¿Estás listo para emprender un viaje de fe y descubrimiento? Únete a nosotros en "Al Encuentro con Dios", un especial taller de oración inspirado en las enseñanzas del Padre Ignacio Larrañaga. Exploraremos la naturaleza de la fe como una peregrinación constante, un éxodo sin fin hacia lo divino.
Aprende a abrazar la incertidumbre y la inseguridad del camino, como lo hizo el pueblo de Israel en su marcha hacia la Tierra Prometida. Descubre cómo, incluso sin ver, podemos sentir y saber que Dios está con nosotros, tal como reconocemos al sol a través de sus rayos.
Somos seres de potencias, siempre buscando la plenitud, pero solo un "infinito" puede saciar nuestra sed profunda. Acompáñanos en esta reflexión sobre cómo la fe nos impulsa a aspirar a lo eterno y a encontrar seguridad en la presencia de Dios.
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Aprende a abrazar la incertidumbre y la inseguridad del camino, como lo hizo el pueblo de Israel en su marcha hacia la Tierra Prometida. Descubre cómo, incluso sin ver, podemos sentir y saber que Dios está con nosotros, tal como reconocemos al sol a través de sus rayos.
Somos seres de potencias, siempre buscando la plenitud, pero solo un "infinito" puede saciar nuestra sed profunda. Acompáñanos en esta reflexión sobre cómo la fe nos impulsa a aspirar a lo eterno y a encontrar seguridad en la presencia de Dios.
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00:00:00Thanks for watching the video.
00:00:30And first things first. Let us place ourselves in the presence of the One who called us to be here.
00:00:37In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:00:44First of all, let me clarify that everything we are going to see here is taken from a book by Father Ignacio Larrañaga,
00:00:53who is precisely the founder of the grassroots workshops today.
00:00:57These are very clear, very special topics that you're going to like a lot.
00:01:01And we have called this talk the encounter with God.
00:01:06And we are going to climb that mountain of faith, of abandonment, to reach the encounter.
00:01:13That's the idea behind these few minutes we'll be here with you.
00:01:17That's finding a safe path.
00:01:19And it is the Holy Spirit who has guided us to prepare this since the day of Pentecost.
00:01:25He pushed us, he opened doors for us, and here we are.
00:01:29We are going to invoke the Holy Spirit with this song that our brothers will share with us.
00:01:33The Holy Spirit with this song.
00:01:57The Holy Spirit of God, The Holy Spirit of God, Amen, Amen.
00:02:18The Holy Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit of God, Amen.
00:02:48The Holy Spirit of God, Amen.
00:03:18The Holy Spirit of God, Amen.
00:03:20The Holy Spirit of God, Amen.
00:03:22The Holy Spirit of God, Amen.
00:03:24The Holy Spirit of God, Amen.
00:03:26The Holy Spirit of God, Amen.
00:03:28Amen.
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00:03:46Amen.
00:03:48Heaven of the world, give us thanks.
00:03:54Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:04:03Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:04:13Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:04:43Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:04:50Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:04:55Come and with your love.
00:05:02Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:05:09Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:05:16Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:05:23Come and with your love, come and with your love.
00:05:30Come and with your love.
00:05:31Come and with your love.
00:05:32Come and with your love.
00:05:33Come and with your love.
00:05:34Come and with your love.
00:05:35Come and with your love.
00:05:36Come and with your love.
00:05:37Come and with your love.
00:05:38Come and with your love.
00:05:39Come and with your love.
00:05:40Come and with your love.
00:05:41Come and with your love.
00:05:42Come and with your love.
00:05:43Come and with your love.
00:05:44Come and with your love.
00:05:45Come and with your love.
00:05:46Come and with your love.
00:05:47Come and with your love.
00:05:48Come and with your love.
00:05:49Come and with your love.
00:05:50Come and with your love.
00:05:51Lord, believe in always a new match, like pilgrims, not tourists, because the tourist
00:06:00He knows where he's going to sleep, which museum he's going to visit tomorrow, he has everything planned out, very well secured.
00:06:08But the pilgrim does not, the pilgrim knows nothing, like us, that pilgrim with his fatigue,
00:06:17With uncertainty, with insecurity, because it is the daily bread of the pilgrim, and I believe of us as well.
00:06:23Also, that insecurity, that question of not knowing what's going to happen, right? And he makes the comparison.
00:06:33that we are in a situation similar to that of the Jews, in that march towards the promised land,
00:06:42Do you remember that? And in Deuteronomy 34, verses 1-5, it says, the Lord said to him,
00:06:51My servant, Moses, all that can be seen in the distance, the mountains of Canaan, the Jordan River,
00:06:58the Negev torrent, the Jericho plateau, in short, everything that can be seen from the sea to the
00:07:04Great river, the children of Israel once inherited it, but you shall not cross over. Word of God,
00:07:13We praise you, Lord. We praise you, Lord. For "You shall not pass away" is the very essence of faith.
00:07:20You will not pass through, you will not enter the land of promise, you will not possess what was promised.
00:07:26Moses' feet never actually touched the mountains of Canaan, nor did they get wet in the river
00:07:34Jordan, as God had told him, never. Well, in that same analogous way, we are in this situation, because
00:07:41We sense, we sense that someone is with us, that the Lord is with us, but
00:07:47Well, we don't see it and we don't physically feel it. And he makes a comparison: if you enter a
00:07:54forest, deep in the forest, and suddenly they see a ray of sunlight, a ray of sunlight filters through.
00:08:00You say, someone says, it's the sun, some shout and others say, no, no, it's a small flash of sunlight, but it's not the sun.
00:08:09And even though no one has seen that fiery disk, they know it's the sun. No one has seen it, but they know it's the sun.
00:08:16That's how we are. Suddenly we see creation and see so much magnificence and so much, so much perfection of
00:08:28Where else could he come from? From God, where else? But we do not see him.
00:08:33And we as men have a mystery, and I would add, a kind of problem, and no, but
00:08:43We'll see why in a moment. It turns out that man is a mixture of powers, of many powers.
00:08:51different. Intellectual power, emotional power, sexual power, all of them, many.
00:08:59powers that man is always trying to achieve the maximum of, the maximum of
00:09:05That is his task as a man. But there's a problem. He achieves it and remains unsatisfied. Well, he already...
00:09:15I achieved it, but something is missing. So what does this mean? That we are a profound force
00:09:24that always yearns, sighs, and longs for the eternal. That is what we are. And that is the
00:09:33True. It's like saying we're an infinite well. That finite infinities won't...
00:09:41To fill. And you pour it in and pour it in again and it fills up. Only infinity. Faith, therefore.
00:09:49Therefore, it is a pilgrimage, a constant departure, an endless exodus. And so, like Moses,
00:09:59We will die on the way without reaching rest. The arrival will be rest.
00:10:06This prayer that we are going to say, I invite you to do it with true desire.
00:10:12It's hard to believe. And I reckon you'll find something to make you happy in some of these phrases.
00:10:19You'll see why. Let's pray it with great devotion.
00:10:24Let's begin.
