March 8, 2025 - Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell

judgment, heaven and hell. But I pose a question to you. What if we took that knowledge and reflected on those four things and had that impact our life? Because what happens if you avoid the last four things, death, judgment, heaven and hell, you risk living your life with a lesser sense of purpose, with less hope, with less urgency. And the question we each need to ask ourselves every day is, am I ready to meet God today?

MC: Adam Hohn

Parochial Vicar: Tyler Arens

Presenter: Mark Schissler / Steve Berkemeier

Deacon: Rick Freedberg

Brought to you By: The Knights of Columbus

participantOne:(1540-28480): And welcome to the second Saturday Core for the month of March. Is anyone here for their very first Core? Dr. Jim Torres. Anybody else? Did I miss anybody? I don't see my normal guy jumping up and down. That must be a sliver.

participantOne:(28820-51080): I guess before I get started, does anybody have any announcements? We didn't do this last week. Any announcements of events and things happening in the area? Good morning, gentlemen. I'm Joseph Gruber. You may call me Joseph. Joseph. This is an announcement. Raise your hand if you're married.

participantOne:(52680-72580): Okay, a decent number of guys. My wife and I run a marriage ministry. I don't know if I've actually mentioned that very much. But we're running a workshop a week from tomorrow. So Sunday night, a week from tomorrow. It's a virtual workshop for married couples. If you're interested in that, it's one of our better workshops.

participantOne:(72920-110920): and one of them are more transformative workshops. So if you only want to have a better marriage where you like being married to your wife better, then come see me. Thank you, Joseph. Maynard. Yeah, good morning. Yeah, I'm with St. John's Knights of Columbus, and we're going to do a Coats for Kids program starting actually here in the spring.

participantOne:(111780-138519): The gist of the whole thing is trying to get families to bring in maybe one item. They would be dropped off to individual parishes, like here at St. Mary's or at Queen's, St. John's. We're working on storage place. We're starting up in the spring. Trying to get the year-end sales, that kind of thing, and we will store them and then

participantOne:(139560-170019): Revisit it in the fall and then sometime in the fall we'll have a bigger I'll say a display or something that day where they can come in and get coats and we're also working on distribution of the extras One suggestion we've had is East Jackson or Jackson High that they get so we will have a flyer in fact Veronica Bergmeier is working on that and

participantOne:(170240-201260): I'll have that out pretty soon. I just wanted to let you know we're doing this, and hopefully you can participate. And if you have any suggestions, please see me. Thanks. Thanks, Major. I was reminded this morning the men's conference, the Diocese of Lansing's men's conference is on the 22nd, so in two Saturdays it will happen at Eastern Michigan University at the George Girvin.

participantOne:(201720-229579): basketball center there. It was really good last year, some pretty prominent speakers. Also I believe the MC is the world famous Father Joe Krupp. So it's a great event. I believe it's $60. You can go onto the website and I believe it's $60 to register. And I think we've passed the register date where if you were going to cancel you could get

participantOne:(229920-250620): Once you register, you're committed, so you have to go. And last year we did carpool from CORE to the event. I know there's a few men here that would be willing to have a carload of men leave CORE ignited just to ignite more men at the conference.

participantOne:(251400-281740): So there's speakers, confession all day long. They do a mass that's celebrated by Bishop Oye. It's a great time to get Catholic men together. I guess before I get to my little announcement, I do have a really, really terrible priest dad joke that Jonathan can't answer for me. So this priest asks his young altar server there,

participantOne:(282860-317120): Which state has produced the most saints? Anybody have a guess? The state of grace. Should have been love. Yes, Joseph has the proper reaction. Like I said last week, those who were here last week, I represent the Knights of Columbus on a different end.

participantOne:(317500-345880): I'm in charge of member services here in Jackson and in some areas in Detroit. So I wanted to, as we're reflecting upon death, a free member benefit that the Knights provide is when you pass away, they register your name. So on the day that you pass away, you go on to a prayer list at St. Mary's in New Haven, where Father McGivney was from. And so...

