What Did Jesus Do in the Tomb and What "hell" Did He Descend to? Explaining the Faith
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2024
- The Apostles Creed states that Jesus "Descended into hell." What does that mean? Was it the hell of the damned or some other place? And what did he do when he came? What was the purpose of his visit and whom did he encounter? Fr. Chris Alar shows you what the Church has taught on this matter for centuries.
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Father Chris: I am a “Cradle Catholic” who attended Catholic School in the early 1960s. I never leaned this then. I went to Mass every Sunday until 1980. I never learned this. I graduated from a Roman Catholic University in 1979. I never learned this. I turned away from The Church for almost 40 years. I promised my very beloved Dad, on his deathbed, that I would become a practicing Roman Catholic. I started listening to Bishop Robert Barron. And now I’ve found MIC. God bless you all for teaching me and helping me down this path of my increasing Spirituality and love.
Pretty much same for me. Catholic grade school and high school.and I learned none of these critical teachings. Thank God for MIC and Fr. Chris and the other fathers.
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That’s the problem we are not taught
Fr Chris, O never learned this. I graduated high school from a Catholic school and did not learn this
My story is very similar. When you think of it once we leave high school, we don’t get a lot of formation and looking at your years of graduation, just five years after me. I discovered Bishop Barron during Covid, but God knew I needed more so he brought me to the MARIANS. What a blessing Sounds like the church was big into balloons and streamers, happy and clappy guitars, and the rest of the post Vatican II misinterpretations for lack of a better word. May God bless you happy Easter. Love your screen name.
I get baptized today, and this has been on my mind since I heard it within the creed. Thank you so much for being such a good guide along my journey 😃🙌
I get confirmed today. This has been a great channel and Father is a great priest. God bless!
God bless you! Keep that white garment clean!:)
Congratulations! So happy for you 🙏🏼❤️✝️
Wow... How beautiful!!! May the waters of your baptism cleanse you and a new you be resurrected with Our Lord Jesus Christ. So happy for you 💓
God Bless you.
Thank you Fr Alar!! You and your series are the reason I converted to Catholicism! I can’t get enough of your teaching! Blessings to you!
Thank you for being open to God's grace and God bless you
@@DivineMercy_Official I hope to see you and the other Fathers again at caroling at the Epiphany in ‘25!!
This is Paradise! Understanding & learning the Truth of God, the Bible & Catholic faith.
Easter Vigil is my FAVORITE liturgy and anticipated with longing!!
The Easter vigil 30 plus years ago was when I was received into the Roman Catholic Church from anglicanism.
The more I learn about the Catholic faith, the more I see that our Lord covers all the bases and gives every chance possible to choose life with Him in Heaven.
What would we do without you Fr. Alar - a gem to the Priesthood, God Bless your mission on this earth!
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOODWILL!
There has NEVER been a priest, in my life,, as informative about Holy Mother Church as you have been, and ARE, daily!! I have been advising others to watch your many talks on UA-cam!! I call you "Father Chris-Connection" You, by your style of informing, cause us to more easily 'CONNECT' with our Catholic roots!! It was YOU, Father, that brought me back to the faith, once more, after many years of anger for what so many priests did to our younger generation. I thank you, Fr. Alar, for re-igniting the light of 'Hope' and 'Trust', once more, within my spirit!! You are TRULY BLEST, Father!
Thank you so much for sharing our talks and God bless you for taking the time to watch with us
Gotta brace, Fr Chris makes me cry every time, always some beautiful truth about how God has forever loved us from the beginning, to now, for eternity. This time it was learning how Jesus was heading to embrace our first parents Adam and Eve that burst me into tears.
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Thanks Fr. Chris for all you do to teach us about our beautiful catholic religion!!!