00:10:26Blessed are those who have not seen you and yet have believed in you. Blessed are those who have not beheld your likeness.
00:10:34and confessed your divinity. Blessed are those who, upon reading the gospel, recognized in you the one who
00:10:42They awaited. Blessed are those who glimpsed the divine presence in your messengers. Blessed are those who in the secret
00:10:51From their hearts they heard your voice and responded. Happy are those who, moved by the desire to touch...
00:10:58They found God in the mystery. Blessed are those who clung to Him in moments of darkness.
00:11:05more strongly in your light. Blessed are those who, perplexed by the trial, maintain their faith.
00:11:12in you. Happy are those who, despite the impression of your absence, continue to believe in your nearness.
00:11:21Blessed are those who, though they have not seen you, live in the firm hope of seeing you one day. Amen.
00:11:27And I think you identified with some of those points. Therefore, we are
00:11:34Happy. Happy are those who believed in you without having seen you.
00:11:41There is a very special situation regarding faith, which is the dark night.
00:11:49Let's see why God is a mystery or why faith is a dark night.
00:11:54The Lord is of such a nature that the senses will never detect Him. And that's not what Father Ignatius says.
00:12:03Eugenia doesn't say it, it's in the Bible in Exodus 33:23. It says, you cannot look him in the face.
00:12:14We won't detect it.
00:12:21So, let's get down to brass tacks. The Lord is not an object of study, but of faith.
00:12:31How are we to understand God? On our knees. On our knees we accept Him, on our knees we understand Him.
00:12:42God is a mystery. That means He cannot be grasped or understood analytically.
00:12:49It is not meant to be understood, but to be welcomed, embraced, lived.
00:12:58You can understand him on his knees.
00:13:00And here comes an explanation so explicit, which is from Saint John of the Cross, by the way.
00:13:10Imagine you have a friend who is blind from birth, and suddenly someone gives him a yellow rose.
00:13:20And yes, he recognizes that it's a rose because he can touch it all the way, but he doesn't know that it's yellow.
00:13:26So you tell him, look friend, you know what? Yellow, look, is like between green and blue.
00:13:34And you're left thinking, well, but he's blind from birth, he's never seen any color.
00:13:40Well, no, um, look, I'm going to explain this better, look, no.
00:13:43It's like, like lukewarm, like soft, and you're left, well, no.
00:13:51In the end you tell him, friend, what you understood is nothing like that.
00:13:56Yellow is not what I told you it is.
00:13:59Because he never saw the colors.
00:14:03Well, this is exactly our situation with respect to God.
00:14:07Because we have no point of reference.
00:14:10There is nothing that brings us closer to Him, just as how do you explain the color yellow to someone born blind?
00:14:19Because God never has entered, nor will He ever enter, through the senses.
00:14:23In the mental laboratory, like explaining the color yellow to a blind person, God cannot be explained or compared to anything.
00:14:32Nothing we can dream, think, or imagine can compare to Him, because He is one and unique.
00:14:37Again, he is understood on his knees in faith, that's how he is understood.
00:14:46And Saint John of the Cross affirms.
00:14:49He always uses words like very, very deep, very, very special, but they are quite taken for granted.
00:14:56Because it says, the one who is to come to be united with God, must not come understanding, but living.
00:15:06And the Lord Himself tells us this in Exodus 3, verse 24, He says,
00:15:16I am who I am.
00:15:20Spot.
00:15:20The highest words cannot be confined within their borders, because God is not logic, He is not an abstract entity, only in faith, in silence and on one's knees.
00:15:36So, at this moment we are going to pray a prayer called hidden presence.
00:15:44Here it is, you can't see it, but it's there.
00:15:47Let us pray for her with joy, because we know she is there.
00:15:52Let's begin.
00:15:52You're not here.
00:15:56Your face is not visible.
00:15:58Are.
00:16:00Your rays shoot out in a thousand directions.
00:16:04You are the hidden presence.
00:16:07Oh, ever hidden and ever clear presence.
00:16:09Oh, fascinating mystery to which all aspirations converge.
00:16:16Oh, intoxicating wine that satisfies all desires.
00:16:20Oh, infinite, unfathomable one who quiets all chimeras.
00:16:23You are the beyond, the here and now of everything.
00:16:27It is substantially present in my entire being.
00:16:30You communicate existence and consistency to me.
00:16:35You penetrate me, you envelop me, you love me.
00:16:39You are all around me, inside me.
00:16:42With your active presence,
00:16:44You reach even the most remote and deepest areas of my intimacy.
00:16:49You are the soul of my soul.
00:16:51The life of my life.
00:16:52More me than myself.
00:16:54The total and all-encompassing reality
00:16:57within which I am immersed.
00:17:00With your life-giving power you penetrate all that I am and have.
00:17:05Take me completely, oh, all of my all.
00:17:09And make me a living transparency of your being and your love.
00:17:14Oh, dearest Father.
00:17:20We have asked the Lord for this and He is listening to us.
00:17:24And on this topic that follows
00:17:27It is also important to pay close attention
00:17:31because it is the silence of God.
00:17:35The silence of God.
00:17:37What is most disconcerting
00:17:39to the Christians
00:17:41and to the walkers of faith
00:17:42That's precisely it.
00:17:44The silence of God.
00:17:46God is the one who is always silent.
00:17:48And he gives the example that
00:17:52because you are seduced by temptation
00:17:54and you fall into temptation.
00:17:56And God.
00:17:57God doesn't come to you
00:17:58to give a scolding or anything.
00:18:01There is no disapproval.
00:18:02He remains silent.
00:18:03Ah,
00:18:04but
00:18:05You resisted temptation.
00:18:08You did not fall into temptation.
00:18:12God isn't going to congratulate you either.
00:18:14God is always silent.
00:18:18You go out into the garden
00:18:18And the flowers speak,
00:18:20the birds,
00:18:20Well,
00:18:20the stars,
00:18:21all,
00:18:22Everything speaks to you of God,
00:18:23But God,
00:18:24God is not speaking.
00:18:26God is silent.
00:18:29And suddenly the universe
00:18:30It seems to be governed by absurdity.
00:18:34That mother so young
00:18:36who dies,
00:18:38leaves her four children orphaned.
00:18:42That little girl
00:18:43with meningitis
00:18:44who is left paralyzed
00:18:45lifelong.
00:18:48That good man
00:18:49because of a slander
00:18:50well
00:18:50They finished him off.
00:18:55What's going on?
00:18:57What does God do?
00:18:59Why is he silent?
00:19:00It is a stubborn silence
00:19:07that slowly wears you down
00:19:09And then confusion sets in.
00:19:12and arise
00:19:13you don't know where
00:19:14voices that ask you
00:19:17all day
00:19:17And where is your God?
00:19:22Where is your God?
00:19:24And you keep sailing
00:19:25on shifting waters.
00:19:27Which fulfills
00:19:29Psalm 29
00:19:30that says
00:19:30You hid your face
00:19:32and I was bewildered.
00:19:36It is silence
00:19:37of God.