participantOne:(346980-370520): So if it was March 8th, there'd be a whole list of nights that passed away on March 8th, and they would pray for the repose of your soul. Now, there's some additional benefits that are to insured members that they also get for free. Some family benefits where if you have a stillborn that...

participantOne:(370900-396920): was viable after 20 weeks and happens to become a stillborn, you do get actually a financial benefit from the Knights of Columbus if you're an insured member. And if you have a child that passes away 60 days after they were born, or between that 60 day window after they were born, the Knights of Columbus will also provide a benefit for that as well, so.

participantOne:(397140-421860): With all those things being said, just some things to consider as we're reflecting upon not only our Lord's death coming up, but as Joseph said, we need to prepare for our death as well. Tapas fugit memento mori. With that, I'd like to welcome up our speaker. Last time he said...

participantOne:(422520-433000): He goes, everybody knows me, so I'm just going to be like Prince, and everybody just knows me as Mark. So I'm walking up, Mark.

participantOne:(435520-464740): Just a post-trip on what Maynard said, St. Mary's and Knights of Columbus will be supporting them in their initiative with the Go's for Kids drive, so you'll see information in the bulletin. As he mentioned, we're doing two phases. We'll do a phase here in the spring and then another one in the fall, so participate if you can. So our topic today is the last four things, and most people avoid thinking of the last four things, which are death...

participantOne:(464920-493340): judgment, heaven and hell. But I pose a question to you. What if we took that knowledge and reflected on those four things and had that impact our life? Because what happens if you avoid the last four things, death, judgment, heaven and hell, you risk living your life with a lesser sense of purpose.

participantOne:(494020-526200): with less hope, with less urgency. And the question we each need to ask ourselves every day is, am I ready to meet God today? And I'm going to get into that, into those four segments of death, judgment, heaven, and hell, with a primary focus on the two first elements, death and judgment. Because we can't avoid thinking about eternity. It's going to happen.

participantOne:(526500-545900): We think we have extra time. We'll have some time. We'll get around to it. But we don't know when our hour will come. Only God knows that. And so it could be today. It could be next week. It could be in six weeks. But it's something that we have to give serious reflection to and make it more than just...

participantOne:(546100-571740): Theories, it needs to be woven into our heart, into our actions every day. And it's not as complicated as we might think, and we'll get into that a little bit more. A lot of my talking points are from a book by Father Wade. You may have heard him on EWTN. He did a very good book on, this came out just about maybe 15, 20 years ago,

participantOne:(571920-601680): But the teachings of the Catholic Church has been around since the beginning, right Father? The last four things. Unfortunately, after Vatican II, because it was so, thinking about it, was heavy, and our population wants happy endings. They want to not sweat the details. But gentlemen, we need to sweat the details, because I'll be ready to meet God today.

participantOne:(602160-631460): So we're here today to talk about that and how do we help each other be ready with confidence that day of death and the day of judgment. So we'll be getting into more of that. So in a way, it's a stark reality check. It's kind of sobering, but if we truly believe in our heart and live it, the end result of that is heaven and a joyous occasion. So we need to be doing our best to be ready for that.

participantOne:(631719-663780): So let's talk about death for a moment. Some people say death is the end of life, or some people say death is the end of our existence. But we as Christians know that death is just the separation of our soul from our body. Take St. Peter for example. We know that St. Peter's soul is in heaven, but where's his body? His body is here on earth. It's buried under the altar at the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome.

participantOne:(664020-692980): So there's that separation of body and soul that one day will be reunited in the final coming. And so we know that this is just temporary separation of body and soul. So where does our soul go at that time of death? Just to do a quick check, reference check in a room. By a show of hands, how many men have been in the near presence of someone at the moment of their death?

participantOne:(694400-721740): I'm glad to see that because at that moment of death, whether it could have been a stranger, it could have been a family member, a friend, it could have been a loved one, at time of death they want friends around them to help them pray and prepare for that final moment of death. Just like Jesus at Gethsemane, what he told Peter, James, and John,

participantOne:(721939-746020): He wanted them to go with him to pray, because he knew he was facing death. So he wanted his closest intimate circle with him to pray. So when we get together in that way, yes, we do grieve. But we also grieve with great hope. Now, on that occasion, he said to me, Father, correct me if I'm wrong.

