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Gospel Reflection for The 1st day of November in the year of Our Lord, 2026 · The Uncensored Catholic

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  Speaker 1: Gospel Reflection for the first day of November in the
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  Speaker 1: year of our Lord, 2026, and today is the Solemnity
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  Speaker 1: of All Saints. The reading comes from Matthew chapter 5,
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  Speaker 1: verses 1 through 2. And seeing the multitude, he went
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  Speaker 1: up into a mountain, and when he was set down,
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  Speaker 1: his disciples came unto him. And opening his mouth, he
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  Speaker 1: taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
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  Speaker 1: theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek,
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  Speaker 1: for they shall possess the land. Blessed are they that mourn,
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  Speaker 1: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are they that hunger
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  Speaker 1: and thirst after justice, for they shall have their fill.
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  Speaker 1: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed
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  Speaker 1: are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.
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  Speaker 1: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children
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  Speaker 1: of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake,
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  Speaker 1: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye
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  Speaker 1: when they shall revile you and persecute you and speak
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  Speaker 1: all that is evil against you untruly for my sake.
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  Speaker 1: Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great
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  Speaker 1: in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were
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  Speaker 1: before you. And, yeah, that was Matthew 5, 1 through 12.
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  Speaker 1: I think I said 1 through 2, but anyway, 1
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  Speaker 1: through 12. The Dewey Reims notes, the poor in spirit,
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  Speaker 1: that is, humble, and those whose spirit is not set
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  Speaker 1: upon riches. Here we have the familiar Beatitudes, in which
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  Speaker 1: our Lord informs us that those who suffer in this
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  Speaker 1: life will be blessed in the next. That is the
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  Speaker 1: beatific vision. In other words, in order to become a
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  Speaker 1: saint and go to heaven, we must suffer on earth.
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  Speaker 1: I am reminded of the words of St. Teresa of
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  Speaker 1: Ovea to Jesus, If this is how you treat your friends,
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  Speaker 1: no wonder you have so few of them. And it
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  Speaker 1: is true that the modern concept that all Christians will
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  Speaker 1: go to heaven simply based on their faith is quite
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  Speaker 1: wrong and heretical. Protestants teach that faith alone is all
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  Speaker 1: that's necessary for salvation. Jesus and his holy apostles never
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  Speaker 1: said that. The Catholic Church has never taught that. Indeed,
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  Speaker 1: our Lord gave parable after parable, making clear that one
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  Speaker 1: could lose salvation. The road to hell is broad and easy.
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  Speaker 1: The path to heaven is narrow, rocky, and steep. One
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  Speaker 1: must endure until the end and follow the commands of God.
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  Speaker 1: Luther said that no matter how many and how grave
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  Speaker 1: the sins of a Christian may be, he cannot lose
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  Speaker 1: his salvation. Jesus did not. Jesus said in Matthew 12,
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  Speaker 1: And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man,
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  Speaker 1: and he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none,
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  Speaker 1: Then he saith, I will return to my house from
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  Speaker 1: which I came out. And coming in, he findeth it empty, swept,
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  Speaker 1: and garnished. Then he goeth and taketh with him seven
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  Speaker 1: other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in
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  Speaker 1: and dwell there. The last day of that man is
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  Speaker 1: made worse than the first. But while we're promised suffering,
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  Speaker 1: if we persist in following God and actually doing his will,
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  Speaker 1: it's not as bad as some say. Consider today's first
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  Speaker 1: reading from Revelation 7. And I saw another angel sending
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  Speaker 1: from the rising of the sun, having the sign of
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  Speaker 1: the living God, and he cried out with a loud
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  Speaker 1: voice to the four angels to whom it was given
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  Speaker 1: to hurt the earth and sea, saying, Hurt not the
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  Speaker 1: earth nor the sea nor the trees till we sign
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  Speaker 1: the servants of God in their foreheads. And I heard
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  Speaker 1: the number of them that were signed, 144,000 were signed
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  Speaker 1: of every tribe of the children of Israel. After this
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  Speaker 1: I saw a great multitude, which no man could number,
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  Speaker 1: of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing
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  Speaker 1: before the throne and in the sight of the Lamb,
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  Speaker 1: clothed with white robes and palms in their hand. And
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  Speaker 1: they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God,
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  Speaker 1: who sitteth upon the throne and to the Lamb. And
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  Speaker 1: all the angels stood around the throne, and the ancients
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  Speaker 1: and the four living creatures, and they fell down before
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  Speaker 1: the throne upon their faces and adored God, saying, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: benediction and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving, honor and power
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  Speaker 1: and strength to our God forever and ever. And one
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  Speaker 1: of the ancients answered and said to me, These that
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  Speaker 1: are clothed in white robes, who are they, and whence
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  Speaker 1: came they? And I said to him, My Lord, thou knowest.
