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00:00Hello my dear brothers and sisters! It's a pleasure to greet you. In this new format we're using for the homily,
00:18Where we are trying to be a little more concise and although Sunday's event has already passed, we will always have a reason to reflect on it.
00:33We just read this Sunday, the passion was, we are on Palm Sunday and we just read the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ that Saint Mark wrote.
00:45And well, considering this topic, we are now finishing Lent with this celebration that truly confronts us with reality.
00:58Reading about the trial, I say, well, who killed Jesus? We were there, we are part of this, we are guilty.
01:11Who are really responsible for the death of Jesus?
01:15Well, we should do a little analysis on this, shouldn't we?
01:20In my opinion, the people who are asking for his crucifixion in this trial would be one of the elements.
01:29There are several groups that appear to have had a direct impact on the death of Jesus. One of them is the people.
01:35But it seems to me that the people are simply sheep who, depending on how they are handled, can either love or reject something.
01:46This Sunday we have seen how on one day they receive him with palms, which is the one we celebrate, shouts, praises, and on the other they ask that he be crucified.
02:02Next Friday we will be hearing the people shout crucify him.
02:06These two ideas come together on this Sunday to highlight that contrast in our lives, don't they?
02:13So we have the sheep people over there.
02:17So, what's at play? Sheep-like behavior.
02:20Well, as you can see, it's a situation that hasn't changed much.
02:25We see it in our town.
02:28We keep following causes that are really just a product of advertising, a seduction machine, an unconsciousness that can be easily manipulated.
02:38Are they guilty?
02:40Is the sheep-like people guilty?
02:43Of course it is, certainly.
02:45But then he would have to be blamed for ignorance, for not wanting to see,
02:50but only to take advantage of opportunities or what, well, the world says.
02:56And there we go like sheep, right?
02:59And we ended up killing Jesus.
03:03On the other hand, there is another group: the cowards.
03:06These aren't here, are they?
03:08All those were the ones who were healed, the apostles themselves, including Peter,
03:16who fled and left the teacher alone.
03:18They are fearful people, who care more about their lives and their interests than, well, about our Lord.
03:26The Gospel is important, but above all, there are values that other people value more.
03:38And so, they prefer other things to safeguarding the Gospel, to truly following Jesus.
03:46The most extreme case, then, would be that of the rich young man.
03:51In other words, they are all those who look out for their own interests more than those of others.
03:56Another element in the trial, then, would be Pilate.
04:01Yes, it's him.
04:02He condemned him to death.
04:04Pilate condemns him to death, knowing that he is innocent and that he should not kill him, nor flog him, nor crucify him.
04:10Clear?
04:12Of course he's guilty, you said so.
04:16And he is seriously guilty.
04:18But he's interested in something else.
04:22He is interested, as the Gospel says today, in making a good impression.
04:26His obligations are worth it to him.
04:28He is not interested in his obligations.
04:29Just to look good.
04:31These are all those who, when faced with the topic of the Christian life and its relationship with others,
04:36They prefer to look good, to be politically correct.
04:40Not to get into trouble for the sake of the Gospel.
04:42In this group, for example, we could find permissive fathers, opportunistic legislators,
04:51authorities who have no qualms about giving people what they ask for,
04:56when he knows that it will only help his own cause.
05:00And so, for example, our authorities, instead of providing education and employment to the people,
05:06because they give him money.
05:07But Pilate and these people who collaborate in this way to reject the Gospel,
05:17is even more guilty.
05:21We would have another group that has also been attributed to him, wouldn't we?
05:26The soldiers.
05:27No, man, the soldiers.
05:29There's no point even mentioning them.
05:30They receive orders.
05:32They don't know Jesus, they don't know his Gospel.
05:34And really, those who finally crucify him are not soldiers, they are executioners.
05:40And for these people, crucifying a dog or a human being is exactly the same.
05:46They simply followed orders from their superiors.
05:50So, are they guilty?
05:51No.
05:52In other words, a court would say, well, those who complied, listen, well, this is what I work for.
05:57I mean, no, I have no qualms about not doing it or doing it.
06:00I mean, it really has nothing to do with it.
06:01And then we would ask, who are the real culprits behind the death of Jesus?
06:08They are called the actors or the masterminds.
06:14Those who set up this whole charade.
06:18Well, they are all those who rejected his teaching.
06:22Those who opposed the Gospel.
06:24They are the ones who orchestrated this whole scheme.
06:27In other words, they are all those who are bothered by the word, because it commits them to living a life they do not like, and they prefer to live in worldliness, which is comfortable and pleasant.
06:39If we review the gospels, we will see that the leaders of the people, from the beginning, we can see it especially in Mark, Mark 3.6, where from the beginning of his presentation they reject him and already seek to kill him.
06:56And so we could review all the confrontations that Jesus always had with those who claim to know the word, but do not want to conform to it.
07:08Those are and will continue to be the true culprits of the crucifixion of Jesus.
07:13They are the ones who keep shouting from the foot of the cross, "If you are truly the Son of God, come down from the cross."