participantOne:(746740-776060): Peter, James, and John, they didn't have the same appreciation for the hope of the afterlife that we have because Jesus' resurrection had not occurred yet. But we have that privilege by what Jesus has done for us. We grieve the loss of their physical body here on earth, but we're joyful for the end destination of their soul. So we need to live our lives so that when we hit that moment,

participantOne:(776740-807800): I'm going to use an analogy that I heard Father John Ricardo use about life and that last hour. Father John Ricardo likes golf, so some of you guys in the room are probably pretty golf. Some of you guys are probably pretty good at golf. Some of you guys may have golf clubs. But at a minimum, you've seen golf played on TV. And what the guys at clubs do, like me, is you get the ball out, you get the club out, you get on the tee, you hit the ball as hard as you can.

participantOne:(808300-838860): Then you go find your ball, if you can. Go find your ball, and you hit it again. You're trying to get it to the green, and you hit it again. Sometimes you hit it a couple of times, and you finally get it on the green. You're trying to get in that hole, and then you putt. And then you putt again. You might triple putt to get that ball in the hole. Well, the professional players play golf extremely differently than how rookies do or casual players do. What they do is when they get on that tee,

participantOne:(839280-871720): They know the green. They know where they want to be on that green. So that final putt is a very makeable putt. So as they're on the tee, they're visioning where they want to be on the green. But then they take one step back and they say, okay, where do I want to be for my approach shot so that I can hit that spot on the green? And then he takes one step back further and goes, okay, I'm on the tee. How do I hit it where I want that approach shot to be? So when I have that final shot,

participantOne:(872199-892120): It's a putt, a short putt. It might even be a gimmick. He might even pull it out on his chip shot. But because he plans his actions, his use of his tools that he's given in his batting, he has a very short putt, a makeable putt.

participantOne:(892400-921300): Whereas with someone like me, I could be trying to do par and I'm 110 yards away and I have trees in between me and the hole, probably a lake and a creek and the wind's blowing and there's no way, excuse me, there's no way in hell I'm going to make it in that hole. But it's, I'm trying to make par. You want to be a lake to prose. You want to have a gimmick. You want to have a short putt. So imagine if you would. So that's how Tiger Woods plays with that intentionality.

participantOne:(921500-945760): And we have examples in our life by the saints that went before us because of the tools that they were given by Jesus to help them do the approach shot, do the shot to the green, hold out, get home, get to heaven. And so that's how we have to look at as we approach death. We don't want to be scrambling at that last hour because we may not have that last hour.

participantOne:(946140-967720): Sometimes you get someone might get diagnosed with cancer and it could be six months. It could be pancreatic cancer where it's one month. It could be a car accident. We don't know. One thing that we know for certain is that there is going to be death. The most thing that's uncertain is the hour of our death.

participantOne:(968000-999020): so we have huge opportunity now every day of our life to look at those tools that were given to us by jesus so that we can be ready for judgment now judgment is as i said earlier we're going to be standing before god and our the scrolls are going to be opened of our life and the good we did and the bad we did is going to be laid out there and once we're once we're there for the judgment we can't change what's in there but we can

participantOne:(999360-1029600): and atone for those sins while we're here on earth because our goal, when that hour comes for each one of us, to die in the state of sanctifying grace, that we do not have a mortal sin on our soul. And that is a huge step, and I'm not going to say it's an automatic step to getting in there, but it's going to be a huge plus because the person judging us

participantOne:(1030040-1055700): is Jesus. He died for us. He wants every one of us to be saved. He wants us to be in heaven with him and the Father. So imagine if you would like a school teacher. A school teacher doesn't fail the student. A school teacher prepares to test. The student is supposed to study and be prepared to take the test. And so the teacher cannot flunk the student unless their grades warrant it.

