The John-Henry Westen Show - May 23, 2024


Did You Know There Are Different Levels in Heaven？ Here's The Secret to Getting Up Higher


Episode Stats

Length

19 minutes

Words per Minute

165.09573

Word Count

3,182

Sentence Count

185

Misogynist Sentences

6

Hate Speech Sentences

2


Summary

Every day brings the opportunity for us to attain greater glory in heaven through the love of God, who will reward every one of us for every action performed for His love. Do you know that there are different levels in heaven? In fact, the levels are so different in heaven that they compare it to a bucket: once the bucket is full, you can t get any more in it.


Transcript

00:00:00.140 Every day brings the opportunity for us to attain greater glory in heaven through the love of God,
00:00:06.880 who will reward every one of us for every action performed for the love of Him.
00:00:20.460 Do you know that there's different levels in heaven?
00:00:23.180 No, seriously, when you die, you don't just go to heaven and you're just at the same level.
00:00:28.800 Remember our Lord, the two apostles came to Him and said,
00:00:33.180 Hey, by the way, the mom came and said,
00:00:35.520 Can one of my sons sit on your right and one on your left in your kingdom?
00:00:39.180 Why? Because there's actually levels in heaven.
00:00:41.480 In fact, the levels are so different in heaven that they compare it to,
00:00:48.200 well, you're always going to be happy in heaven, right?
00:00:50.160 So let's compare it to a bucket.
00:00:52.340 Whenever that bucket is full, it's full. You can't get any more in it.
00:00:55.560 Your happiness is totally complete.
00:00:56.920 However, there are different sized buckets, aren't there?
00:01:00.040 You know, a bucket might be the size of a thimble,
00:01:02.580 a little thimble that you put on your finger when you're sewing.
00:01:05.100 That tiny little thing, the bucket's full.
00:01:07.340 That's all you can get in there.
00:01:08.820 You know what they call Our Lady?
00:01:10.360 They call Our Lady the ocean, the sea.
00:01:14.380 So that's the kind of difference.
00:01:17.380 Let's get into that on this special episode of The John Henry Weston Show.
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00:04:03.580 In the name of the Father, the Son, Holy Ghost.
00:04:09.620 Amen.
00:04:10.900 So, this is a quote from the Scriptures
00:04:14.040 that actually touches on this.
00:04:16.300 It's from 1 Corinthians.
00:04:18.500 You'll read it says,
00:04:19.540 One is the glory of the sun,
00:04:22.360 another the glory of the moon,
00:04:24.280 another the glory of the stars,
00:04:25.780 for the stars differ from one another in glory.
00:04:29.120 So also is the resurrection of the dead.
00:04:32.680 1 Corinthians 15, 41.
00:04:35.140 So, the writing of the Church,
00:04:38.160 the teaching of our Lord,
00:04:39.540 his apostles and the saints,
00:04:41.160 talk about these different levels,
00:04:44.240 if you will, in heaven.
00:04:46.460 At the end of time,
00:04:47.480 all the elect, that's all the saints,
00:04:49.900 all the ones who are saved,
00:04:51.220 will shine in glory before the throne of God,
00:04:53.300 but some will shine more brightly than others.
00:04:56.180 Not everyone's degree of glory will be the same.
00:04:58.920 This doctrine of the Church
00:05:00.440 may be new or surprising to some people,
00:05:02.960 but reflecting on it
00:05:04.480 can help us in our spiritual lives.
00:05:07.200 We all know that at the end of time,
00:05:08.940 there will be a fundamental separation
00:05:10.420 between the sheep and the goats,
00:05:11.800 the elect and the damned.
00:05:14.180 It will be heaven or hell for all eternity.
00:05:18.220 The fundamental joy of heaven
00:05:19.920 is the beatific vision
00:05:21.560 to see God face to face
00:05:23.140 for all eternity.
