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Show 245: The Our Father · The Uncensored Catholic

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Speaker 1: A Hey, y'all, welcome this week's show. We will get
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into well the next section of Sparrago's book today the
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most important prayers, the ones you should learn and memorize
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and say every day, and why and and really how
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they help you and what they do for you. And
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of course it's going to start with Our Father, the
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Lord's Prayer, the prayer Jesus instructed us to pray. It's
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kind of funny. I don't know of any Protestant that
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I've ever encountered that has a problem with the Our Father.
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But then they'll when you say the hell Mary, they
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are like, oh, don't repeat, you can't repeat. Do they
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know how many times they say they are Father in
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their lifetime, like during church? And you know, remember, you know,
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to God, one day is a thousand years, and a
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thousand years is one day. God exists outside of time,
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outside of time. And the angel say holy, Holy, Holy.
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They don't get upset that the angels say holy, holy, Holy,
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because they repeat themselves. Anyway, if you're looking for a
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pro to have a problem with someone, you can find
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nitpick on anything, can't you. But first of all, we'll
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start with a few more questions and answers on the Eucharist,
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and the questioner asks, is Christ's body anatomically and physiologically present?
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And the presnswer Christ's real body is present anatomical structure
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and physiological modifications. My work belong to the qualities possessed
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by substance. After the consecration, we have the substance of
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Christ's body present without any external manifestation of his anatomical
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or physiological appearances, and the qualities of bread remaining as
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the object of sense perception without any substance of the bread.
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The substance of the bread has been converted into the
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substance of Christ's body. As substance is the basic reality,
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we rightly say the blessing sacrament is the very body
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of Christ. And the person continues, is Christ's body subject
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to the process of digestion? And the answer the subject
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of Christ's body is not subject to the process of
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digestion or to any chemical reactions. The qualities of bread,
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of course, behave in their normal way, undergoing a change.
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As they are affected by digestion. Our Lord's substantial presence
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ceases as these qualities cease to retain those characteristics proper
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to bread, and they ask if poison were present before
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the consancration, would it be safe to consume the eucharus.
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They say no, people would be poisoned. The Church is
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never taught that poison could not be The Church is
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never taught that poison could be converted into Christ's body.
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And in any case, you're dealing with chemical activities proper
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to qualities, not proper to substance as such as such
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objections are based upon notions excluded by Catholic teaching, and
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it is of little use to refute what the Catholic
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Church does not teach. A person says Christ is in heaven,
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how can you put him in the tabernacle? And they
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say no. Catholic denies that Christ is continually present in heaven.
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He is not so He is not so present in
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the Eucharus that he ceases to be present in heaven.
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He is in Heaven according to his natural, though glorified form.
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The same Christ is in the Eucharus substantially, but not
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in the same way as He is present in heaven.
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Substance has such abstracts from limitations of place and space.
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Locality directly belongs to the qualities of the bread, which
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remain after consecration, and indirectly only to the substantial presence
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of Christ's body underlying those apparent qualities. Now one more
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question answered there. But it reminds me one thing. I'll
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often discuss us with Protestants who say things like the
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saints are in heaven. They can't hear you, that kind
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of thing, even though the Bible says we're surrounded by
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a great cloud of witnesses. Okay, how is this possible? Well,
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we know that all saints are part of the body
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of Christ. Therefore they are with Christ. Everywhere Christ is,
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where is God. God is omnipresent, And so we come
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down to the question of where is Heaven. Heaven's wherever
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God is. If God's on to present, Heaven has actually
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no fixed locality, It's everywhere at all times. Well, we
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also know that God lives within the heart of every Christian.
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Where therefore then is Heaven. Well, Heaven's everywhere at all times,
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and Heaven's within your heart. If Jesus is in your heart,
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then Heaven's in your heart. And all the angels and
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saints are with Jesus, which means they are actually here
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with us, present every moment, actually inside of us. So
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of course they can hear our prayers and our thoughts,
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and I'll see all our actions as a great cloud
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of witnesses, as Saint Paul said. So the person asks,
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is not the priests who can accomplish this thing, akin
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to the miracle man of primitive religions, And they say no.