participantOne:(1056100-1079760): It's the same way with us. We have that test we're going to have to pass. But the mistakes we made on the test, by going to confession, by repenting for our sins, we can atone for those temporal punishments while we're here on earth. And so some people say, well, does everybody go to purgatory?

participantOne:(1080060-1110180): Well, not everyone, because their saints certainly would go straight to heaven. But for some of the men in this very room, depending upon how we live our life, our time in purgatory may be very short, if existent at all. And that's where we have to use those tools I keep referring to. The Eucharist, confession, the atonement for sins, that is what is going to prepare us for when that last hour comes.

participantOne:(1115960-1143320): So heaven, as we hear it here in the Psalms and we see in the Gospel, no eye is seen. We can't imagine heaven. But heaven is the eternal reward that we strive for. It's continual, perpetual existence, a relational reality of living in communion with God where every joy that we could ever experience,

participantOne:(1145000-1179620): desire in our heart will be satisfied and it will be it will be complete joy and also satisfying every joy that we desire in our heart again it's a relational thing because again in heaven at this point in time we don't have our bodies it's just our soul and what we feel in our heart so that's where that joy of heaven comes from

participantOne:(1179940-1207360): Which is in contrast to hell if we don't live a repentant life and do the humbleness and go to confession. Hell is a definitive state of self-exclusion from communion with God. The person, God doesn't send people to hell. We send ourselves to hell. If we don't study for that test, we're going to flunk that test.

participantOne:(1207879-1225160): So we have a ton of resources to help us get to heaven and avoid hell. Because in hell, the pain is twofold. Part of the pain is the absence and the distance from God.

participantOne:(1226379-1254980): The second is there's another spiritual or physical pain that probably exists, as we heard, from what the Virgin Mary showed the children at Fatima with the incessant fires and the torment. So we want to do what we can to make sure at the hour of death that we're prepared. And the reality of sin, we've done our best to minimize that

participantOne:(1255379-1281860): Because again, when we face judgment, when we stand before Jesus and God, their desire is to have every one of us in heaven with them. And so we can get there by being intentional as to how we live our lives. I have a couple resources up here to that effect. And then Steve's going to share a couple personal observations and experiences.

participantOne:(1281540-1304700): So there's some resources up here. Father Wade that I referred to earlier, there's a couple books up here. If you were gonna do a sort of like a mini library, if you would like to read this book, you can just sign it out, bring it back in two weeks. And we'll also have a waiting list if you would like to read it. I only have three copies here, but if you'd like to read the book, feel free to do that.

participantOne:(1305460-1332980): I mentioned earlier the tools that we have, which is the Eucharist and the Confession. So there's a schedule for all the churches here in the greater Jackson area that has the daily Mass times and the Confession. So you can take opportunity. There's some tough copies for all the guys here. Then also you've probably seen your respective church bulletins

participantOne:(1332960-1364780): THERE'S A COMMUNAL PENNANT SERVICES THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE MONTH OF APRIL IN PREPARATION FOR EASTER. SO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT YOUR BULLETINS TO SEE WHEN THE COMMUNAL PENNANT SERVICES ARE COMING UP. SO STEVE HAS SOME THOUGHTS TO SHARE WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. THANK YOU. I'M STEVE BERKEMEYER, FOR THOSE OF YOU

participantOne:(1365680-1393800): I haven't gotten a formal introduction yet. Although... Okay, I don't want to be too loud. But as Mark was saying, we're going to be judged by the way we love God and the way we love our neighbors. That's what Jesus told the young man in the Gospel who asked, how can I get into the kingdom of heaven? Love God with all your heart and all your soul. Love your neighbor as yourself.

participantOne:(1394340-1421400): And Lent is the perfect time to reflect on what changes that we'd like to make to our lives. You know, sometimes you think about New Year's as being a new start. People make New Year's resolutions, and sometimes they don't last too long. But personally, I began as a New Year's resolution years ago. I knew I should be wearing my seatbelt, but I never did.