May God bless you Father Chris and all Marian Helpers. Prayers for the conversion of all poor sinners. May all have the need of God’s mercy. May God have mercy on our whole world 🙏🏼♥️📿
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Fr. Chis's talks continue to become exponentially more advantageous. Providence made me watch this one!✝
God gives us just what we need. May we always have the grace to accept it?
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Thanks be to God for the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary🙏🏻❤✝🕊👀⬆
Fr Alar hits another home run. I learned a lot of this back in the 1960’s in my Baltimore Catechism CCD classes. The Church needs to bring back an updated Baltimore Catechism to educate our children and our uncatechized Catholic adults. Every Catholic Christian should endeavor to educate themselves by whatever means possible throughout their lives. A good start is to watch every video from Fr Alar.
Holy Spirit using u everyday to bless us with this good news , thanks Fr Chris.🫶
This talk answered so many theological questions I had about Jesus existence before his incarnation. Thank you Fr Chris for this amazing talk. God bless you abundantly!!
great talk...my father recently passed away and he always wanted an explaination of this topic...we needed to understand this subject...please say a prayer for my dad...funeral this tuesday
Will do! God bless you.
We all need to discuss this. I was trying to discuss this me and with my son-in-law, but he kept interrupting me. My being 72 years old and being distracted a lot and often, had to quit. trying to explain to him what Catholics believe. Is very difficult to talk to someone who really isn’t listening to you because he was thinking of a rebutal. I found it quite frustrating! I will send him this video, and I hope it helps him understand what I was trying to explain to him. Pray for me and for my son-in-law.
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I am sorry for your loss. 🙏🏻📿🙏🏻📿🙏🏻📿
God bless your father’s soul.
One of the most thought provoking and enlightening talks I've ever heard, Thank you Fr. Chris, you're One of the BEST. I was Born a Catholic, raised a Catholic, Catholic Education but have never heard anyone explain this topic in such detail and with great understanding. I was "Churchless" during my teenage years and young adult years, however, the strange fact is I always held closely to Our Lord Jesus and Loved Him dearly. Happy Easter to ALL
Thank you for joining us and God bless you
This talk about our faith is so good..Thank you Fr Chris for explaining about Holy Saturday and what Jesus did on this Day. May God bless you always and your family and all Marian priests and seminarians 🙏♥️
Love the Blessed Mother! Never, ever let go of her guiding hand that will lead us to Jesus. Pray as never before - especially the Rosary (daily) for her intentions. Love her!
i love the Thaotokos!
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Easter Sunday, Our Lord Appears First to Blessed Mother:
After Resurrection in the early morning of the Easter Sunday, Our Lord first appeared in His Glorious Body to His Holy Mother, staying in the house of the Last Supper, who was praying prostrated with Her face on the floor, imploring God's Mercy on Her abandonment and quick return of His Son in Glory. Our Lord called Her, saying "Mother!" in triumphant, joyful, and loving voice, lifted Her up and embraced and kissed Her. And with a cry, She flings Her arms round His neck and embraces and kisses Him, laughing in Her weeping. .….
And Jesus says (excerpts from Maria Valtorta's Poem of Man-God, Vol. 5, pp. 702-703): "It is all over, Mother. You no longer have to weep over Your Son. The trial is over and Redemption has taken place. Thank you, Mother, for conceiving Me, bringing Me up, and helping Me in Life and in Death. I heard Your prayers. They have been My strength in My Grief, My companion in My Journey on the Earth and beyond. They came with Me on the Cross and to Limbo. They were incense that preceded the Pontiff, Who was going to call His servants and take them to the Temple that does not die, to My Heaven. Your prayers have come with Me to Paradise, preceding like an angelical voice the procession of the redeemed led by the Redeemer, so that the angels should be ready to greet the Conqueror. The Father and the Holy Spirit have seen and heard Your prayers, and smiled at them as if they were the most beautiful flower and the sweetest song born in Paradise. They have been recognized by the Patriarchs and the new Saints, the new, first, citizens of My Jerusalem. And I bring You their thanks, Mother, together with kisses and blessings of Your relatives, and with that of Joseph, the spouse of Your soul.