00:19:39Well,
00:19:41Well, these are
00:19:42precisely
00:19:42the tests
00:19:44on the way
00:19:45of faith.
00:19:45To life
00:19:48of faith
00:19:49He is always with her
00:19:50a feeling
00:19:51insecurity
00:19:52risks
00:19:53but
00:19:55precisely
00:19:56that's why
00:19:57and there
00:19:58reside
00:20:00greatness
00:20:01of faith.
00:20:03Precisely
00:20:04that's why.
00:20:05And in this
00:20:05prayer
00:20:06that we're going
00:20:07to pray
00:20:07right now
00:20:08which is called
00:20:08decision
00:20:09because it is precisely
00:20:10for those moments
00:20:11where
00:20:12Where is the Lord?
00:20:14I can't see you.
00:20:17So much darkness
00:20:18What's going on?
00:20:20Is called
00:20:20decision.
00:20:24Let's begin.
00:20:25O Christ
00:20:26I have entered
00:20:28in the venue
00:20:29from the darkness
00:20:30and the darkness
00:20:32They hurt
00:20:33They hurt me
00:20:34They hurt me
00:20:35I miss it
00:20:37of you
00:20:37I know that you
00:20:39you are in me
00:20:40but you are
00:20:41reserved
00:20:42still
00:20:43expecting
00:20:44my decision
00:20:45you know
00:20:46I can't
00:20:47living without you
00:20:48life
00:20:49without you
00:20:50It is empty
00:20:51meaningless
00:20:52without colors
00:20:53It's anguish
00:20:55O Christ
00:20:57Don't stay
00:20:59reserved
00:20:59save me
00:21:01And so, the time has come.
00:21:08to find out
00:21:09if we have
00:21:09an adult faith
00:21:11or a childlike faith
00:21:13Here, everyone...
00:21:14makes its own
00:21:15introspection
00:21:16and self-criticism
00:21:18because it's about
00:21:19about that
00:21:20It is about
00:21:21of taking
00:21:21these topics
00:21:22to see
00:21:22let's see
00:21:23How am I doing?
00:21:23How can I improve?
00:21:25What is happening to me?
00:21:26Why am I getting stuck here?
00:21:27That's what it's about
00:21:29a bit
00:21:29this talk
00:21:30adult faith
00:21:33adult faith
00:21:34is that
00:21:34that assumes
00:21:35all risks
00:21:36It is not supported
00:21:40in none
00:21:41security issue
00:21:42It is simply delivered
00:21:44so to speak
00:21:44jump into the void
00:21:45security vacuum
00:21:48of evidence
00:21:49That is adult faith.
00:21:51because the person
00:21:52that to believe
00:21:54He needs to be told
00:21:55let's see
00:21:55Check it out for me here
00:21:56let's see
00:21:57where it says
00:21:57because
00:21:59That is faith.
00:22:00children
00:22:02And there we have it.
00:22:05the example
00:22:06of Abraham
00:22:06Abraham
00:22:10when
00:22:14He runs
00:22:16all risks
00:22:17resignation
00:22:20to all the
00:22:20security
00:22:21rear
00:22:22lay aside
00:22:24the rules
00:22:24common sense
00:22:25and the calculations
00:22:26probability
00:22:27And well, you know.
00:22:28everyone
00:22:29I was telling him
00:22:29Abraham
00:22:29How will it be?
00:22:30that a woman
00:22:31at 90 years old
00:22:33and apart
00:22:33is sterile
00:22:34how is it going to have
00:22:35a son
00:22:35You're wrong.
00:22:36And what does Abraham say?
00:22:39for us
00:22:43certainly
00:22:44It's impossible.
00:22:45but for him
00:22:46can do anything
00:22:48with that certainty
00:22:52with that faith
00:22:53with that
00:22:53That's what
00:22:56Abraham shows us
00:22:57in the sense
00:22:58of faith
00:22:58so
00:23:00the feature
00:23:01major
00:23:02of faith
00:23:02and so?
00:23:02probably
00:23:03I almost wrote it down
00:23:04somewhere
00:23:05with the example
00:23:07of Abraham
00:23:08It is the adhesion
00:23:10vital
00:23:10to a person
00:23:11vital adherence
00:23:12I mean
00:23:13not so
00:23:14about what
00:23:14from afar
00:23:15No
00:23:15vital adherence
00:23:16conflicts
00:23:18intellectuals
00:23:19of faith
00:23:19they always begin
00:23:20when it weakens
00:23:21precisely
00:23:22the adherence
00:23:22vital
00:23:22Jesus Christ
00:23:23so
00:23:27if the man
00:23:29grab
00:23:29all that
00:23:30he is
00:23:30what is it?
00:23:34Well, trust.
00:23:35your faithfulness
00:23:36your feeling
00:23:36intellectual
00:23:37their membership
00:23:38emotional
00:23:38all that
00:23:39It puts it
00:23:39and adheres
00:23:40in Jesus
00:23:41faith
00:23:42It won't fail
00:23:43because it is
00:23:46compromising
00:23:46its history
00:23:47entire
00:23:48with their projects
00:23:50with its emergencies
00:23:52with its eventualities
00:23:54attached
00:23:56to Jesus
00:23:56This is faith
00:23:58that did
00:23:58that Abraham
00:23:59will always walk
00:24:00in presence
00:24:01of God
00:24:01that is to say
00:24:03and hopefully
00:24:04which also
00:24:04be for us
00:24:05what I'm about to say
00:24:06God was the inspiration
00:24:10of his life
00:24:10its strength
00:24:14and moral norm
00:24:15and his friend
00:24:17God was the inspiration
00:24:21of his life
00:24:22its strength
00:24:23and moral norm
00:24:24and his friend
00:24:25That was
00:24:26for Abraham
00:24:27That's why he was left.
00:24:28also
00:24:28so
00:24:32adult faith
00:24:34take all the risks
00:24:36You're never sure.
00:24:38hop
00:24:40to the precipice
00:24:42I'll try to explain
00:24:47what does it consist of
00:24:47this precipice
00:24:48with a dialogue
00:24:49imaginary
00:24:50that's how he writes it
00:24:52the father
00:24:53the squabble
00:24:53Tell me
00:24:55that you bet
00:24:56life
00:24:56by someone
00:24:57And I tell you
00:24:59And if you lose
00:25:00the bet
00:25:01you made of your life
00:25:05a holocaust
00:25:05and you resigned
00:25:06to your dreams
00:25:07And I tell you
00:25:08because life goes on
00:25:10only once
00:25:11And so you are
00:25:12wasting
00:25:13your life
00:25:13And so you must
00:25:15demonstrate
00:25:15if only that one time
00:25:16It was worth it
00:25:16to give up everything
00:25:17which
00:25:18how are you
00:25:18that you were wrong
00:25:19Well, this is the precipice
00:25:23That is emptiness.
