOMMUNICATED. DO YOU THINK BECAUSE OF THE TIMES THEY DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE? OR DO YOU THINK THE MAJORITY OF THEM KNEW OWNING SLAVES WAS PROHIBITED? >> WELL, ENCYCLICALS AND PAPAL BULLS THAT DECREED WITH THE EXCOMMUNICATION WERE MADE KNOWN. AND OF COURSE, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS IS WHERE THE NATURAL LAW COMES IN. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SAY, ALL RIGHT. WOULD I FIND IT MORALLY ACCEPTABLE TO BE MADE A SLAVE? AND I PRESUME THE ANSWER IS NO. WELL, IF I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A SLAVE, THEN WHY WOULD I MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE A SLAVE? SO, EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS AUTOMATIC EXCOMMUNICATION, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO THINK THROUGH THE MORAL LAW, THE NATURAL LAW AND APPLY THAT TO THEIR SITUATION. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, SAME THING WITH ABORTION. HOW MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO BE CUT INTO PIECES? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN AN ABORTION, RIGHT? UNLESS IT'S LATE TERM. THEN, THEY JUST SOAK YOU IN A SALINE SOLUTION THAT ACTS LIKE AN ACID. ANYBODY WANT TO BE SOAKED IN ACID? NO. SO, IF I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME, WHY WOULD I DO IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE? ESPECIALLY A BABY WHO HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG? WE HAVE TO LEARN TO APPLY THINKING, WHETHER WE KNOW OF THE EXCOMMUNICATION OR NOT AND MAKE THAT A MORAL APPLICATION TO US. THEN, WE ALSO SEE, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN VARIOUS WAYS, IN MODERN TIMES, THE ISSUES OF ABORTION AND BIRTH CONTROL AND SUCH. THERE WERE THEOLOGIANS AND EVEN BISHOPS AND SUCH WHO GAVE THEIR APPROVAL TO IT. AND THEY ESPECIALLY WERE UNDER GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, MORE SO THAN THE LAY PEOPLE. BUT THAT HAPPENED. SO, WE HAVE TO CALL EVIL, EVIL. THE POPES WERE -- IT'S AMAZING. WHEN YOU READ THE HISTORY OF ALL THAT, YOU ARE SO PROUD OF WHAT THEY SAID CONSISTENTLY AND ASHAMED OF HOW PEOPLE REACTED TO IT AND FAILED TO FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS. MA'AM, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? >> Voice: CORDON, INDIANA. I HAVE A QUESTION. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDICTIONS EARLIER AND THE MORE COMMON ONES WE KNOW AS FAR AS PORNOGRAPHY OR DRUGS, AND SO FORTH. BUT THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ADDICTIONS, BUYING THINGS, FOR INSTANCE, OR GOOD ADDICTIONS AND SO FORTH. SO, ASSUMING THAT MOST ALL OF US HERE ARE STRIVING FOR HOLINESS, WHAT ARE SOME PRACTICAL WAYS TO FIGHT THAT OFF FROM HAPPENING IN OUR LIVES. >> Fr. Pacwa: A COUPLE OF GOOD THINGS. OKAY. ONE WAY OF DEALING WITH TEMPTATIONS TO TAKE THE ANTIDOTES TO THEM. SO, SOMEBODY WHO IS ADDICTED TO BUYING TOO MUCH OR GAMBLING, SAY, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, PLAN AHEAD OF TIME. SAY YOU HAVE A GAMBLING ADDICTION. INSTEAD OF DONATING THE MONEY THAT YOU GAMBLE TO THE MULTIMILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES THAT OWN THE CASINOS, LOOK FOR WAYS TO DONATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE POOR AND DESTITUTE. AND SAY, THAT MONEY THAT I WOULD HAVE SPENT ON GAMBLING, I'M GOING TO USE THIS IN CHARITY. IF I LIKE TO SHOP, I'LL TAKE THE ANTIDOTE, I'M GOING TO SHOP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR AND CAN'T AFFORD FOOD, CLOTHING, ET CETERA. THOSE ARE SOME ANTIDOTES. AND WHEREAS, SOMEBODY THAT'S ADDICTED TO PORNOGRAPHY, I'M GOING TO INSTEAD COMMIT MYSELF TO PRAYING THE ROSARY OR READING SCRIPTURE. ST. JEROME HAD A TERRIBLE PROBLEM WITH TEMPTATION TO LOOK AT SEXUAL IMAGES AND LUSTFUL THOUGHTS. SO, HE DECIDED TO STUDY HEBREW, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, EVERY TIME HE HAD A SEXUAL TEMPTATION AND ENDED UP THE GREATEST HEBREW SCHOLAR OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR 1500 YEARS! NOW, I TOLD MY STUDENTS, USE THAT PRINCIPLE IN COLLEGE, YOU COULD SOLVE GLOBAL WARMING, HUNGER, ENERGY CRISIS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT! SO YOU TAKE ANTIDOTES. NOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR TIME. NOW, MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU, KEEP YOU AND CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU, NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. AND WE CAN DO THIS PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS ONLY BECAUSE THE NETWORK IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU. SO, PLEASE, KEEP US IN BETWEEN THE GAS BILL, ELECTRIC BILL, AND YOUR CABLE BILLS. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY OUR BILLS, TOO. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS! 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