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The miracle man claimed to perform his wonders by his
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own marvelous powers. Of course, my mind's immediately going to
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The Princess Bride with Billy Crystal as Miracle Mac. So hilarious.
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He and Carol Kaine were so funny in that role.
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That was a great movie. I mean that's really one
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of the classic movies of the nineteen eighties. I mean,
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just beautifully done, intelligent, funny. Kids loved it, adults loved it.
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Andre the Giant was so good in there. You know,
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he lived in North Carolina. In fact, where I'm sitting
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right here recording this, I'm in more counting. He was
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Actually his farm was like twenty miles from here. I mean,
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he was a beloved local figure, a really nice guy too.
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He love kids anyway, he wouldn't want to cross him.
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He was huge, and it did have a temper. But yeah,
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he was a beloved local figure anyway, he says. The
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priest says that the power of Christ affects the change
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of the Eucharus, and that he himself is but an
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instrument employed by Christ and taking a very secondary place.
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The miracle man dependent upon the superstition and credulity of bystanders.
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The priest forbids superstition incredulity and insists upon faith in God,
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a supernatural faith based upon rational foundations. The miracle man
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substituted preternatural effects to natural cause, whether spiritual or material.
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The Church attributes supernatural effects a vast difference to supernatural cause.
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The miracle man could never prove any direct commission from God.
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The Catholic Church can prove her direct commission from Him,
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to the satisfaction of every intelligent man willing to inquire
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into her credentials with sincerity. Would that that were true?
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What do you say when you give someone every bit
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of evidence to show that Christ founded the Catholic Church
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and they continue to say there was no church in
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Kilconstantine in like three hundred, what three seventy or something.
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There had been what twenty four popes before then, and
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like Nope, Nope, I won't believe it. I won't look
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at the records. Are they just not unintelligent or was
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there bigotry blinding them? I don't know. Um, the miracle
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Man tried to perform things wholly unbecoming of God by
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means which have no resemblance to those reliable by the
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Catholic Church, and for a purpose and end totally different.
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All right, now we're going to get into the subject
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of prayer, and we are going to start with the
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Our Father, of course, the primary prayer of the Christian
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And let me get one sip of water here, Father
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Scharagu says. The Our Father is also known as the
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Lord's prayer because it was taught us, taught to us
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by Christ, our Lord himself. The Our Father takes presence
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of for all other prayers. It is especially distinguished by
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its power, its simplicity, and its comprehensiveness. There is no
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more holy an excellent prayer than the Our Father. It
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has greater cogency than any other prayer because in it
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we do not merely pray in the name of Jesus,
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but in his own words. Of this prayer, more than
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in any other, Our Lord promises our Lord's promise holds good.
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If you ask the Father anything in my name, he
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will give it to you John sixteen twenty three. It
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is the simplest of all prayers. It's words are few,
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but rich and meaning. It is so simple that a
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child's lips may utter it devoutly. Yet the theologian seeks
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in vain to sound its depths. It is sued every
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class and condition of man. In the Lord's Prayer, we
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ask for all things that are needful for our soul
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and our body. It comprises all for which we ought
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to pray. Nothing that can be found, and the most
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excellent of prayers is lacking in it. It is the
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epitome of the Holy Gospel. Not only does it teach
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us the things for which we ought to ask, but
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the right order in which we ought to ask them.
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The Our Father consists of an address, seven petitions in
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the word amen. The address places the soul in the
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right disposition for prayer. It awakens within us confidence in
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God and raises our thoughts to him. The words Father
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awaken confidence in God. The words who are in Heaven
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raise our thoughts to Him. Thus, at the commencement to
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this prayer we make acts of faith, hope, and charity.
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We call God the Father because he created us to
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his image Genesis one twenty seven, because the Son of
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God became our brother by his incarnation Ephesians one five,
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and because of baptism the Holy Spirit took up his
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abode within us and made us children of God Romans
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eight fifteen. In approaching the great ones of the earth,
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we are doubtful by what title we ought to address them.