00:25:26about which
00:25:26you have to jump
00:25:27and not just once
00:25:29but often
00:25:32well yes
00:25:35This is the big moment
00:25:37of faith
00:25:37This is where it lies
00:25:39the value
00:25:39and merit
00:25:40of faith
00:25:40This is adult faith
00:25:42because you stay
00:25:43without supports
00:25:44And you have to give
00:25:46the standing jump
00:25:47without support
00:25:48nothing
00:25:50nor anyone
00:25:51will be able to take you away
00:25:51to fear
00:25:52to the jump
00:25:52but
00:25:56I encourage you
00:25:57Do it
00:25:58because
00:25:58behind
00:26:00of that
00:26:00empty
00:26:01of insecurities
00:26:02You're going to hear
00:26:03a voice
00:26:05It's beautiful
00:26:06hear
00:26:07the heartbeats
00:26:08of the father
00:26:08behind the silence
00:26:10This is faith
00:26:12that transfers
00:26:13mountains
00:26:13and gives to believers
00:26:14a consistency
00:26:16indestructible
00:26:17in such a way
00:26:19that the act
00:26:20of faith
00:26:20on the man's part
00:26:21It's a gift
00:26:23for God
00:26:23And look how much he likes it!
00:26:25That's the only thing
00:26:27that we can give him
00:26:28really
00:26:28that jump
00:26:30into the void
00:26:31so
00:26:34we are
00:26:35ratifying
00:26:36that faith
00:26:37It is not a
00:26:38accession
00:26:38an adherence
00:26:39intellectual
00:26:40to the truths
00:26:41or to dogmas
00:26:42but it is
00:26:43It is an adherence
00:26:44vital and committed
00:26:45to a person
00:26:46person (capitalized)
00:26:48TRUE
00:26:48to Jesus
00:26:49Jesus
00:26:50Christ Jesus
00:26:52so
00:26:54believe
00:26:56meaning to say
00:26:57amen
00:26:57bye
00:26:58leave God
00:27:00be totally
00:27:01God
00:27:02That's the maximum.
00:27:04act
00:27:05of love
00:27:06So we're already there.
00:27:09configuring
00:27:12for our life
00:27:13this topic
00:27:13of faith
00:27:14because we're going in
00:27:16to another section
00:27:16of this path
00:27:17What is abandonment?
00:27:18And what is abandonment?
00:27:22Well, many say
00:27:25which is resignation
00:27:26because it is not resignation
00:27:27someone says
00:27:29because it is passivity
00:27:30Nor is it passivity
00:27:32and much less
00:27:33fatalism
00:27:34none of that is
00:27:35So what is it?
00:27:37good in every act
00:27:39of abandonment
00:27:40There is a no.
00:27:41and a yes
00:27:43No
00:27:44to what I wanted
00:27:47or would have wanted
00:27:48that I would have wanted
00:27:50well, revenge
00:27:51against those who made me
00:27:52so much evil
00:27:53No to that revenge
00:27:57shame
00:27:59because I am so insignificant
00:28:00No to that shame
00:28:02sadness
00:28:04because my youth has passed me by.
00:28:05No to that sadness.
00:28:08angry because everything goes wrong for me
00:28:11no to that anger
00:28:13and so many of us
00:28:14that we have stored away somewhere
00:28:17TRUE?
00:28:19then yes to what
00:28:20Yes to what you wanted
00:28:23or did you allow it?
00:28:24Oh Father
00:28:24a yes
00:28:25strong
00:28:27radical
00:28:27decided
00:28:28You wanted it
00:28:30or you allowed it
00:28:31Alright
00:28:32That is abandonment
00:28:34So we'll see.
00:28:41how
00:28:41We can achieve that.
00:28:43because it's not there
00:28:44very easy
00:28:45TRUE?
00:28:47Well, here it comes
00:28:48a very interesting topic
00:28:50which is the question
00:28:50about what
00:28:51everything we endure
00:28:53it becomes
00:28:55in our enemy
00:28:56then you
00:28:58and I can do
00:28:59that review
00:29:00Well
00:29:00What is it that
00:29:01Am I holding on right now?
00:29:02Well, I'm converting it.
00:29:04enemy
00:29:05Okay, how many enemies?
00:29:06I would like to have?
00:29:07Not many, that's for sure.
00:29:08Well
00:29:09it's in me
00:29:10for example
00:29:11Well, I don't like them.
00:29:12my teeth
00:29:13I resist
00:29:15I don't like them
00:29:15well, every day
00:29:16I see them
00:29:17Well, there I have it.
00:29:17my enemy
00:29:18every day
00:29:19That's awful!
00:29:20or I don't like it
00:29:21that day
00:29:22I'm not liking it
00:29:23It's very rainy
00:29:23I don't like the days
00:29:24I am resisting
00:29:25I'm talking
00:29:26of unfunny things
00:29:27TRUE?
00:29:28but I'm converting them
00:29:29in enemies
00:29:30because you already are
00:29:31annoying
00:29:32because that person
00:29:34that you don't like
00:29:35I'm resisting it too.
00:29:36and then it goes in there
00:29:38the issue of displeasure
00:29:39the issue of unease
00:29:40so
00:29:41What's going on?
00:29:43good and evil
00:29:44They are within us
00:29:45we are creating
00:29:46the enemies
00:29:47and the fear
00:29:50is
00:29:51another way
00:29:53to resist
00:29:54the fear
00:29:56create enemies
00:29:57and often
00:29:59begets
00:29:59ghosts
00:30:00nonexistent
00:30:01evil
00:30:02of death
00:30:03It is not death
00:30:04but
00:30:05fear
00:30:06to death
00:30:07and evil
00:30:08of failure
00:30:09Nor is it failure
00:30:10I'll tell you about it
00:30:12that
00:30:12Well, I have failed
00:30:14any amount
00:30:15of times
00:30:15but
00:30:16I've realized
00:30:17that after failing
00:30:19hey
00:30:19That helped me.
00:30:20for this
00:30:21so
00:30:22I was very scared
00:30:23to failure
00:30:24so that
00:30:25at the time
00:30:25the failure
00:30:26It wasn't a problem.
00:30:27Yeah?
00:30:28so
00:30:29the fear of failure
00:30:30That's the problem
00:30:30the fear of death
00:30:31That's the problem
00:30:32the fear
00:30:34There it is
00:30:34so
00:30:36we can conclude
00:30:37that in the end
00:30:37the only enemy
00:30:38enemy of man
00:30:40because it is fear
00:30:41And the worst part of it all
00:30:44that this fear
00:30:45if I don't
00:30:46I'm in control
00:30:47How am I going to control it?
00:30:48well no
00:30:49having so much resistance
00:30:51Well, I'm going to fall.
00:30:53in anguish
00:30:54in anxiety
00:30:55in sadness
00:30:56which is a bad
00:30:57very common
00:30:57by the way
00:31:00and sometimes
00:31:03that fear
00:31:04well
00:31:05We turn off
00:31:06life
00:31:06a bit
00:31:07TRUE?
00:31:08What are we going to do?