00:05:25.640 His servants, the Scriptures say,
00:05:27.660 His servants shall serve Him
00:05:29.360 and they shall see His face
00:05:30.880 and His name shall be on their foreheads
00:05:33.160 and night shall be no more
00:05:35.880 and they shall not need
00:05:37.900 the light of the lamp
00:05:39.320 nor the light of the sun
00:05:40.780 because the Lord God
00:05:42.460 shall enlighten them
00:05:43.780 and they shall reign forever and ever.
00:05:46.700 We read from Revelations.
00:05:49.040 Now, in the sight of God,
00:05:51.240 redeemed mankind
00:05:51.940 will find eternal bliss.
00:05:54.600 Things no eye has seen,
00:05:56.480 no ear has heard,
00:05:57.560 nor human heart conceived,
00:05:59.120 the welcome God has prepared
00:06:00.600 for those who love Him.
00:06:02.260 You'll read that in 1 Corinthians.
00:06:04.600 So, on the other hand though,
00:06:06.760 there is the fundamental horror of hell.
00:06:10.720 It's to be separated from God
00:06:12.400 for all eternity
00:06:13.160 and never to attain the destiny
00:06:15.580 for which we were in fact created.
00:06:17.600 All souls in heaven
00:06:19.360 are perfectly happy,
00:06:21.320 but not every soul in heaven
00:06:23.660 has the same degree of glory.
00:06:27.500 So, some souls
00:06:29.220 are granted a greater participation
00:06:31.780 in the beatific vision,
00:06:33.080 as it's known,
00:06:33.840 in the light of glory
00:06:35.660 more than others.
00:06:37.800 This is because
00:06:39.360 while all the elect,
00:06:41.360 that means all the saved,
00:06:42.720 died loving God,
00:06:44.680 some loved Him more than others.
00:06:47.880 The more love,
00:06:49.660 the more glory.
00:06:51.240 St. Thomas Aquinas wrote on this saying,
00:06:53.140 He shares more fully
00:06:55.000 in the light of glory
00:06:56.220 who possesses the greater love.
00:06:58.560 He who has more love
00:07:01.100 will see God more perfectly
00:07:02.820 and be more blessed.
00:07:04.320 The greatest degree
00:07:07.320 of glory in heaven
00:07:08.380 belongs to Our Lady,
00:07:09.960 Queen of Heaven,
00:07:10.680 because she loved God the most.
00:07:13.620 Every day
00:07:14.340 brings the opportunity
00:07:15.400 for us
00:07:16.320 to attain greater glory in heaven
00:07:18.060 through the love of God,
00:07:20.240 who will reward
00:07:21.220 every one of us
00:07:22.580 for every action
00:07:24.640 performed
00:07:25.440 for the love of Him.
00:07:27.460 In fact,
00:07:28.100 so great
00:07:28.940 is God's love for us
00:07:30.340 that first
00:07:31.600 He gives us the grace
00:07:32.960 to be able to love Him,
00:07:34.000 and then,
00:07:35.020 second,
00:07:35.720 He rewards us
00:07:36.660 for cooperating
00:07:37.640 with that grace.
00:07:39.460 So it's impossible
00:07:41.000 to merit
00:07:41.920 anything from God
00:07:43.260 except by means
00:07:44.820 of the grace
00:07:45.460 which He bestows on us.
00:07:47.360 So,
00:07:47.860 if we want to be
00:07:49.420 more closely
00:07:50.260 united to God
00:07:51.360 in the beatific vision,
00:07:52.780 what should we do
00:07:53.480 here on earth?
00:07:54.100 Well, first of all,
00:07:54.920 we must stay
00:07:55.820 in friendship with Him.
00:07:56.940 That's the most important thing,
00:07:57.940 in the state
00:07:58.660 of sanctifying grace.
00:08:00.220 And you lose that,
00:08:01.440 remember,
00:08:01.800 if you commit
00:08:02.580 an immortal sin
00:08:03.160 for which you have
00:08:04.040 to go to confession
00:08:05.100 before you can get back
00:08:06.000 into that state
00:08:06.840 of sanctifying grace.
00:08:07.960 Christ Himself said it.
00:08:09.080 He said,
00:08:09.740 as the branch
00:08:10.640 cannot bear the fruit
00:08:11.640 of itself
00:08:12.540 unless it abide
00:08:13.980 in the vine,
00:08:14.800 so neither can you