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It is not so with God. We address him as Father,
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and this familiar, familiar, familiar, here we go, familiar title
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pleases him better than any other. No mortal will have
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dared call the almighty ruler of the universe by the
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name Father, had not his only begotten son given us
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permission to do so. God would not have us address
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him as our creator, lord, or king, because these titles
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convey an idea of severity and inspire fear. He would
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have us call him Father, because this is a time
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which bespeaks affection, and love is far more exalted feeling
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than fear. Well, we call God our father because we
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as brethren, ought to pray for one another, and the
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Lord's prayer the individual prays for all and all for
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the individual. Hence it is the common prayer of all Christians.
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Our own needs compare us to compel us to pray
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for ourselves. Fraternal charity urges us pray for others. Our
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Lord themselves says all you are brethren Matthew twenty three eight,
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and calls the apostles his brethren Matthew twenty eight ten.
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The apostles spoke of the faithful as their brethren Romans one,
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thirteen and twelve. One those may rightly be called brethren
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who have but one father in heaven. We say you
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are in heaven, because although God is present everywhere, heaven
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is his run, and there only is He beheld face
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to face first Corinthians thirteen twelve. And consider very strongly
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where is heaven? And remember baptized and confirm to the
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Catholic Church. We receive the Holy Spirit, and Heaven literally
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does come to dwell within us. But every time we
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engage in mortal sin, it leaves us. And what is
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the absence of heaven? What is the absence of the
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goodness of God? What is the absence of the love
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of God? I don't have to finish that sentence, do
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I very very important to keep that in mind. In
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the first petition, we pray that God may be glorified.
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The meaning of the first petition is this, grant o God,
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that we may acknowledge and revere Thy majesty more and more.
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To give glory of God is the end of creation,
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and consequently it is the highest aim of every creature.
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In the next three petitions, we ask for these blessings
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eternal salvation, grace to fill the divine will, and the
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possession of those things which are indispensable to the maintenance
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of our earthly existence and the meaning of the second.
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The meaning of the second petition is this, give unto
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us eternal life after death. The meaning of the third
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petition is this, give us grace to fulfill Thy will
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as perfectly on earth as the angels do in heaven.
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The meaning of the fourth petition is this, bestow upon
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us all that is necessary for the maintenance of life,
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such as food, clothes, money, and health. In the next
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three petitions, we pray that, Oh, that three evils may
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be averted from us, the evil sin, the evil temptation,
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and those evils which are prejudicial to life. The meaning
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of the fifth petition is this, forgive us our sins,
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as we forgive those who sins against us. The meaning
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of the sixth petitions this deliver us from those temptations
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to which we should succumb. The meaning of the seventh
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petition is this avert from us all things which are
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injurious to life, such as famine, pestilence, war, etc. The
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evils mentioned in the last three petitions are exactly opposed
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to the blessings enumerated above. Eternal happiness is opposed to sin,
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which makes us eternally wretched. The grace of God is
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opposed to for grace enlightens the understanding and fortifies the will,
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where as temptation darkens the understanding and weakens the will.
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The things which are necessary for the maintenance of our
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life are opposed to those which are injurious to it.
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The seven petitions may therefore be divided into three divisions,
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of which the first has referenced to God, and two
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others to ourselves. The word amen is the answer of
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God to the suppliant, and the place it is equivalent
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to these words be assured that prayer is heard. In
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other words, the meaning of the word amen is so
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be it, or so it is we entreat most earnestly
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that our prayer may be granted. As in the Lord's prayer,
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the word amen, word amen is to be considered as
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God's answer. Whenever it occurs in the Mass, the priest
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says it speaking in God's name. But the conclusion of
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other prayers and I'm sorry, I can't make out this
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word something of the church the servers amen. Lord often
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employed the word amen principally as an asseveration. What is
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an asseveration, Well, that means essentially to confirm or assert,
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to say it's true. Old word. We don't really use
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it a whole lot anymore, but yeah, I mean you
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can kind of understand that the Our Father has from
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time immemorial been in use in the Church, both in
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the Holy Mass and almost all other public acts of worship.
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All right, y'all, we're gonna wrap it up there. This
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is a good stopping place. I know it's a short show,
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but every now and then we come to a good
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natural conclusion. I think this is it. You'll have a
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great week, stay aware of your Linton commitments and do
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the best you can and go to confession. And you
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know what, we're halfway through. We're halfway through lynt Easter
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will be here before we know it. Have a good
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one and I'll talk to you next time.