00:31:09because here we have
00:31:09solutions
00:31:10for all this
00:31:11Well
00:31:11what we have
00:31:12chores
00:31:12wake up
00:31:14that giving of yourself
00:31:17a touch
00:31:17attention
00:31:18and say
00:31:18let's see
00:31:19let me
00:31:20awake
00:31:21I mean
00:31:22It's like
00:31:22if you were
00:31:23ringing
00:31:23with nightmares
00:31:24realize
00:31:25that you are
00:31:26torturing
00:31:27with nightmares
00:31:27which are pure fantasy
00:31:29and don't wait
00:31:30that nobody
00:31:30You'll get revenge.
00:31:31to say
00:31:31save yourself
00:31:32to yourself
00:31:33you
00:31:35wake up
00:31:36wake up
00:31:37that touch
00:31:37attention
00:31:38because otherwise
00:31:39We do that
00:31:40we are going to live
00:31:40suspicious
00:31:41fearful
00:31:42gloomy
00:31:43And the saddest thing is...
00:31:44about that
00:31:44is that you are going to
00:31:45infect your loved ones
00:31:46dear
00:31:46And we don't like that.
00:31:47not at all
00:31:47I'm saying it.
00:31:49like mom
00:31:50What am I saying?
00:31:51I can't
00:31:53get involved
00:31:53on that channel
00:31:54because I
00:31:55need
00:31:55give
00:31:56light
00:31:57Let's be clear
00:32:01what we dislike
00:32:02There is a solution
00:32:03Let's fix this.
00:32:05but there are no more
00:32:08nothing to do
00:32:09that is achieved
00:32:11with resist
00:32:12These are realities
00:32:15that I can no longer
00:32:15change
00:32:16so
00:32:18What am I going to do?
00:32:19I'm going to quit
00:32:21all resistance
00:32:22and tilt
00:32:24my head
00:32:24in the hands
00:32:25of the father
00:32:25So
00:32:26physically identical
00:32:28TRUE?
00:32:28I can do this
00:32:29So
00:32:30and say
00:32:31in your hands
00:32:32I'm getting ready
00:32:32and make of me
00:32:33whatever you want
00:32:34And so I remain
00:32:35like a little kid
00:32:36in the arms
00:32:37from her mother
00:32:37TRUE?
00:32:39Because look
00:32:40our life
00:32:41It's full
00:32:42of situations
00:32:43limit
00:32:43It's not a thing
00:32:45That's easy.
00:32:46And I like it
00:32:48much that here
00:32:48There are young people
00:32:49And what can I tell you?
00:32:51They're still going to have to deal with it
00:32:53many stops
00:32:54in life
00:32:55extreme situations
00:32:57But what?
00:33:01For example
00:33:02a very common
00:33:05us
00:33:09when we were born
00:33:10They pushed us
00:33:11to life
00:33:12and when we go
00:33:13to die
00:33:14They're going to kick us out.
00:33:14without permission
00:33:15also
00:33:15They push us
00:33:17They take us out
00:33:18I didn't choose
00:33:19this physical figure
00:33:20I didn't choose
00:33:20this skin color
00:33:21I didn't choose
00:33:22this intelligence
00:33:22I didn't choose
00:33:23to my parents
00:33:24I didn't choose
00:33:25my situation
00:33:26I didn't choose her
00:33:27But there it is.
00:33:29so
00:33:30What am I going to do?
00:33:31we cannot alter
00:33:32that issue
00:33:32so
00:33:34I have to be wise
00:33:36I can't change that.
00:33:39so
00:33:39abandon all resistance
00:33:41bowing his head
00:33:42in the hands of the father
00:33:43and that phrase
00:33:44I'm going to say it a lot
00:33:45Because that's the key
00:33:46of everything
00:33:47nod
00:33:49in the hands
00:33:50of the father
00:33:51everything that has happened
00:33:54until now
00:33:54because they are facts
00:33:55accomplished
00:33:56will never be altered
00:33:57not even a millimeter
00:33:58and with getting irritated
00:34:02or by shedding tears
00:34:04the accomplished facts
00:34:06nothing changes
00:34:06if you go down the street
00:34:08and suddenly
00:34:09come to a man
00:34:10that is being hit
00:34:11against a wall
00:34:13again and again
00:34:13again and again
00:34:14And he's really angry.
00:34:16And why did he do that to me?
00:34:17What is a "tal por cual"?
00:34:17And who knows what?
00:34:18And he's really angry.
00:34:19did something to someone
00:34:21I don't know
00:34:21What would happen?
00:34:22but he is hurting himself
00:34:23Well, there we would have it.
00:34:27that we ask ourselves
00:34:28So who's suffering here?
00:34:32The one who hates
00:34:33or the one who is hated?
00:34:36because he who hates
00:34:38He's hurting himself there.
00:34:39TRUE?
00:34:40because the one who is hated
00:34:42He is happy in life
00:34:44He doesn't even remember you
00:34:46He's not worried at all
00:34:49your life
00:34:49and while that man
00:34:52is feeding
00:34:53grudges
00:34:54wearing out
00:34:55hurting
00:34:56burning
00:34:57It is destroyed uselessly
00:34:59or like that classic example
00:35:02about what
00:35:02a person
00:35:04Who would think of that?
00:35:05Do that?
00:35:06goes
00:35:07and grab a burning ember
00:35:08He takes it in his hand
00:35:09And there she is.
00:35:10And there she is.
00:35:11and she doesn't let go
00:35:11and brings it
00:35:12It's burning
00:35:14obviously
00:35:14Well, that's the case.
00:35:16from when you or I
00:35:17we are remembering
00:35:21reminiscing
00:35:22unpleasant events
00:35:24and you still walk them
00:35:26chatting here
00:35:27and chatting there
00:35:28You're burning
00:35:29It burns
00:35:32it burns in a
00:35:32absurd
00:35:33uselessly
00:35:34that failure
00:35:37that misunderstanding
00:35:38that question
00:35:38where I went wrong
00:35:39How awful!
00:35:40it just can't be
00:35:41already
00:35:42It's over now
00:35:43Remember that we are
00:35:45talking about abandonment
00:35:47which is a basic topic
00:35:48in order to arrive
00:35:48to the meeting
00:35:49and then
00:35:51because instead of grabbing
00:35:52that burning ember
00:35:53I'd better get comfortable.
00:35:54in the hands of the father
00:35:57and I tell him
00:35:57father
00:35:58Do with me what you will.
00:36:01abandon the resistance
00:36:03nod
00:36:04in the hands of the father
00:36:05and peace
00:36:06begin to flood the soul
00:36:07This is what it consists of
00:36:09wisdom
00:36:10And it's not a suggestion.
00:36:14simply
00:36:15what we're talking about
00:36:16It is a necessity
00:36:17Because if we don't do it
00:36:19Let's see
00:36:24we're going to be
00:36:24generating states
00:36:26depressives
00:36:27obsessive
00:36:28and maniacs
00:36:30Well
00:36:33then let's go
00:36:34fine-tuning all of this
00:36:35everything that happens to us
00:36:37to happen in life
00:36:38or what has happened to us
00:36:39look at it with a
00:36:41perspective of faith
00:36:42which was the topic
00:36:42which we already saw
00:36:43the topic of faith
00:36:44And that's why
00:36:48There's a little phrase
00:36:49Let's see
00:36:50if they want to learn it
00:36:51or maybe
00:36:51They already know it
00:36:52speaking of faith
00:36:54with faith
00:36:56no questions
00:36:58So if
00:37:00So what are you asking?