00:08:15.940 unless you abide
00:08:17.060 in Me.
00:08:18.220 The only way
00:08:18.840 to abide in Jesus
00:08:20.180 is to stay
00:08:21.080 in the state of grace.
00:08:22.560 And St. Paul
00:08:23.120 tells us that as well.
00:08:24.140 He says,
00:08:24.580 quote,
00:08:24.700 if I should have prophecy
00:08:27.320 and should know
00:08:28.580 all mysteries
00:08:29.740 and all knowledge
00:08:30.740 and have not charity,
00:08:31.640 that means the love of God
00:08:32.500 that's abiding with Christ,
00:08:34.280 I am nothing.
00:08:36.120 And if I should distribute
00:08:37.640 all my goods
00:08:38.520 to feed the poor
00:08:39.580 and if I should deliver
00:08:40.600 my body to be burned
00:08:42.020 and have not charity,
00:08:44.000 it profits me nothing.
00:08:46.840 Now,
00:08:47.280 the state of charity
00:08:48.180 and the state
00:08:49.380 of sanctifying grace
00:08:50.180 are one
00:08:50.920 and the same thing.
00:08:52.560 So that means
00:08:53.460 if someone
00:08:55.620 outside of the state
00:08:57.020 of grace
00:08:57.400 having committed
00:08:58.520 a mortal sin
00:08:59.100 is running around
00:09:00.080 doing all these
00:09:00.620 wonderful charitable works,
00:09:02.540 even if he were
00:09:03.180 sincere in them,
00:09:04.100 they wouldn't merit
00:09:05.040 a thing
00:09:05.760 in the life of heaven.
00:09:08.900 Only those
00:09:10.020 acting in the state
00:09:11.080 of grace
00:09:11.460 can merit anything
00:09:12.500 in heaven.
00:09:13.200 So unless we abide
00:09:14.200 in Christ
00:09:14.660 by His divine charity,
00:09:16.820 we cannot perform
00:09:18.100 meritorious acts,
00:09:19.980 acts that will
00:09:20.900 gain us
00:09:21.860 levels in heaven,
00:09:23.200 if you will.
00:09:23.960 But if we are
00:09:25.180 in the state of grace,
00:09:26.240 then every single
00:09:27.280 morally good act
00:09:28.200 that we perform
00:09:28.780 without exception
00:09:29.860 is meritorious
00:09:31.080 and will increase
00:09:32.320 our degree of glory
00:09:33.680 in heaven.
00:09:34.120 Remember,
00:09:34.680 Jesus Himself said,
00:09:35.780 even if you give them,
00:09:37.260 one of my followers,
00:09:38.040 a cup of water,
00:09:40.220 you will still
00:09:40.940 get your reward.
00:09:42.000 So that difference
00:09:43.860 is huge,
00:09:44.620 but it's something
00:09:45.140 that every calculating
00:09:46.380 person should pay
00:09:48.080 attention to.
00:09:48.520 Gosh,
00:09:48.840 if we're investing
00:09:49.940 in things on earth
00:09:50.680 for long-term gain,
00:09:51.860 and we're sacrificing
00:09:53.080 and doing all sorts
00:09:53.980 of things for that
00:09:55.140 long-term reward
00:09:56.240 at the end
00:09:56.880 or whenever,
00:09:58.240 wow,
00:09:59.780 this investment
00:10:00.740 is worth much more.
00:10:01.820 In fact,
00:10:02.900 a little,
00:10:03.540 comparatively,
00:10:04.200 little investment
00:10:04.900 here gains us
00:10:06.520 eternal glory.
00:10:09.360 So,
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00:11:27.660 A morally good act
00:11:29.200 is an act
00:11:29.960 which accords
00:11:30.860 with reason,
00:11:31.780 with the eternal
00:11:32.680 law of God,
00:11:33.520 and which directs
00:11:35.040 the whole universe
00:11:35.980 and which we come
00:11:37.220 to know
00:11:37.680 through the natural law
00:11:39.000 written in our hearts
00:11:39.980 and through the divine law
00:11:41.760 revealed by God
00:11:43.060 to the Catholic Church.
00:11:44.400 When a person
00:11:45.220 is in the state
00:11:45.980 of grace,
00:11:47.120 all morally good acts
00:11:48.600 increase his or her
00:11:50.240 friendship with God
00:11:51.140 and the state
00:11:51.980 of glory in heaven.
00:11:53.120 A morally bad act,
00:11:55.340 that's an act
00:11:56.120 which goes against
00:11:57.080 reason,
