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00:00At that time, Jesus took Peter, James, and John aside and went up a mountain with them.
00:13He stood up and was transfigured in his presence. His clothes became dazzlingly white,
00:20with a whiteness that no one can achieve on earth. Then Elijah appeared to them
00:26And Moses was talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Master, I am happy to meet you.”
00:34We are here, let's make three huts, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
00:43I didn't really know what I was saying, because they were scared. Then a cloud formed.
00:49which covered them with its shadow, and from this cloud came a voice that said, This is my son
00:55Beloved, listen to him. At that moment they looked around and saw no one except Jesus, who was standing there.
01:03only with them. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what had happened.
01:10that they had seen until the Son of Man rose from the dead. They kept
01:18This was in secret, but they discussed among themselves, what would it mean to rise from among
01:24the dead?
01:24Last week, we were invited to reflect on the time of Lent as an exercise in growth.
01:45to consider the great mercy of God, this God who keeps no account of our
01:53He forgets our sins and forgives us. We saw this very clearly in the text.
02:00which the liturgy presented to us last week from Genesis in this rescue that God makes of
02:08Noah and those who were with him. So great is His mercy that He even provides a bow, He provides
02:15a sign, it says, to remind me and never again perform such an action with
02:22The people. That is, we saw Psalm 103, it is a God who knows what clay we are made of.
02:28deeds, and that's why He doesn't treat us as our actions deserve. A God of mercy who
02:36He invites us to experience mercy ourselves and to truly consider him as
02:42someone close, not someone distant.
02:47Today's liturgy gives us the opportunity to see the other side of the coin. Today, before
02:54In this merciful love of God our Lord, we also find the possibility and the duty
03:02to return the love. As the old Mexican saying goes, love is repaid with love. We heard today in
03:11The text, in the text of the first reading, shows how Abraham will obey God by sacrificing
03:21The most precious thing. He says to her, offer me your son, the only one, the one you love so much, the one you love so much.
03:33The text no longer says anything about what Abraham may or may not have said, which leads us to assume that
03:41He simply lowered his head, went into his tent, and from there began this process that
03:51would therefore lead to his son's death.
03:58Love, my brothers, is not something ethereal. Love is something concrete. It is something that is lived.
04:08It manifests itself, and people living nearby can feel it. It's not like I said.
04:18A teacher of mine at the seminary was like a man cutting hairs in the air. Abraham's love for God is good.
04:28Of course. It manifests itself in obedience, obeying God in something of utmost value to him.
04:38Your only son, whom you love so much.
04:45Love has to be something concrete in our lives too.
04:49We often say, "How much I love you, my love?"
04:53But what actions are behind this?
04:57How much do I love you, son?
05:00And what actions are behind this?
05:03How much do I love you, Dad?
05:06And what actions are behind this?
05:10The idea would be that people, without having to tell them "I love you",
05:16I knew, I was sure that there was love in that person towards me.
05:22I believe that after what we have heard, after this experience that Abraham is going through,
05:32Well, it was perfectly clear to God.
05:36Abraham does love me.
05:40And he loves me to the point of giving me his own son.
05:46That, that is love.
05:47The time of Lent, then, now, brothers,
05:52It should also push us to examine our love.
05:58Let's examine our love for our brothers and sisters.
06:01Especially to those who are close to us.
06:05Because love has to be something that is felt.
06:08Something that is experienced.
06:10And that is why today I would like to provide some context for evaluating this topic,
06:18that we begin reading chapter 13 of the Letter to the Corinthians.
06:24Because there we find what is called this, the elegy of love.
06:32First Corinthians, chapter 13.
06:35They most likely have it underlined.
06:38That much is underlined in their Bible, and that much is present in their lives,
06:44Well, those are two different things, right?
06:47Because we say we love everyone, but in the end, what about the word of God?
06:52It becomes life, it becomes concrete in our own human reality.
07:00The first seven verses tell us about this love.
07:04But I would only like, in the obviousness of time,
07:09let's focus only on verse 7.
07:17Says,
07:20To have love
07:20It's about suffering everything.
07:23When a difficult situation arises,
07:31How are you experiencing it?
07:34When you have a problem with your wife, or with your husband,
07:37with your parents, or with your children,
07:40How are you experiencing it?