I will now go to the Father in My Human appearance. Paradise must see the Conqueror in His appearance of Man, by means of which He defeated the Sin of Man. But I will come again to confirm, in the Faith, those who do not yet believe and are in need to believe to lead others to believe. I must fortify the pusillanimous ones, who will need so much strength to resist the world. Then I will ascend to Heaven.
You will never alone from now on. These past days You have been alone. That sorrow of Yours was also required for My Redemption. Much is continuously to be added to Redemption, because much will be continuously created in the way of Sin. I will call all My servants to this redeeming participation (Col 1:24, Phil 1:29). You are the one, who, by Yourself, will do more than all the others together. Your long abandonment was also required. But, now no longer so. I am no longer separated from the Father. You will no longer be separated from Your Son. And, by having Your Son, You have Our Trinity, a Living Heaven. You will bring the Trinity to men on the Earth and You will sanctify the Church. You, Queen of the Priesthood and Mother of the Christians. Then I will come to get You. And no longer shall I be in You, but You will be in Me, in My Kingdom, to make Paradise more beautiful.
I am going now, Mother. I am going to make the other Mary (Magdalene) happy (John 20:11-18). Then I will ascend to the Father (John 20:17). Thence I will come to those, who do not believe. Mother, Your kiss as a blessing. And My Peace to You as a companion. Goodbye."
What a beautiful, enlightening and empowering Explaining of the Faith Talk! Father Chris, thank you! Thank you for sharing your wisdom to us "Seminarians".
May God continue to bless you, abundantly! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
God bless all His people in this Holly Saturday. Let's pray him forever. 🙏🏻🙏
Let’s Pray, especially for those who will be received into the church today. Praying with you. God bless you. Happy Easter.
God please bless Father Chris and all the Marian Priests!
Amen.
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What about Abraham, Moses and Noah ? did they directly go to Heaven ?
May God bless, father, Chris
Thanks be to God these talks have helped me so much in my faith journey. I’m glad Father Alar listened to Christs calling on him. He is a beautiful beautiful soul.
Happy Easter Father and all. My husband joined the Catholic Church this Holy Saturday. He has risen!
Wonderful
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What about Abraham, Moses and Noah ? did they directly go to Heaven ?
@praveen4123 thank you but that is all explained in this talk. They went to Abraham's Bosom until Christ opened the door to heaven
Thank you, Father Chris. I learn so much from you. You are a gifted teacher and a blessed priest. May Giod bless you this Easter.
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What about Abraham, Moses and Noah ? did they directly go to Heaven ?
Thank you Fr Chris another educational Talk. We are so happy that we have a good Teacher like you. Praying for more people to follow Divine Mercy. Prayers for your Dad's good health and Mom. God bless you, your family MIC and everyone 🙏❤️
Thank you for watching and God bless you
Good morning Father Chris Alar and everyone! Joining from Topeka, KS, USA 🙏🏻
Thank you so much Father Chris for explaining our Catholic faith!!!
We are so Blessed that you decided to become a priest! Oh how many of us that have so earnestly wanting to know more about our Faith and you have truly given us all your knowledge from seminary!! How blessed we are to all of the Marians and being part of our Marian family! Thank you so very VERY MUCH! Keeping you and the Marians priest and Marian family in my daily rosary!! Happy Easter to All!!!🙏
Thank you Father Chris. I really enjoyed this talk as I do all your talks! Have a BLESSED EASTER.
Thank you Father Chris for this wonderful story. God bless you.😇🙏
"He descended into Hell" has been a question of mine for so long 😭 thank you so much
father good health as always may God protect and give you strenght to do his will. Amen.❤😊
Thank you Father Chris ✝️
Oh my goodness Fr. Chris! Don't aim for Purgatory! What if you miss!? ....LOL...That was Mother Angelica's famous line.. Mother Angelica...PRAY FOR US!