00:37:02everything's fine
00:37:04God allowed it
00:37:05With faith there are no questions.
00:37:06but without faith
00:37:07There are no answers.
00:37:08you
00:37:09I don't know if they've tried.
00:37:11to give him some answer
00:37:12to someone
00:37:12who has no faith
00:37:13well, anything goes
00:37:16tell him
00:37:16It doesn't suit him
00:37:18to satisfy
00:37:19so
00:37:19with faith
00:37:20no questions
00:37:21without faith
00:37:22There are no answers.
00:37:22so
00:37:23says the father
00:37:24the rañaga
00:37:25I will never get tired
00:37:26to repeat it
00:37:27the only window
00:37:28exit
00:37:29the only
00:37:30the only
00:37:31of significance
00:37:32the only consolation
00:37:33and relief
00:37:33that remains
00:37:34when they arrive
00:37:36the fatal blows
00:37:37of life
00:37:37It's the window
00:37:40of faith
00:37:40that's why
00:37:41It's that these two topics
00:37:42They are very
00:37:43joined
00:37:45And by the way
00:37:46that in the workshop
00:37:46prayer
00:37:47they can be seen
00:37:47at great depth
00:37:49first they see each other
00:37:50two weeks
00:37:51the topic
00:37:52of faith
00:37:52We are doing it right now
00:37:54watching
00:37:55twenty minutes
00:37:56half an hour
00:37:57two weeks
00:37:58where
00:37:58we delve deeper
00:38:00not so much
00:38:01questions
00:38:02intellectuals
00:38:03but of experience
00:38:04That's why it's
00:38:04prayer workshop
00:38:05and life
00:38:05and another two weeks
00:38:07of abandonment
00:38:08so that
00:38:09to be able to enter
00:38:10to the meeting
00:38:11That's it.
00:38:12luxury
00:38:13that we have
00:38:13the prayer workshop
00:38:14so
00:38:15What are we going to do?
00:38:15look
00:38:17everything that we
00:38:19it happens
00:38:19with a
00:38:21perspective of faith
00:38:22That's ours.
00:38:23task
00:38:23from now on
00:38:25Hey, it's not working for me
00:38:26using this that is
00:38:27passing
00:38:27I'm going to see it
00:38:29from the perspective
00:38:30of faith
00:38:30very good
00:38:34let's sing
00:38:36now a song
00:38:37which is precisely
00:38:38of abandonment
00:38:40Let's listen
00:38:41to our brothers
00:38:42that they sing to us
00:38:44Let them sing to us
00:38:45this topic
00:38:46of abandonment
00:38:48The doubt ended
00:39:00I know you have won
00:39:17I'll just wait
00:39:19You have never let me down
00:39:23I have seen your power
00:39:28I long for your promises
00:39:32I'll just wait
00:39:34You will have changed my world
00:39:38I will trust in your will
00:39:47remaining
00:39:50anchored to your truth
00:39:53I will trust in your will
00:40:03remaining
00:40:05remaining
00:40:06remaining
00:40:08anchored to your truth
00:40:09I know what you'll do
00:40:11I know what you will do to me
00:40:30I know what you will do to me
00:40:34I know what you will do to me
00:40:36I know what you will do to me
00:40:37I know what you will do to me
00:40:41I know what you will do to me
00:40:48Pour out the fire of your spirit of peace
00:40:56Pour out the fire of your spirit of peace
00:40:58Pour out the fire of your spirit of peace
00:41:03I know what you will do, what you will do, what you will do, what you will do to me
00:41:10I know what you will do in ...
00:41:40I rest in them, I know what you will do in me, I know what you will do in me.
00:41:52Pour out the fire of your spirit of peace.
00:42:00I will trust, I will trust in your will, remaining anchored to your truth.
00:42:14I will trust, I will trust in your will, remaining anchored to your truth, to your truth.
00:42:44After listening to and feeling the power of the music, the power of each word of this song,
00:42:54I think we could make a deal with God.
00:43:02I'm going to say a few phrases that I hope you can repeat internally.
00:43:09"I will just wait," the song says.
00:43:14Lord, I accept with peace all that my efforts cannot achieve.
00:43:23I accept with peace the fact that I am not accepted by everyone.
00:43:30I accept with peace the fact that the results are smaller than the efforts.
00:43:37I accept with peace the law of precarity, of transience.
00:43:44From mediocrity, from failure, from old age, from the decline of life, from loneliness, from the law of death.
00:44:01I accept with peace the fact that ideals are so high and realities so small.
00:44:05I accept with peace the fact that I want to please everyone and I can't.
00:44:12So many things, Lord.
00:44:18I come to put myself in your hands.
00:44:21I place myself in your hands.
00:44:25Do with me what you will.
00:44:28I agree with everything you have allowed or will allow.
00:44:32All this, my brothers, will bring us a peace never before imagined.
00:44:43When we do it all the time.
00:44:48In fact, today we are going to delve deeper into abandonment with a very complete prayer.
00:44:58We've already said some of these things, but we want to revisit them.
00:45:03Because abandonment is very important in order to enter into the encounter.
00:45:07It is the prayer of abandonment.
00:45:11Let's tell the Lord with all the honesty we can.
00:45:16Let's begin.
00:45:16Father, I place myself in your hands.
00:45:22Do with me what you will.
00:45:25I thank you for everything you do for me.
00:45:30I'm willing to do anything.
00:45:32I accept everything so that your will is done in me and in all your creatures.
00:45:37I want nothing more, my God.
00:45:40I place my soul in your hands.
00:45:42I give it to you, my God, with all the fervor of my heart, because I love you.
00:45:48And for me, it is a need of love to give myself, to surrender myself into your hands without measure,
00:45:54with infinite trust, because you are my Father.
00:45:59Amen.
00:45:59I want to tell you that this prayer has a lot of power.
00:46:06We brought some booklets; if you want to take them, that prayer is in them.
00:46:11We have had many testimonies of impressive changes in very difficult situations with this prayer.
00:46:19In fact, in the prayer workshops we ask them to memorize them,
00:46:25because they will be useful to us at any time.
00:46:28Very good.
00:46:30Well, we're wrapping up this topic of abandonment.
00:46:32But the most important thing is to listen to the Lord in his word.
00:46:37And we have the biblical quote from the book of James, chapter 1,
00:46:41We are going to pay close attention, because the Lord has called us here today to, well, yes,
00:46:47the conversation we're having, but He also wants to speak,
00:46:50He also wants to talk and wants to tell you something personally.
00:46:54Not so to the world, no, not to you personally.
00:46:57And it tells you the following.
00:47:00But simply hearing the message is not enough.
00:47:03We need to put it into practice.
00:47:07Otherwise, you would be deceiving yourselves.