07:43Do you truly express love for the people who are with you there?
07:48Because we'd say "love for the breast," right?
07:54But today we see that this is why so many problems arise in marriages.
07:59because we don't want to suffer.
08:02We're used to things being easy.
08:06And yet,
08:08true love,
08:09He suffers everything.
08:10In the marriage alliance,
08:15when the spouses are getting married,
08:16they say,
08:17in health,
08:18and in illness,
08:20in prosperity,
08:22and in adversity.
08:24And so,
08:24in health,
08:25and in prosperity,
08:26Well, we're all very happy, aren't we?
08:29We all love each other very much,
08:30and we expressed to him,
08:32well,
08:32our love,
08:33and we had a great time.
08:34The issue also arises when things aren't going so well economically,
08:41or when health deteriorates,
08:43when love is shown by caring for one's wife,
08:46to the husband,
08:48loading it,
08:49changing it,
08:53things well,
08:53very difficult.
08:56Sometimes,
08:57I have mentioned that,
08:59if they,
09:00if the bride and groom,
09:01Here is a space that doesn't suit me,
09:03that doesn't understand me,
09:03like this little place,
09:05here,
09:05here,
09:05Look,
09:06He doesn't understand me.
09:09If the spouses,
09:10truly,
09:11they understood,
09:13at the moment they are getting married,
09:14What does this mean?
09:18They would think twice.
09:21I mean,
09:22What happens if, after a few days,
09:25or months married?
09:27Imagine a situation,
09:28where,
09:29on the honeymoon,
09:31an accident,
09:32and one of the two remains,
09:34paraplegic,
09:36It won't be possible to move.
09:37anymore,
09:38in his life.
09:44Love,
09:45He suffers everything,
09:50But there will be love there.
09:52Are those expressions of love,
09:58Will they become concrete?
10:01I know,
10:03some stories,
10:04very beautiful,
10:05about these.
10:07There is one,
10:08very beautiful,
10:10It didn't happen.
10:12in the first few months,
10:14This happened,
10:15already,
10:15in old age,
10:17TRUE?
10:21The,
10:22the wife,
10:24well,
10:25He gets Alzheimer's,
10:27TRUE?
10:28And he loses,
10:29As you know,
10:30Well, little by little,
10:30everything is being lost,
10:33and,
10:33It gets lost,
10:34the,
10:36consciousness,
10:37TRUE?
10:37We don't know anymore,
10:38nor who he is,
10:39etc,
10:39No?
10:40We can't anymore,
10:41even,
10:42move.
10:42And then,
10:45This person was leaving,
10:47for a walk,
10:49with his wife,
10:50to the park,
10:52in his wheelchair,
10:54and then he would sit down,
10:56on a bench,
10:59and it said,
10:59he would put on,
11:00to talk to her,
11:03and,
11:04well,
11:04the,
11:05the woman,
11:06I don't know if they've had the opportunity,
11:08of,
11:08of,
11:08to be with a person,
11:09who has Alzheimer's,
11:11well,
11:11is completely,
11:12absent,
11:13TRUE?
11:14Go to nothing,
11:16It doesn't have,
11:17is completely,
11:17absent.
11:19And then,
11:21the husband,
11:22I was talking to his wife,
11:25per hour,
11:26in the park,
11:28and then,
11:29I hugged her,
11:30He kissed her,
11:31And again,
11:32I returned it,
11:34to the house.
11:35Obviously,
11:36well,
11:36bathed her,
11:37I took care of her,
11:38I fed him,
11:39etc.
11:40It catches his attention,
11:45to a person,
11:48which is the one that gave it to me,
11:49talk to me,
11:51well,
11:52What is this man doing?
11:56One day,
11:57he asks,
11:58Listen,
12:00this,
12:01It was from there,
12:01from the neighborhood,
12:04I've seen him do this,
12:05who goes out to the park,
12:06with his wife,
12:07And I see that,
12:09well,
12:10He tells her,
12:12But I know that his wife,
12:16He has Alzheimer's.
12:17He doesn't understand him.
12:18He doesn't understand him,
12:21Yeah,
12:21Yeah,
12:22If I don't come,
12:23so that she understands me,
12:26but because I love her,
12:28And I want to show her my love,
12:30It's not about seeing if she can,
12:31She can't,
12:32She does nothing for me,
12:34But I can do something for her,
12:37It's not from there to here,
12:40but from here to there,
12:42That's why he hugged her.