00:11:58.020 an act which
00:11:58.720 goes against
00:12:01.020 the voice of God
00:12:01.760 made known to us
00:12:03.260 by our conscience
00:12:04.960 and by the teaching
00:12:06.160 of the Church.
00:12:06.840 all morally bad acts
00:12:10.180 damage our friendship
00:12:11.520 with God
00:12:12.100 and deserve to be punished
00:12:13.780 by his divine justice.
00:12:14.800 Now, some morally bad acts
00:12:16.540 are incompatible
00:12:18.340 with remaining
00:12:19.060 in his friendship.
00:12:19.820 That's what we call
00:12:20.300 mortal sin.
00:12:21.400 These are mortal sins
00:12:22.940 that separate us
00:12:24.140 from God.
00:12:25.000 And that's why
00:12:25.900 the mortal sin
00:12:27.020 kicks God
00:12:28.080 out of your life.
00:12:29.240 That's why you need
00:12:30.260 to go to confession
00:12:31.040 to regain that friendship
00:12:32.640 with him.
00:12:33.300 That's why
00:12:33.900 you need to
00:12:35.160 be in the state
00:12:37.240 of sanctifying grace
00:12:38.140 in order to have
00:12:38.880 any meritorious acts.
00:12:40.760 Therefore,
00:12:41.500 every free action
00:12:42.660 performed by a person
00:12:44.280 in the state of grace
00:12:45.260 does one of three things.
00:12:46.360 Now, every free action,
00:12:47.740 that means every good action
00:12:48.700 or bad action
00:12:49.620 performed by a person
00:12:51.080 still in the state of grace,
00:12:52.640 that means they're not
00:12:53.540 in mortal sin.
00:12:54.680 But every action,
00:12:56.460 free action,
00:12:57.080 performed by a person
00:12:57.960 in the state of grace
00:12:58.760 does one of these things.
00:13:00.740 Number one,
00:13:01.820 if it's a morally good act,
00:13:03.000 it increases our friendship
00:13:04.660 with God
00:13:05.200 and our glory in heaven.
00:13:06.660 Number two,
00:13:07.760 a morally bad act
00:13:10.420 will damage our friendship
00:13:12.380 with God
00:13:13.020 and it would be
00:13:14.140 a venial sin.
00:13:15.720 Or number three,
00:13:16.940 it's a morally bad act
00:13:19.220 that would destroy
00:13:20.680 our friendship with God
00:13:21.980 and this is a mortal sin.
00:13:24.780 The soul which dies
00:13:26.740 in mortal sin
00:13:27.600 will go to hell.
00:13:29.380 And none of its merits
00:13:31.540 will do any good
00:13:33.160 will do any good
00:13:33.180 at all.
00:13:34.620 So,
00:13:35.140 if you die in mortal sin,
00:13:37.160 all the good
00:13:38.060 that you did
00:13:38.780 in your life
00:13:39.720 won't do you any good.
00:13:41.540 But it's essential,
00:13:42.960 therefore,
00:13:43.280 to remain
00:13:43.860 in the state of grace,
00:13:45.220 in God's grace,
00:13:45.940 by not committing mortal sin.
00:13:47.260 That's how serious it is
00:13:48.340 because every good act
00:13:49.780 you've done
00:13:50.200 is just gone.
00:13:52.240 But even if we do
00:13:53.920 commit a mortal sin,
00:13:55.460 don't despair
00:13:57.040 like Judas did.
00:13:57.920 Don't kill yourself
00:13:58.740 and think it's all useless.
00:13:59.600 Now,
00:14:00.000 no,
00:14:00.680 actually.
00:14:01.840 Instead,
00:14:02.460 immediately beg God
00:14:03.840 for mercy
00:14:04.280 and for the grace
00:14:05.160 of repentance
00:14:05.620 and go to confession
00:14:06.540 as soon as you can.
00:14:07.480 Because get this,
00:14:08.900 God is so good
00:14:10.380 and merciful
00:14:11.280 that when the soul
00:14:13.500 in mortal sin
00:14:14.220 repents,
00:14:15.380 God not only
00:14:16.440 forgives the person
00:14:17.580 their sins,
00:14:19.100 but
00:14:19.460 He actually
00:14:20.840 goes back
00:14:22.420 and gets
00:14:22.760 all your merits
00:14:23.840 that you lost
00:14:24.680 and applies them
00:14:26.420 back to you again.
00:14:27.400 So,
00:14:29.380 there is a wonderful truth
00:14:31.500 that we should think
00:14:32.440 about often.