00:47:11Putting faith into practice, abandonment.
00:47:20It is necessary to do that, because we came here because we want to meet the Lord.
00:47:25And without that faith and that surrender, it's impossible.
00:47:30Well.
00:47:31Well, let's get ready with a really beautiful song called
00:47:34Open my eyes, open my ears, for I want to find you, Lord.
00:47:39We're going to get into this song, you'll see.
00:47:41We'll be able to achieve it.
00:47:48We started late.
00:47:50Open my eyes, I want to see Christ,
00:48:06To be able to touch him.
00:48:08To be able to touch him.
00:48:13Tell her I love you.
00:48:21Open my ear, help me to hear myself, open my eyes.
00:48:44I want to see Christ.
00:49:14Open my eyes, I want to see Christ.
00:49:37To be able to touch him, to tell him I love you.
00:49:52Open my ear, help me to hear Him.
00:50:08Open my eyes, I want to see Christ.
00:50:23Open my eyes, I want to see Christ.
00:50:53Just as He Himself desires, God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.
00:51:06The Word of the Lord.
00:51:08Glory to you, Lord Jesus.
00:51:12We are now entering into the topic of worship.
00:51:15Meditation is not prayer per se, but it is a path to prayer.
00:51:25And there is, for example, the prayer of intercession, which is very beautiful, very good.
00:51:29And many enter into intercessory prayer.
00:51:32So the sick, the priests, the missionaries, the rulers enter; many enter.
00:51:37In the prayer of praise, people, creatures, also come into play.
00:51:42But in the prayer of worship there is a requirement that no one enters there.
00:51:48Everything disappears there, and only He and I remain.
00:51:55That is worship.
00:51:56It is an encounter, it is intimacy, it is an enclosed space, it is a convergence of two, two solitudes, two inner selves.
00:52:07Well, therein lies the challenge.
00:52:10Because, as we live now with so much noise here and there, distraction, thinking and all that,
00:52:17So, at what point do we leave out all those people we carry inside?
00:52:22That is the great challenge.
00:52:26What are we going to do?
00:52:28Well, we have Saint John of the Cross who continues to encourage and instruct us.
00:52:33And He explains, He says to the Lord, do not send me any more messengers who do not know how to tell me what I want.
00:52:42Discover your presence and let your sight and beauty kill me.
00:52:46Look, the pain of love is not cured except by presence and form.
00:52:50That you and I, that unity, that solitude with you.
00:52:56Don't send me any more messengers.
00:53:00And he says it to the Samaritan woman too.
00:53:03He tells her, woman, God is spirit.
00:53:07And it is necessary that those who worship him do so in spirit and truth.
00:53:12And he affirms, it is that kind of worshipper that the Father needs and expects.
00:53:19Well, we want to be that kind of worshippers.
00:53:25What does "in spirit and truth" mean?
00:53:28It turns out that in man's decisive moments, a unique loneliness is perceived.
00:53:36Because I am, nobody is like me, nor was like me, nor will be like me.
00:53:41I am unique, once and only once.
00:53:45Well, that, being unique, is the perception of your own mystery.
00:53:49There is the temple of worship, in your own mystery.
00:53:59And Matthew says so, Jesus tells us so in Matthew 6, he says,
00:54:04But when you pray, go to your room,
00:54:07Close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.
00:54:10And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
00:54:13Then, he enters your room, closes the doors and windows.
00:54:16What could the Lord mean by that?
00:54:19Hey, well, it's very easy to close doors and windows.
00:54:23In my case they already put in the wooden door and the window.
00:54:26Well, no, that's not it.
00:54:27We need to understand it in the context of the spirit and in truth.
00:54:30That means, nobody comes in here.
00:54:35All those thoughts that are swirling around in my head are staying here.
00:54:40Nothing, I don't want to, because I want to be.
00:54:42It's a visiting room, that visiting room has to be clean.
00:54:48And Father Larrañaga says, I will never tire of repeating that for God to appear,
00:54:54so that His presence in faith may become dense, consistent, and refreshing,
00:54:59Open attention is needed, free from people and clamor.
00:55:06Just one, an empty and silent visiting room.
00:55:11Therefore, the more the creatures are silenced, the more stripped of their souls,
00:55:16The purer and deeper the encounter will be.
00:55:20And here comes Saint John of the Cross again to teach us, and he says,
00:55:23Learn to be empty of all things, both inside and out.
00:55:30Is that something we can learn?
00:55:32Empty of all things?
00:55:34Well, we have to do it, because that's the only way to get to the meeting.
00:55:39And as the Eastern proverb says, be silent and you will hear.
00:55:46Close your eyes and you'll see.
00:55:50In silence and in faith, this is the vessel, the temple of worship.
00:55:56Then we realize how important silence is.
00:56:00And now that I was listening to the music, I remember I once studied a little bit of piano,
00:56:06And listen, if you don't make silences in the score, well, it doesn't sound good, does it?
00:56:12You have to, open my eyes, silence.
00:56:17I want to see Christ.
00:56:19So, that's a matter of music.
00:56:22But silence is very important for what we want to do.
00:56:26Entering that zone of intimacy with God.
00:56:32But how far are we from learning to be silent?
00:56:37That is the enemy, dispersion.
00:56:40So here we're going to give some very simple tips, but they might help us.
00:56:46Because we have three areas of dispersion issues.
00:56:49The outside world, the physical world, the mental world.
00:56:52The outside world, well, that's what it is, those noises that we have all around us.
00:57:00To draw attention away from everything that is noisy.
00:57:02You can't stop the neighbor from playing his music at full volume.
00:57:05No, but you can divert attention.
00:57:09That is the silence of the outside world.
00:57:12The body world is simply about relaxing, letting go of the brakes, sometimes when we are all tense.
00:57:20That is the body world.
00:57:21And the mental world, well, those projects, those anxieties, those worries, all silenced.
00:57:29These are the three areas we need to silence.
00:57:31And once we achieve that, imagine that the visiting room is ready for the Lord to arrive, so you can meet with Him.
00:57:43And as Saint John of the Cross says, the night is now calm, the music silent, the solitude resounding.
00:57:49All the conditions are in place for a dinner that delights and captivates.
00:57:53Jesus warns, now you will realize that the Father is with you.
00:58:01That ultimate solitude is occupied by the Father.
00:58:06He was already there before, but the dust cloud from the noises prevented anyone from noticing his presence.
00:58:11He hid his face.
00:58:13Now that you have encountered the Father in your innermost being, what are we going to do?
00:58:18Stay with Him.
00:58:19Is it that simple?
00:58:21Stay with Him.
00:58:23What does it mean to stay with Him?
00:58:30It means establishing an attentional, but also an affective, current.
00:58:35I look at you, you look at me, I love you, you love me.
00:58:38It's that simple with Him.
00:58:41Those are approximate expressions.
00:58:45And what I love is that it's always He who takes the initiative to approach.
00:58:52Here comes the Lord.
00:58:53God comes to man through the path of love.
00:58:58Man goes to God through the path of faith.