12:44He kissed her,
12:46I was telling him,
12:47as if it were okay,
12:50because it wasn't about seeing,
12:52Let's see now,
12:53What do you say?
12:54or what it does for me,
12:58probably in heaven,
13:00because all this,
13:01well,
13:01It only happens,
13:03in this human aspect,
13:04which is the one that gets damaged,
13:05I believe in heaven,
13:07when they are both there,
13:09well,
13:09his wife is going to tell him,
13:11thank you,
13:12for having loved me,
13:14and to have shown me your love,
13:18because I felt you,
13:20because I knew you loved me,
13:23not from what I can understand,
13:25but by your actions,
13:27love,
13:29He suffers everything,
13:31He expects everything,
13:33It can withstand anything,
13:35That is true love.
13:41I mean,
13:41love,
13:42what are you doing,
13:44that the other person realizes,
13:45that you love him,
13:48we don't need to tell him,
13:52to the people we love,
13:53People need to know,
13:56as God knew,
13:57that Abraham loved him,
13:58nowhere,
14:00It can be heard,
14:01that Abraham had told him,
14:02Sir,
14:02How much I love you,
14:04But I believe,
14:05to God,
14:05It became perfectly clear to him,
14:07that he loved her,
14:09because,
14:09because he fulfilled his promise,
14:12sometimes,
14:13us,
14:13the kids,
14:14No,
14:16Mommy,
14:16Mommy,
14:17How much I love you,
14:18Mother's Day,
14:18No,
14:20How much I love you,
14:20and the little gift,
14:21and the card,
14:22and those who go to kindergarten,
14:23the little hand,
14:24and the footprint,
14:24and the foot,
14:25and the piece of hair,
14:26and well,
14:28We want to give him all of that day,
14:29it isn't true?
14:30Yeah,
14:32And then they tell you,
14:35Turn off the TV,
14:36right now,
14:42I mean,
14:43It's noticeable.
14:44that I love her,
14:44But then one day,
14:47No,
14:49always,
14:52my life,
14:52How much I love you,
14:53How I love you,
14:56But, well,
14:58You never put,
14:59not even the table,
15:00You don't even help with a plate,
15:03I love you a lot,
15:08but,
15:09really,
15:11It's noticeable.
15:12that I love you,
15:14It's noticeable.
15:14that I love you,
15:15a love,
15:18that goes unnoticed,
15:21Well, that's false.
15:23true love,
15:25is,
15:26something,
15:26that I can confirm,
15:28that I can,
15:30well,
15:30feel,
15:32in the Gospel of John,
15:34in chapter 21,
15:36in verse 13,
15:39Start the conversation,
15:40of Jesus with Peter,
15:41after the resurrection,
15:42and says to him,
15:45Peter,
15:46do you love me,
15:48more than these,
15:49Peter,
15:49Do you really love me?
15:52because of your recent behavior,
15:54It's like it's blocking my view,
15:58You say,
15:59that you love me,
15:59that you would go with me,
16:00until death,
16:02but,
16:03really,
16:04do you love me,
16:05he asks,
16:07And what does Pedro reply?
16:10yes sir,
16:11you know,
16:11that I love you,
16:12so,
16:16Prove to me that you love me,
16:18taking care,
16:19to my sheep,
16:21Prove to me that you love me,
16:25Try it with your dad,
16:27that you love him,
16:30obeying his commandments,
16:32respecting him,
16:33studying,
16:36because otherwise,
16:38so,
16:38What does that leave us with?
16:39potatoes,
16:40potatoes,
16:43you would have,
16:44to listen,
16:45also,
16:46this,
16:47this question,
16:49of Jesus,
16:50do you love me,
16:52Well,
16:53surely,
16:54that all of us who are here,
16:55We're going to tell him,
16:56yes sir,
16:57you know,
16:58that I love you,
16:59And he's going to tell you,
16:59very good,
17:01well,
17:01Take care of my little sheep,
17:03Take care of these kids,
17:04that I placed in your hands,
17:05I want them to reach heaven,
17:10You are his shepherd,
17:13and brother,
17:16You're giving yourself time,
17:17For this,
17:19to attend to them,
17:20to listen to them,
17:22And this does not mean,
17:23of course,
17:24give them everything,
17:26charity,
17:27It's not about giving everything,
17:28charity,
17:30It is doing God's will,
17:32and what he wants,
17:33It's so that your son is saved.