00:14:34.060 Every ordinary action
00:14:35.620 we perform
00:14:36.220 is meritorious
00:14:37.280 if we are in the state
00:14:38.700 of sanctifying grace
00:14:39.680 and will remain
00:14:41.440 for our eternal happiness
00:14:43.540 and it will make it greater.
00:14:45.020 That's why
00:14:45.620 St. Teresa,
00:14:46.780 the little flowers,
00:14:47.640 all these little things
00:14:48.880 we do,
00:14:49.240 do for God.
00:14:50.200 Because the smallest act
00:14:52.240 can be so meritorious.
00:14:54.260 That's why Our Lady
00:14:55.400 lived as saint.
00:14:57.520 How could the greatest saint
00:14:58.700 ever
00:14:59.180 been nothing more
00:15:01.020 than,
00:15:01.620 you know,
00:15:01.960 a little child
00:15:02.540 growing up
00:15:03.200 in the temple
00:15:03.740 and whatever
00:15:04.320 and a mother
00:15:06.180 and housewife
00:15:07.280 for her whole life
00:15:08.220 and yet she's
00:15:09.040 the greatest saint
00:15:10.200 who ever lived
00:15:10.760 because these tiny
00:15:12.420 little acts
00:15:13.280 performed for the love
00:15:14.100 of God
00:15:14.460 can be greater
00:15:15.480 than just about
00:15:16.520 anything else.
00:15:18.400 Simple,
00:15:19.460 daily tasks
00:15:20.400 increase
00:15:21.140 our eternal bliss
00:15:22.320 if done in friendship
00:15:23.580 with God.
00:15:24.840 However,
00:15:25.700 not all actions
00:15:26.760 are equally meritorious.
00:15:28.360 The degree of merit
00:15:29.320 depends on
00:15:30.320 how much love
00:15:31.640 we have for God.
00:15:33.300 The more love,
00:15:34.440 the more the merit.
00:15:35.900 So,
00:15:36.500 we must do
00:15:37.480 the things
00:15:38.220 which will increase
00:15:39.260 our love for Him
00:15:40.060 and this means,
00:15:41.300 first and foremost,
00:15:42.180 to pray.
00:15:43.220 Every true prayer
00:15:44.160 draws us closer to God
00:15:45.300 and increases the love
00:15:46.640 for God in our souls.
00:15:48.860 The meritorious nature
00:15:50.060 of prayer
00:15:50.640 is made clear
00:15:52.240 by one of the
00:15:53.520 fifteen promises
00:15:54.520 of the Rosary
00:15:55.260 traditionally held
00:15:56.140 to have been delivered
00:15:57.060 to Alain de Roche,
00:15:58.140 Saint Alain de Roche.
00:15:59.120 It reads in a quote,
00:16:00.500 The faithful children
00:16:01.360 of the Rosary
00:16:02.000 shall merit
00:16:02.560 a high degree
00:16:03.660 of glory in heaven.
00:16:04.640 End quote.
00:16:05.760 And in order to help us
00:16:07.000 grow in love,
00:16:08.080 God has ordained
00:16:09.260 the sacraments.
00:16:11.140 First and foremost,
00:16:12.320 the most important thing
00:16:13.440 we can do
00:16:13.960 is frequent attendance
00:16:15.640 at Mass,
00:16:16.820 reception of Holy Communion
00:16:17.860 and, of course,
00:16:19.060 regular confession.
00:16:20.700 They're the
00:16:21.360 indispensable means
00:16:22.780 of grace.
00:16:23.460 And if you're only
00:16:24.200 going to do one thing
00:16:24.920 in your life,
00:16:25.480 go to Mass
00:16:25.960 because that is
00:16:27.200 the pinnacle
00:16:28.160 of the Church's sacraments.
00:16:30.360 Now, in fact,
00:16:31.660 the Church has
00:16:32.540 a treasury
00:16:33.440 of means
00:16:34.300 to help us grow
00:16:35.280 in love for God.
00:16:36.820 The sacraments,
00:16:37.980 sacramentals,
00:16:39.100 prayers,
00:16:40.000 sacred scriptures,
00:16:41.200 relics,
00:16:41.860 pilgrimages,
00:16:42.800 the writings
00:16:43.220 of the fathers,
00:16:44.040 the doctors,
00:16:44.700 the theologians,
00:16:45.460 the saints,
00:16:46.020 and much, much more.
00:16:47.860 We must make use
00:16:49.200 of these things.
00:16:50.200 And we mustn't forget
00:16:51.360 that the merits
00:16:52.380 of the saved,
00:16:54.020 the elect,
00:16:54.860 don't just benefit them.
00:16:57.100 The treasury of Christ