So well done. Shared with many others. Fr Chris, we are praying for you and all Holy Priests willing to speak the Truth! Thank you ❤
love you Fr Chris! you have been a major force helping in my conversion the past few years - so grateful and blessed 😊 thank you for all you do
Thank you for being open to God's grace and God bless you!
@@DivineMercy_Official He definitely has - thank you!
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What about Abraham, Moses and Noah ? did they directly go to Heaven ?
Thank you father Chris for All the Service you Bring to us.may God Blessyou.
Even with my doubts, I have to say this was one of your best teachings and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and learned so much, Thank you Father Chris, you are awesome servant of God:)
Thank you for watching and God bless you
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What about Abraham, Moses and Noah ? did they directly go to Heaven ?
As always, this talk is so informative. I pray this ministry continues to be blessed. Thanks be to God.
Thank you Fr. Chris, since I was a child when I pray the Apostles Creed, Jesus descended to hell always make me think. 🙏
My Lord Jesus!! This has cleared the muddy waters in ways I never even expected or thought of. I just kept wondering, “What did Jesus mean when He said that to that guy on the cross; it has to mean something more???” This is it! A fully colored painting now! So much gratitude, Fr Chris!! When we superimpose the power of Jesus recovery from His injuries while descended into what we know about the power required to imprint the burial cloth of Turin this makes a further compelling study out of this. Jesus Greatness will always reveal even more majesty! Thank You!
There is one thing that always amazes me. Abel, being the first in the limbo of the fathers, waiting alone for 800 years.
Great lecture, Fr Chris. Your talk always great delightful that lead us our salvation in the Catholic faith. I continue pray for you and your brothers to guide others to our Lord, Jesus Christ. Happy Easter to all MICs.
I love being part of the Marions Helpers. I only wish I lived closer to you , 3 yrs ago . I've saw your speak . Praise God oh I'll love to have one
I went to Catholic School and church.. traggity hit. My life.. i turned away from the church. Ñot from Father God or Jesus Christ. Had a breakdown. Took me 25 yrs to find my way back to the Catholic Church. That's when I found. Divine Mercy Masses , Chaplet Prayer . But most of all , your talks . I've never heard such incredible teachings ¡ My Heart wishes to live closer to your Marion Chapel ! So I could volunteer. It would be a miracle to go along with the Family to a Pilgrimage . Lord maybe one day . Amen
Thank you, Fr. Chris, for another enlightening talk about about Jesus' descent into hell. May God bless, strengthen & protect you in your ministry. God bless you and all the Marians this Eastertime.
Thank you Father Chris for this special theological talk on Holy Saturday on the eve of Easter Vigil. I have not before heard this most important information on atonement and redemption . This week my dear beloved died and I am so grateful for our Catholic faith . This talk has brought me such clarity about the mystery of life and the mystery of death . As I mourn this has strengthened my re solve to be faithful
to God and our Catholic teachings especially to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 🙏
Thank you fr Chris this has been my Catechism class after being brought into the Church via reception of last Rites
💕🙏O Jesus, I implore Your divine assistance for Your faithful and fervent priests;for Your unfaithful and tepid priests; for Your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for
Your lonely and desolate priests;for Your young priests; for Your dying priests; for the souls of Your priests in purgatory.But above all, I commend to You the priests dearest to me; the priest who
baptized me;the priests who absolved me from my sins; the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me your Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priests who taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way.
O Jesus, keep them all close to Your Sacred Heart and bless them abundantly in time and eternity. Amen.💕🙏
Amen
Amen.
He who Is has chosen you Father Chris Alar. I pray for you often. Thank you for your service to us and your humility unto Our Lady and Lord. Glory be to God.