17:35and sometimes,
17:36You have to tell him,
17:37No,
17:38And not that one,
17:39It is the greatest sign,
17:40of your love,
17:42I have already preached,
17:43Not about this one,
17:44who saves us,
17:46but,
17:48You give yourself time,
17:49for them,
17:49to listen to them,
17:51in this world,
17:52where we live,
17:52in a hurry,
17:55We have schedules,
17:56extended,
17:57at work,
17:58and then,
17:59besides,
17:59We have a lot,
18:01of,
18:01of,
18:02of things,
18:03what to do individually,
18:04and also,
18:05then they catch us,
18:06two hours of traffic,
18:08and then,
18:08We've arrived,
18:09lots of hype,
18:10We want to sit down,
18:11there in the box,
18:12idiotizing,
18:13to,
18:13to not think about anything,
18:15TRUE,
18:17Right there,
18:18to be in control,
18:19click,
18:19click,
18:19click,
18:20click,
18:20click,
18:20for,
18:22As it says,
18:23This person,
18:24who gives a lecture,
18:25about how they work,
18:26the brains of man,
18:27and the woman,
18:27TRUE,
18:28to enter,
18:29in the nothing box,
18:30Men's,
18:31there where no one thinks about anything,
18:32What are you thinking?
18:34I'm not thinking about anything,
18:35it just can't be,
18:36well yes,
18:36that's how it is,
18:37we men,
18:38We operate differently,
18:40so,
18:40The idea is not to think about anything.
18:41is,
18:42to withdraw from the world,
18:45nothing more than having a child,
18:47that he needs,
18:48orientation,
18:50that you need to know,
18:51that his dad loves him,
18:54and not that he loves her,
18:55because he gives him his Sunday,
18:56and because daddy is coming,
18:57daddy,
18:57Yes, right now.
18:58Look,
18:58that I need,
18:59So there you have it.
19:00No,
19:01wants a dad,
19:03who is dating him,
19:05who walks with him,
19:06who listens to it,
19:07who advises it,
19:09who has time for himself,
19:10which is noticeable,
19:11that I love you,
19:15Today I see,
19:16many kids,
19:17quite disoriented,
19:19And it's because their parents,
19:21They don't love them,
19:23It sounds awful,
19:24But that's how it is,
19:25And why do I know they don't love them?
19:28Because it's not noticeable.
19:31They don't perceive it,
19:33They don't realize it,
19:34that their parents love them,
19:36That's why too,
19:37among teenagers,
19:38Then there are so many suicides,
19:40because they say,
19:42Nobody loves me.
19:45And the fact is, nobody goes near them.
19:48No one is trying to understand them,
19:50Love is understanding,
19:52Love is helpful,
19:55We need to make time for them,
19:59and to understand them,
20:02I am very happy,
20:03When I hear confessions from teenagers,
20:07I really do see them sometimes,
20:08like Jesus,
20:10like a sheep without a shepherd,
20:13Poor things,
20:14That's how we all were,
20:17we go through this stage,
20:18in which suddenly,
20:20We want everything and we can't do anything.
20:23We encountered a lot of restrictions in our homes,
20:27We want to talk about what's happening.
20:29And nobody does anything to understand us,
20:32But we love them,
20:33But he doesn't know that you love him.
20:39because you don't feel it,
20:42There is no communication of love,
20:47Abraham showed God,
20:49And God now knows that he loves Abraham,
20:51And God knows that you love Him,
20:57If you don't dedicate time to your little ones,
21:00If you're so busy with your own things,
21:03in your work,
21:05in all the household items,
21:06that every day,
21:07They fill our lives and our hearts,
21:11to the point of dedicating time to it,
21:12just a few minutes for your children,
21:17I gave you a wife,
21:18how much time do you dedicate to it,
21:22You hear it,
21:24Do you really hear it?