00:59:01And in the middle of it all, the encounter takes place.
00:59:04It is a total union, a union of the whole man, totally with God.
00:59:14Well, we're going to try to do that here today.
00:59:17It is an exercise that in the prayer and life workshops we call elevation.
00:59:21It is a form of contemplative prayer.
00:59:27And well, here and there where you are listening to us, I invite you.
00:59:31First, we're going to silence it.
00:59:33Armida is going to silence us a little.
00:59:35And then I'm going to say a few short sentences.
00:59:40But those phrases have a very deep intention.
00:59:45These are short phrases that you will repeat in your mind.
00:59:50Or, if they are at home, in a soft voice.
00:59:54Because you can imagine that the substance of the phrase is God.
00:59:59So when you repeat them, you feel filled, you are with him.
01:00:05And how do they explain that approach in prayer workshops?
01:00:09They tell us, in this exercise you have to let yourself be swept away by the you.
01:00:15And the self practically disappears.
01:00:17You're not there at all.
01:00:19There is nothing else but you.
01:00:20And in the youth workshop, this modality is explained, which is like saying compliments to God.
01:00:27Look how beautifully they say it there.
01:00:28That's what we're going to do.
01:00:30Well, it's going to be very short because time always gets the better of us here.
01:00:35But with the Holy Spirit leading the way, we will achieve it.
01:00:40So, let's listen carefully.
01:00:42Let's do what Armida asks us to do to silence her.
01:00:46We agreed that it is the physical world, the mental world.
01:00:49And as for the world, well, there's no fuss here.
01:00:52We are silent.
01:00:53But we're going to keep everything else quiet.
01:00:56Forward.
01:00:56Well, first of all, I invite you to sit in a comfortable and correct position.
01:01:05Lean your back against the backrest.
01:01:09Your feet are on the floor.
01:01:12And your arms, your hands relaxed on your thighs.
01:01:16Try to calm down.
01:01:23Take a deep breath.
01:01:29Quietly.
01:01:31Again.
01:01:43Relax your forehead, your eyes.
01:01:47Gently lower your eyelids.
01:01:50Raise your shoulders and let them drop heavily.
01:02:01Thrice.
01:02:11Breathe again.
01:02:13Slowly.
01:02:15Deep.
01:02:16Feel your body relaxing and loosening up.
01:02:28Clear your mind of all thoughts and worries.
01:02:33Try not to think about anything.
01:02:50Now, little by little, return to your normal state, without losing that serenity you feel throughout your being.
01:03:02I'll start saying the phrases right away.
01:03:10You repeat them mentally or in a soft voice.
01:03:14Try to live what the phrase says until your soul is imbued with the substance of the phrase.
01:03:23After saying it, remain silent for about 30 seconds.
01:03:26Like someone who listens to a resonance while the tension is motionless, penetrating, possessively, identified, adhesively with the substance of the phrase, which is God himself.
01:03:40Lovingly, affectionately.
01:03:43Lovingly, affectionately.
01:04:03Lovingly, affectionately.
01:04:12You are infinite immensity.
01:04:42You are my security.
01:05:12You are so far away and yet so close.
01:05:42You are so far away.
01:06:12You are my joy.
01:06:16You are so far away.
01:06:46You are so far away.
01:06:48You are so far away.
01:06:54You are so far away.
01:07:00You are so far away.
01:07:22You are so far away.
01:07:28You are so far away.
01:07:34You are so far away.
01:07:40So, it is a union of the whole man, totally with God.
01:07:45God completely invades the whole man.
01:07:49So, what's going to happen?
01:07:50What's going to happen?
01:07:52What's going to happen?
01:07:56What's going to happen?
01:07:58What's going to happen?
01:08:02They're going to be more like God.
01:08:04They will be more in the style of God, in the style of Jesus.
01:08:06And in the prayer workshops we have a motto that we share with you.
01:08:10What would Jesus do in my place?
01:08:12Jesus in my place.
01:08:13What would Jesus do in my place?
01:08:14What would Jesus do in my place?
01:08:15What would Jesus do in my place?
01:08:16Of course Eugenia can't do that with her bad temper, she just can't.
01:08:18But when I enter into this kind of intimacy with him again and again, it's going to be different because he's going to assume what I am.
01:08:30And then man can appear before the world in the image of God.
01:08:35The divine figure becomes visible through his figure.
01:08:38The world then begins to be divined.
01:08:42That is our task.
01:08:43And with that we are concluding, with a clear statement regarding the matter of the meeting,
01:08:52The more creatures and images are silenced, the more stripped the soul is, the more one will perceive that the Father is there with you.
01:09:04Well, on behalf of the Prayer and Life Workshops family, we send you a hug as best we can, right?
01:09:11We have been sharing part of our hearts with you all, our experiences, and above all, asking you that as soon as you see a prayer workshop opening up,
01:09:24Because they will open in August, God willing, so sign up.
01:09:27They have nothing to lose and they won't regret it.
01:09:32You'll see adults, young people, teenagers, children, and married couples.
01:09:38There's the invitation, and by the way, I'll tell you something very quickly that has happened with you here in this group.
01:09:46It turns out that when they asked us to give this talk, we prepared it, we got excited, we felt fulfilled, and we said,
01:09:55This isn't just for this group; we need to share it with more people.
01:10:01And so we are already opening up the possibility this coming week, which is the week of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
01:10:08We will be able to share this same talk via Zoom, Meet, and Meet on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at three different times.
01:10:20At seven in the morning via Zoom, at seven at night via Meet, and at eight at night via Zoom again.
01:10:28So, if you'd like to spread the word, here's the information so we can send you the link.
01:10:34What great gratitude towards our Father!
01:10:39Therefore, let us, those of us who can, stand up so that in this Our Father we may truly put all the strength of our hearts.
01:10:49that has allowed us to hear these words, all the decision we have made to make our changes in life.
01:10:59Here is our Father God, before Him we say
01:11:05Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come,
01:11:16Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread,
01:11:23Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
01:11:31Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
01:11:36And our dear Mother who instructed the heart of Jesus in that "let it be done," in that abandonment, in that encounter
01:11:49And may he continue to instruct us; let us greet him, greet her with infinite tenderness.
01:11:56Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women.
01:12:08And blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
01:12:19Now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
01:12:23We are going to ask for a very special blessing. Saint Francis of Assisi gave it to all his brothers.
01:12:30when they went to difficult places.
01:12:34May the Lord bless us and keep us. May he make his face shine upon us and be gracious to us.
01:12:45Show us your face and grant us peace.
01:12:49May the Lord bless us in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
01:12:58Well, thank you very much.
01:12:59Thank you.
01:13:00Thank you very much.
01:13:01Thank you.
01:13:01The splendor of a King
01:13:17The earth is joyful, the earth is joyful, the earth is joyful.
01:13:31He shines with his light, he conquered the darkness, and they tremble at his voice.
01:13:48How great is my God, sing it. How great is my God, and all will see it.
01:14:11How great is my God, sing it. How great is my God, and all will see it.
01:14:39How great is my God, and all will see it.