participantOne:(1421780-1447780): And one year for New Year's I said, I'm going to start wearing my seatbelt. And so every time I'd get in the car, I'd put the belt on. After a while, I just did it. And now I do it without even thinking. That's kind of a spiritual restart. And a couple years back, I grew up in my family, we said the rosary every night with my parents. But when I got off on my own, had my own family,

participantOne:(1448600-1473920): We would say the rosary usually on trips. You know, we'd go on a trip and we'd pull out the rosary and we'd all say it together. Or if something came up where somebody was, you know, very sick or in need of prayers, we'd get out the rosary and say it. And a couple years back for Lent, I said I want to start saying the rosary every day. So I did that. I have a rosary in my car. And, yeah.

participantOne:(1474240-1505520): One of the things my wife reads a lot of books, or she's always telling me about, there's a couple called Atomic Habits, or there's another habit book she told me about. But one of the things, the two things I took away from those, is it helps to have a cue to start a new habit and to continue a habit. For me, that's getting in my car. My rosary's right there. Before I turn on the radio, I grab the rosary. And I say the rosary every day now, and I'm to the point now where I miss it if I don't say it.

participantOne:(1506080-1538420): So, one recommendation, keep your rosary with you, or at least in your car, and get in the habit of saying it every day. The other thing is that we tend to be, you may have heard this, I've heard it a few different places, but we tend to be like the five people that we spend the most time with. So you can imagine if you, you know, maybe in a different part of your life maybe, because you're all here today, which is a good thing. But maybe in a different part of your life, or maybe you know people,

participantOne:(1538660-1568540): who tend to hang out at bars, watching TV, you know, watching sports, video games, whatever they would do to occupy their time. You spend your time with five people like that, that's going to be what you're going to do as well. If you spend your time with people who are trying to grow closer to God, working on loving their neighbors, doing service, you're going to tend to...

participantOne:(1568920-1598040): reciprocate that as well. I think it carries over to your activities too. And with that in mind, a couple of recommendations I'd like to pass along to you. You have to be intentional about developing a good prayer life. I think that begins with making time each day. Find a time that works best for you. For me, it's before I start my day or when I start my day. I know, I remember my parents and everything

participantOne:(1598400-1621960): Beginning of the day with the morning offering. I was really glad Joseph printed up a copy for us a while back. I've committed it to memory now. I remember there was a prayer my folks used to say, to offer up your prayers, works, joys, and sufferings for the intentions of the holy sacrifice the Mass said throughout the world, for the intentions of the most sacred heart.

participantOne:(1622280-1652860): for the salvation of souls, reparation for sins, reunion of all Christians, and then intentions. I've added the health of the Holy Father, the Pope. It's just a brief prayer, but it's a great way to start your day. And from there, usually my brother gets all of his siblings a daily devotional. And much kind of like little black books we get for Lent or Advent. If you haven't gotten one of those, maybe you picked one up, you took it home, you threw it on the shelf.

participantOne:(1653460-1672740): maybe you haven't cracked it since. Those are great ways to start your day or maybe finish your day. Like I say, make the time. Whatever is going to fit best into your schedule, that you'll be able to continue doing that. But make time for that. And while you're at it,

participantOne:(1673100-1693220): There's some other things that I've found to be very, very helpful. If you haven't yet, listen to Father Mike Schmidt's Bible in a Year. Came out about three years ago now, I guess, and was instantly the most listened-to podcast out there.

participantOne:(1693640-1723640): does a great job of covering the whole Bible. The whole Bible. I mean, you get kind of familiar with the ones you hear in the Gospel readings when you go to Mass regularly, but there's parts in there that were like new territory for me. And not only do you get an exposure to all of it, but he explains everything very well, especially the parts of the Old Testament that are hard to make sense of. You know, and it can be quite...

participantOne:(1723879-1750420): frankly disturbing, until you have it in the proper context. Also, he followed that up with the Catechism in the Air, which goes through the whole Catechism, the teachings of the Catholic Church. Another great resource. Those all take about 15, 20 minutes a day. You can even speed them up. Father Mike talks quick already, but if you speed it up, if you don't have 20 minutes, you can speed it up and he'll get it done in 15.