00:16:58.440 and his saints
00:16:59.080 are available to us
00:17:00.740 and the holy souls
00:17:01.960 in purgatory
00:17:02.440 to wipe out
00:17:03.660 the remaining
00:17:04.500 temporal punishment
00:17:05.600 that is due
00:17:06.260 for our venial sins,
00:17:08.620 our absolved
00:17:09.480 mortal sins.
00:17:10.900 God in his mercy
00:17:11.880 will look
00:17:12.700 on their merits,
00:17:13.740 the merits of the saints,
00:17:14.860 our ladies,
00:17:15.360 and all the great saints
00:17:16.620 and remit
00:17:17.720 our punishments
00:17:18.720 and do away
00:17:19.700 with our punishment
00:17:20.480 due to our sins
00:17:21.200 for a small act
00:17:23.020 of love on our part.
00:17:24.500 These small acts
00:17:25.840 of love
00:17:26.220 are called indulgences.
00:17:28.140 And we can obtain
00:17:29.480 indulgences
00:17:30.240 for ourselves
00:17:30.960 and for the holy souls
00:17:32.320 in purgatory.
00:17:33.180 And really for the souls
00:17:33.920 in purgatory,
00:17:34.520 they can't do it
00:17:35.180 for themselves.
00:17:35.860 They can pray for us,
00:17:36.820 but God has it
00:17:38.260 so we're the only ones
00:17:39.940 who can pray for them.
00:17:41.420 And God left this
00:17:42.480 to us so we develop,
00:17:43.940 even here on earth,
00:17:44.680 this kind of friendship
00:17:45.680 with the souls
00:17:46.580 in purgatory.
00:17:47.120 Imagine how grateful
00:17:47.780 they're going to be
00:17:48.320 because our prayers
00:17:49.860 for them lessened
00:17:50.600 their time of suffering
00:17:51.380 in purgatory.
00:17:52.200 When we get to heaven
00:17:53.400 and see them,
00:17:54.920 they're going to be
00:17:55.300 your best friends.
00:17:57.180 So in this way,
00:17:59.160 the glory of the saints
00:18:00.120 is not just
00:18:02.280 for their good,
00:18:03.500 but for the good
00:18:04.280 of all of the church,
00:18:06.140 including us
00:18:07.300 here on earth.
00:18:08.740 St. Thomas Aquinas
00:18:09.680 taught,
00:18:10.260 and I quote,
00:18:11.080 the abundance
00:18:11.720 of those merits
00:18:12.880 is so great,
00:18:13.920 that's the merits
00:18:14.300 of the saints
00:18:14.800 is so great
00:18:16.020 as to surpass
00:18:16.780 all temporal punishment
00:18:18.200 due from the faithful
00:18:19.520 on earth
00:18:19.900 and that particularly
00:18:21.560 owing to the merit
00:18:23.080 of Christ.
00:18:24.080 End quote.
00:18:24.740 He added,
00:18:26.020 the saints,
00:18:26.760 whose satisfactory works
00:18:28.540 are super abundant,
00:18:30.080 did not perform them
00:18:31.240 for one particular person,
00:18:34.160 but in general
00:18:34.940 for the whole church,
00:18:35.680 according to the words
00:18:36.520 of St. Paul,
00:18:37.300 and I quote,
00:18:37.820 I rejoice in my sufferings
00:18:39.960 on your behalf
00:18:40.840 and make up
00:18:41.920 in my flesh
00:18:42.780 what is lacking
00:18:43.620 in the sufferings
00:18:44.260 of Christ
00:18:44.680 on behalf of his body,
00:18:46.340 which is the church,
00:18:47.140 and so these merits
00:18:48.640 become the property
00:18:49.540 of the whole church.
00:18:51.540 End quote.
00:18:52.500 Truly,
00:18:53.040 the Catholic Church
00:18:53.620 is a communion
00:18:54.560 of the saints
00:18:55.600 and has all the means
00:18:57.300 to free us from sin
00:18:58.280 and give us
00:18:58.840 great glory in heaven.
00:19:00.540 But let us make use
00:19:02.080 of the means
00:19:02.900 she gives us.
00:19:04.020 Remember,
00:19:04.740 you don't want to be
00:19:05.780 so much like the thimble
00:19:07.220 when you get to heaven.
00:19:08.540 You want to be
00:19:09.540 very much close
00:19:10.800 to Our Lady
00:19:11.740 who is the ocean
00:19:12.620 or the sea.
00:19:13.900 For Life's 8 News,
00:19:14.680 this is John Henry Weston.
00:19:15.920 May God bless you.