Thank you and God bless you
Have a Blessed Easter, Father Alar. I love your lesson that we choose Hell for ourselves and to be forever separated from God. The lesson here is go to The Sacrament of Reconciliation and continue to make one's Confessions of Sins. 🙏💜✝️
Thank you Fr Chris for all this teachings I have had been learning with you so much. God bless all your Community of MIC. 🙏🏻🙏❤
How enlightening… wish this was explained more often at churches
Thank you, dear Fr Chris. You have brought me so much closer to Jesus and stronger in faith and love for the Catholic faith.
Thank you for being open to God's grace
Thank so much Father Chris Alar this is indeed a learning that I needed to understand thanks so much you are truly my mentor indeed. I love my Catholic faith so much and born and Catholic and will die a Catholic. I’m so proud of my faith and it’s teachings❤
Thank you for watching with us and God bless you
I have learned so much from you again. I feel blessed that I found this channel. I pray the rosary with you. I watch mass. I have shared this site with my friends and family. Thank you father for bringing me closer to God.
Thank you and God bless you
Our Parish Priest only does 3 Readings on Gloria Saturday night.
Gotta admit, my brain just exploded.....
But I'll re-watch this after a nap😅
Same here..this is worth watch a second time
Happy Easter from this Texan in Sweden Fr. Chris!🙏🏼
Thank you Fr. Chris. May The Risen Christ fill you all with His joy, love and blessing this Easter. Thank you Jesus ❤️
🙌“May the most holy, the most sacred, the most adorable, the most unknown and the most inexpressible Name of God be adored, praised, blessed, loved and glorified, in heaven, on earth and in hell, by all creatures formed by his sacred hand, and by the loving Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ in the most Blessed Sacrament of the altar. Amen.”🙌
Awesome message 👌 thank you so much Fr Chris! God Bless 🙌
Looks like you have many Filipinos in the audience father. I am blessed to listen to this talk. It's Divine Mercy Sunday here in the Philippines
Thank you Father Chris for this fascinating talk. I must watch this a couple times to fully grasp it. I do hope you are able to celebrate at the Easter Vigil this evening. You will be in my prayers when I celebrate at my parish. I’ll be taking my big mouth up to the ambo to do the second reading. . Blessed Easter and Octave to you and yours. God bless you.. PS please think about doing a pilgrimage to Italy. I can’t think of anyone who is more knowledgeable about all the Holy places in my ancestral Homeland.
God bless you, Fr. Alar & the MIC family! God bless us all!
Happy Easter!!!✝️
Happy Easter. He Is Risen. Iesu Christi / Jesus Christ King of the universe. Viva Cristo Rey.
Thank you so, so much Father Chris Alar. God bless you and keep you safe at all times. Thank you for saying YES to the Priesthood. Deo gratias.
A very beautiful, interesting, and deep theology. Thank you Marian Fathers and father Chris. PRAISE BE TO GOD
God bless you Father Chris
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This is another educational, fruitful talk thanks somuch fruitful. Thank god for giving you to us ❤❤❤
Thank you Father Chris, a magnificent and enlightening teaching. Be well, be safe & be holy always. Happy Holy Saturday and Happy Easter.
Thank you for listening
Thank you Father Chris for such a lovely explanation. God have mercy
Thank you ,Father , Alar
Easter blessings Fr Chris! Your talks bring enlightenment to the world. I wish I knew what you have taught me from your talks growing up.
Father Chris, God Bless you and Thank you for all you help us to understand!!
What an excellent explanation father Chris. Happy Easter
FR Chris great teacher I have learned so much may bless him AMEN
Amazing talk, well done as always! Thank you Father Chris.🙏🏻💐
Thank you Fr. Cris. Happy Easter. Amen 🙏 ❤
Thank you so much Father Chris,🙏, I learned so many things from your teaching which makes me grow the faith in Christ and I can teach and spread to others in my state about your teaching because here in my state we are still backward don't know anything. I don't want to miss your teaching every week. May God bless you with good health and bless Your mission.