participantOne:(1750960-1780780): There's also other apps out there, you know, Hello, Formed, which I know St. Mary's, and I think most of the parishes provide it free for the parishioners. Great movies, great programming out there as well as, you know, to look into those. Also Word on Fire, Bishop Robert Barron's organization produces a lot of great stuff. Also Good Shepherd Catholic Radio. If you're driving around...

participantOne:(1781120-1803460): I reached a point six months or so ago where I thought, I've heard all the REO Speedwagon songs and ACDC songs that I need to hear. It seems like you hear the same songs over and over and over again. So I've been listening a lot to Good Shepherd Catholic Radio. There's a lot of great programming on there, and if the timing isn't right,

participantOne:(1804140-1818720): convenient for you. You can go to the EWTN app. That's what I have on my phone. And you can listen to the shows, the programming they provide at your convenience. I listen each night to...

participantOne:(1819640-1845880): Dr. David Aarons called the communion program. He does an excellent job of, the premise of the show is asking people who aren't Catholic what's keeping you from being Catholic. But a lot of Catholics listen to it as well. And he does a wonderful job of explaining our faith, why we believe what we believe, why we do what we do. And it's just another great resource.

participantOne:(1847680-1873400): The other thing I would highly recommend to you, if you're not already in the habit of doing it, is taking in an hour of Eucharistic Adoration. There's two chapels in here in town, St. Joe's and Queens, for a number of reasons. For me, it provides a weekly reset, just some quiet time with the Lord, with your eyes on the prize,

participantOne:(1874180-1901060): to sit, personal reflection, to think about where you are in your life, where you want to be. Also gives you time to pray for your family, for people who are in need of prayers. And also, each chapel has a little library of, again, great books, Catholic material that's educational.

participantOne:(1901440-1923300): and inspirational. I've gotten a lot of great books from the chapel. You basically pick them up and read them, take them back when you're done. If you really like it, you can get a copy of your own for it. But if you can't commit to an hour each week, feel free to drop in when you do have time.

participantOne:(1923740-1952420): or maybe show up early for Mass or stay after Mass and have a few minutes of Eucharistic adoration there as well. The other thing that we can do, and Mark touched on this as well, and I'm glad he made up the list for the scheduled daily Masses and confessions in the area. Jesus told us how to love him.

participantOne:(1952840-1978400): and that was the sacrifice and the Mass. And I didn't really understand that until I read a book that I got at the Adoration Chapel, which was the Supper of the Lamb by Scott Hahn, where he explained, you know, you go through the Old Testament especially, and the Jewish folks were constantly sacrificing bulls and sheep and rams and goats and whatever they could.

participantOne:(1978880-2006260): is a way of showing their devotion and love for God. When Jesus came, he created the new covenant. That's a term that I'd heard all my life, didn't really understand it. But he said that this is the sacrifice of the new covenant when he gave us the Eucharist. And that's what we do at Mass. We don't go to Mass to be entertained, you know, to watch a band or watch videos.

participantOne:(2006520-2039320): we go to give sacrifice to show our love for God. And it's the Eucharist, that sacrifice, that's what we're doing there. And if you haven't read it yet, that book, Supper of the Lamb by Scott Hunt is a really good one to read to get a better understanding for that. The other thing is confession, as Mark was talking about. And Joseph had mentioned to us that Jesus already knows what you've done.

participantOne:(2039740-2074899): alright he's just waiting for you to get out your own way to go to him to tell him to confess your sins so you can get closer you move past that get closer to so make frequent use confessional I'm the fact that you're here this morning is I guess it's a good thing because I mentioned earlier about the five people he spent most time with those folks

participantOne:(2075400-2104379): I was here a few weeks ago, and I was mentioning in the small group discussions that I just finished up the Bible in the Year with Father Mike Schmitz for the second time, and I was looking for something to fill the 15 or 20 minutes that I was used to that, and Travis Uphouse mentioned, well, I got just the thing. He says, get a copy of the Magnificat, which I did. I'd always heard the Magnificat had the mass readings for the day, so I knew those were in there, but these also has...