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  Speaker 1: And he said to me, These are they who are
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  Speaker 1: come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes,
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  Speaker 1: and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Now,
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  Speaker 1: John Calvin essentially taught, although his doctrine was a bit
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  Speaker 1: more complex, that only 144,000 people would go to heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and that these people were predestined before all time to
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  Speaker 1: be saved. For that reason, it did not matter what
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  Speaker 1: one believed, whether one had faith in Jesus as Lord
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  Speaker 1: or what sins one committed. Those who followed his false
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  Speaker 1: doctrine and had faith may be included in the others
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  Speaker 1: mentioned in the verse, but not through following the teachings
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  Speaker 1: of Christ and his holy apostles, or the good works
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  Speaker 1: of charity and love of neighbor, or receiving the sacraments
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  Speaker 1: or anything else that Jesus commanded. They would be saved
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  Speaker 1: merely by a whim of God. His grace would save
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  Speaker 1: some Christians but not others. Suffering for Christ didn't matter,
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  Speaker 1: and the Beatitudes had no meaning. And I am left
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  Speaker 1: to wonder, why did anyone ever listen to this heretic?
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  Speaker 1: If it really didn't matter if you were Presbyterian or
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  Speaker 1: Catholic or a Buddhist, you were predestined to go to
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  Speaker 1: heaven no matter what you believed or did, why would
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  Speaker 1: anybody have joined the Presbyterian Church? I don't know. I
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  Speaker 1: cannot answer that. God calls all people of every nation
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  Speaker 1: and ethnicity to salvation through the Holy Catholic Church. Both
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  Speaker 1: the once saved, always saved, and damned if you do,
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  Speaker 1: damned if you don't, here are Caesar Fault's evil lies.
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  Speaker 1: Although the gate is narrow, those who love our Lord
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  Speaker 1: and follow his commands may be saved through the merits
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  Speaker 1: of his grace and our cooperation with the divine will.
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  Speaker 1: This is neither a license to sin nor loss of hope.
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  Speaker 1: Willingly obeying, having faith in, and suffering for Christ is
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  Speaker 1: the one true path to sainthood. All right, you all
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  Speaker 1: have a great day, and I will talk to you tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Go to Mass. Go to Mass. Jesus said, you forsake
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  Speaker 1: not the gathering of yourselves together on the Sabbath day.
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  Speaker 1: Go to Mass and receive the sacraments. Receive the Eucharist.
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  Speaker 1: Because without the Eucharist, Jesus said, you have no life
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  Speaker 1: in you. If you want eternal life, you need to
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  Speaker 1: go to Catholic Church and receive the Eucharist. You have
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  Speaker 1: to be in communion with the Catholic Church to receive
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  Speaker 1: the Eucharist, meaning not in a state of moral sin. So,
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  Speaker 1: if you are aware of moral sin, go to confession
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  Speaker 1: as soon as possible and then receive and you will
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  Speaker 1: have the fullness of the Holy Spirit, which no Protestant
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  Speaker 1: possesses because no Protestant is confirmed into the Catholic Church
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  Speaker 1: and no Protestant can receive the Eucharist. And you will
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  Speaker 1: have eternal life. You will have the life of God
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  Speaker 1: himself within you, which is what Jesus promised through his
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  Speaker 1: body and blood, which is the Eucharist. So anyway, have
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  Speaker 1: a great Sunday. I'll talk to you tomorrow.