07:23They are the ones who want to change the world with laws that don't bother us and that adapt to their lives and their criteria.
07:31That is why Paul warned the Christians in Rome not to conform to the standards of this world.
07:37Throughout Lent we have emphasized how important the word of God is in our lives,
07:46But not only to know it, we have insisted on the importance of living it, of adjusting our lives to it,
07:53so that she can be a part of our lives.
07:56Ignorance of it makes us sheep, guilty through ignorance.
08:02easily moved by any wind, as the prophet Jeremiah says,
08:08or the apostle Paul himself who tells us that we are like clouds that are driven by the wind into storms.
08:18We are guilty, yes.
08:21We are guilty because we do not know the Scriptures and we do things we shouldn't do.
08:28Likewise, if we do not act accordingly out of a desire to please others,
08:35We will also be guilty of the death of Jesus.
08:39Because above all, brothers, what we are celebrating and commemorating
08:43It's not something that happened two thousand years ago.
08:47That would simply be like celebrating our birthday.
08:51We are commemorating a memorial, that is, something that happened and continues to happen.
08:57in every celebration, in every sin, in every instance where we reject the word,
09:04We reject Jesus.
09:07And we also have this group of culprits,
09:10Those guilty because they have no problem with the Gospel, with others,
09:15Well, they'd better do what causes them the least trouble.
09:18And so we would have, for example, parents who raise their children,
09:24not as the word says,
09:27or to those who govern, who do not govern according to the Lord,
09:33but, as they wish, not to instruct them,
09:37but rather to seek, to avoid problems, and to benefit themselves.
09:42Instead of what they need, we give them
09:47Well, we give them what they want.
09:49They want rest,
09:50They want a video game,
09:52They want to go out late at night,
09:55They want to drink,
09:56They want to do many things
09:57that they shouldn't do.
10:00And yet,
10:02Well, we allow it.
10:04To avoid having a problem with the son,
10:06with the father,
10:07with the brother,
10:08with, then, the governed.
10:12And this, then,
10:13It reveals to us with complete clarity
10:15the circumstances
10:17of not having a rating
10:19appropriate from the word of God
10:20in our life
10:21and submit ourselves completely to it.
10:24We don't leave,
10:29Let's not allow this to continue happening.
10:35Let's give it its due.
10:36and with Mary Magdalene,
10:40Our Blessed Mother,
10:41the Virgin Mary,
10:42and like John,
10:44Let's be part of the group
10:46who is willing to take the risk,
10:49that he is not willing
10:51to do what the Pharisees say,
10:54what the world says,
10:55what they consider most convenient,
10:58which puts his life at risk.
10:59No.
11:01Mary Magdalene,
11:02Mary Most Holy and John,
11:04well,
11:06were launched
11:07and they did
11:08all
11:10what they knew
11:12that they had to do.
11:14Yeah.
11:15And that's all.
11:16They arrived, right?
11:18So,
11:19We have this other group
11:21which is the one we
11:24We have to belong,
11:26to the group that always respects its word,
11:29who does what the word says,
11:31who are knowledgeable
11:33and lovers of words.
11:36This last group
11:37They have one characteristic in common,
11:40They love Jesus deeply.
11:42And his love for Jesus,
11:44his love of the word,
11:45His love for His commandments,
11:48faith in Christ
11:49It leads them to take risks
11:51their own life.
11:54Among that group,
11:54Saint John will mention
11:55also
11:56to Nicodemus,
11:58to Joseph of Arimathea,
12:00the other evangelists
12:01They're talking about another group,
12:03same Marcos
12:03He talks about another group
12:04of women.
12:05These are people who took a risk.
12:06And so do we.
12:09We have to take a chance.
12:12Come on
12:12accompanying Jesus
12:14in this transition
12:15until Easter
12:16and
12:18well looking
12:20with our life
12:21to be an example,
12:23to be a role model
12:24for the others.
12:26We won't be able to do it
12:27if the word of God
12:29It is at a distance from us,
12:31if we don't want to
12:32adapt
12:33to his teaching,
12:35if we continue
12:35maintaining distance
12:36among us
12:37and the word.
12:39I invite you, brothers
12:40to go for a walk this week
12:41Following Jesus,
12:44following his word.
12:46To do this
12:47well
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12:58like this small group,
13:01unless we are sheep anymore,
13:03not to be conformists,
13:04to focus on life
13:07towards Jesus.
13:09So
13:09well
13:10siblings
13:11It's time
13:13of prayer,
13:16It's time
13:16to emphasize
13:18in us
13:18the word
13:19in order to be able to
13:20to arrive at Easter
13:21transformed
13:22by the word
13:23and to be men
13:24and new creatures.
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13:30seeks
13:31that the word
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13:32impacts your life
13:32And I assure you
13:34that you will have
13:35new life
13:35at Easter
13:37of our Lord.
13:38See you
13:39soon
13:40and that the Lord
13:41God bless you
13:41and that we can
13:43one day
13:43participate
13:44of this life
13:45eternal
13:46that it offers us
13:46the Lord.
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