participantOne:(2104740-2125920): daily morning prayers evening prayers information on the Saints and lots of other meditations and stuff so What I was Hanging out with a group sort of like this few years back with that man is you the same Mary's was putting God Charles gave me this book my imitation in Christ and

participantOne:(2126200-2153420): which is another great book of short readings that are very, very insightful, very enriching. And I don't want you to get discouraged if you slip up from time to time. Like I say, people joke about making New Year's resolutions, and they talk about how full the gyms are for January, and you wait until the middle of February and you can get back in without having to wait again.

participantOne:(2153920-2180580): People do have relapses. You're going to fall off from time to time, but every day is a new beginning. It's a new opportunity to start over. So just recommit yourself. And a good way, like I say, a good way of doing that is to stop into adoration. Get refocused on what ultimately is going to work for you. You know, we're coming up on March Madness.

participantOne:(2181100-2210420): If you watch sports, whether it's football or basketball, even your wives or even the women know this, that the final minutes you get into the two-minute warning, you know, how much time is left in the game? Well, just two minutes. They know it's going to be another half hour, 45 minutes, because the final minutes of a game, you get into basketball, it's even the seconds. They go into fractions of seconds because it's so important.

participantOne:(2210880-2243980): to assess where you're at and what you need to do. And as Mark said, none of us know the day or the hour we're going to be called. You see things in the news all the time where people got up one day and heard it say that the God that gave you this day doesn't promise you tomorrow. You just don't know. And that's why it's so important to recommit and refocus on what you need to do to love God more.

participantOne:(2244480-2269480): and to love your neighbor. And as Mark said, we've got the schedule of Mass that's up here and confessions. And with that, I think we're ready for small groups probably, huh? Well, we're going to close with a prayer. And it's most appropriate we do one of the Women's Mysteries. We're going to do the...

participantOne:(2270100-2295339): The third luminous mystery, which is a proclamation of the kingdom of heaven, which seems most appropriate based upon our subject matter. But one last thing in closing I left out from my notes I remembered, we also have to be on guard of two tricks of the devil as we approach that death and final judgment. The first is presumption.

participantOne:(2295660-2317720): that because of God's mercy and grace, we're going to make it. We can't be presumptuous. That's a devil's trick. The other one is despair, which is the exact opposite, thinking I don't have a chance. Both of those are not true, and that's why we have confession and we have a Eucharist to build your strength.

participantOne:(2318200-2330540): So we'll do the decade of the rosary next. I will lead. And while we do the decade, we meditate upon the spiritual fruit of the desire for holiness. Yes.

participantOne:(2331060-2355200): In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

participantOne:(2354920-2380680): Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now at the hour of our death. Amen. So think about this, every time you do the rosary, 50 times you're pleading for Mary to pray for us at the hour of our death. That's why Steve said it was so important to do the rosary every day. Hail Mary.

participantOne:(2380300-2401080): Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

participantOne:(2400840-2424060): Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

participantOne:(2424060-2439740): And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

participantOne:(2439700-2468820): Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

participantOne:(2468820-2487200): Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

participantOne:(2487200-2517100): Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls into heaven, especially those most need thy mercy. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

participantOne:(2517940-2539960): So there's some reflection, personal reflection questions on your table. We ran a little bit long, so feel free to take those home with you. There's some very, I hope you will find impactful things to reflect upon based upon our subject matter today. So let's take three minutes. If you want to get a coffee, hit the bathroom, and then do the small...

participantOne:(2540720-2573440): SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION. JOSEPH HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. NO, I DON'T. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE MOVE, YEAH. OKAY, AND THEN, MAINER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO. OH, OKAY. YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT TEACHING. FIRST THING IS THE FAIL TO PLAN. THAT PUT EXACTLY EVERYTHING YOU WERE SAYING RIGHT HERE ABOUT DEATH, THE FUTURE. YOU NOT ONLY GAVE US

participantOne:(2573820-2592864): the why plan, what gave us the how to plan, and gave us some references. Nice job. Thank you. Yeah, okay. All right, thanks. So three minutes, and we do the inter-reform discussion. We'll take the report.