Thank you Father Chris. This was a great experience and very educational. God bless you.
Thank you, Father Chris! Happy Easter!🙏
Thank you Fr. Chris for your talks, im learning so much of my faith. God bless us.
I really love your teaching Father it touch my heart and this topic is so very very important. Thank you once again Father. Thank you,🙏
Thank you Fr Chris i had to watch this video several times. It has alot of information I needed answer to. God bless you. I like all your videos. They're easy to find on youtube. I also share them when others need help regarding our faith. Thanks a million😅
Love you Fr Chris be safe🕊🔥✝️💒🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️
Thank you for watching and God bless you
Father this talk opened my eyes, I never learned this at all. I never knew what Holy Saturday was about, but now I know it means so much. I never learned this in catholic school or anywhere. Thank you so much. My faith is greater because of this.
Thank you for listening and being open to God's grace
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Fr Alar, what an amazing talk in all fullness and goodness. I was unaware of what happened to Jesus on Holy Saturday . I always wondered why we Catholics profess at mass that Jesus went to hell, Didn't seem right to me until I listened to a bible study when a vincentian priest explained about Sheol and the bosom of Abraham very briefly. However, it was never mentioned about Jesus descending to hell to free souls from Hades, Sheol, or purgatory as it is now called.Thank you for this awesome talk.
I'm blown away, and it will stay with me until my dying day.
Thank you so much for educating us.
Amen 🙏
God bless Fr Alar 🙏I enjoy listening to you from uk 🇬🇧
Father Chris this was just FANTASTIC! Thank you for this beautiful and insightful talk. I cannot wait to attend Mass tonight! Have a blessed Easter!
Thank you for watching and God bless you
Thank you Father Alar❤ have a blessed Easter❤❤❤
Very informative and insightful! Thanks Fr. Chris and MIC fraternity. 🙏🏿
Oh my gosh Father Chris! this is so good! Thank you so much!! 🙏✝️
Thank you for watching and God bless you
Thank you father Chris God bless you 🙏🏽!?
Divine Mercy is simply a Godsend. I started the Divine Mercy Novena on Good Friday, and am using the Divine Mercy pamphlet available in your store. And every time I recite the Creed, I was internally questioning the "descended into Hell" and what it actually means or represents. Then I see this video today. What a source of inspiration and clarification Fr. Alar and Divine Mercy is for people like me who try like heck to understand things about our Catholic faith but are tripped up constantly by my broken human understanding. Reading and interpreting Scripture sometimes frustrates me because I may interpret it literally, when I should be symbolically, or vice versa. My study bible helps, my lack of true and immediate understanding makes me feel like I am stupid.
Fr. Chris, thank you for this powerful teaching. You have a favorite expression to all of us..."nobody knew this"....now we know, correct? God bless. Peace! Amen
Fr Alar thanks for your talk you always teach us something about our faith God bless you always and all the Marian Frs
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@@DivineMercy_Official - Father Chris/Any others :
What about Abraham, Moses and Noah ? did they directly go to Heaven ?
God Bless you Father Chris I was born in 1943 went to Catholic Schoolball my life followed my faith 🙏 Thank God for my religion 🙏 God Bless you Father Chris for all you taught this 81 year old today 🙏 27:54
God bless you
@DivineMercy_Official Blessed Easter Triduum💕🙏Thank you Fr. Chris for the potent teaching. “FASINATING!” As always, I learned so much from today's talk. God bless you, your loved ones, and all Marian priests, brothers, and the MIC Community. 🙏💕
Thank you for watching and God bless you
Father chris i liked this teaching so much im happy
God bless you , Fr. Chris.
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I was brought up on the St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism and l never knew half of what you spoke of today listening to this. I now live in Sweden.
What few, and I mean FEW Catholic churches are here are not even remotely touching on this in their teachings.
Thank you for this eye opener, I guess it's never too late to find out at 60!
Thank you for watching and God bless you