21:27or you just hear it,
21:31You are here,
21:32or in your nothing box,
21:34thinking about other things,
21:38And she wants to communicate with you,
21:41but he doesn't feel it,
21:44He doesn't feel that love,
21:45It's not simply a caress,
21:50It's not just about a kiss,
21:53It's much more than this,
21:54It has to be noticeable.
21:55and the person has to be aware,
21:58of this love that the other person is lavishing on me,
22:01because he/she takes care of me,
22:04because he has time for me,
22:07because it seeks to fulfill,
22:09his obligation as a son,
22:11as a wife,
22:13as a husband,
22:14as a father,
22:16as a priest,
22:21I am interested in your salvation,
22:24Ernesto,
22:25do you love me?
22:27Yeah,
22:27Mister,
22:27You know that I love you,
22:30Take care of my sheep,
22:32so I don't lose them,
22:33I need to truly show the Lord,
22:39that I am interested in you,
22:41because otherwise,
22:42Yes, I love you very much.
22:44Mister,
22:45and maybe I'll spend hours there in the Blessed Sacrament,
22:48hey,
22:48But what about what I entrusted to you?
22:50No,
22:50That's just too lazy for me.
22:52That's very complicated.
22:54That takes me a lot of time,
22:58Sometimes I don't feel good,
23:00because the father doesn't feel good,
23:01when he corrects his son,
23:03Many mothers arrive there completely distressed,
23:06and,
23:06Oh,
23:06the thing is,
23:07Calm down,
23:08That's right,
23:10The son needs to be corrected.
23:12and it feels bad,
23:13Yeah,
23:16Sometimes people arrive,
23:19Father confesses to me,
23:21No,
23:21Oh,
23:22He wants to die.
23:23father,
23:26And why doesn't he want to confess to me?
23:28When you sinned,
23:29No,
23:29Well, it does,
23:29And why are you here now?
23:32No,
23:32Well, I just saw it.
23:33Ah,
23:34I mean,
23:37You're not interested in confessing,
23:39but,
23:40as they say,
23:40TRUE?
23:41You see the donkey,
23:43and the trip is offered to you,
23:44No?
23:45Why didn't you look for it before?
23:56No,
23:57that the father is really mean,
23:58He doesn't confess to us,
23:59I told him,
24:00No,
24:00You're the one who's sinning,
24:03Do not sin,
24:06And if you sin,
24:07Well, confess.
24:08because it wasn't yesterday that you sinned,
24:10TRUE?
24:11No,
24:12and then,
24:13Why are you here now?
24:20Is it being strong?
24:22If that person understands,
24:25he will say,
24:26He's right.
24:27father,
24:27next time,
24:29I'm going to go to confession.
24:31on time,
24:31And believe me, I feel bad.
24:39When I correct like this,
24:41some of my children,
24:43But I was asked to do it,
24:46that it reaches heaven,
24:48If I confess right now,
24:49and then,
24:49Who knows when she'll confess to me again?
24:51because he is not valuing confession,
24:55No,
24:55I have to help him.
24:56so that he/she understands the importance,
24:59And look,
25:00he tells me,
25:00I won't be long at all.
25:05I tell him,
25:06Not you,
25:06But I do,
25:09a father,
25:15that only,
25:16this,
25:18He gives the other one a sarcastic remark,
25:20TRUE?
25:20or him,
25:21No,
25:21He dedicates time to it,
25:22You're wrong,
25:24and sometimes,
25:24throughout this explanation,
25:26What can I do to them?
25:27I've already spent more time in it,
25:28that if he had confessed,
25:31But the important thing,
25:34It's not that he confesses,
25:36the important thing,
25:37It's that I understand,
25:38the importance,
25:38to live in grace,
25:40because otherwise,
25:41He's going to come back again.
25:42to the same story,
25:44No,
25:46And they told me so.
25:47father,
25:48He said he didn't have time,
25:49It's taken longer than expected with all of this.
25:50I would have already confessed,
25:52Yeah,
25:52but you wouldn't have,
25:53You already understand what it's about,
25:55Yeah,
25:55very good,
25:56come tomorrow,
25:56And if I die tonight,
25:58So ask God,
25:59Don't die, buddy.
26:00And I feel bad,
26:11like mothers,
26:13or the parents,
26:16And they will say,
26:16Our father doesn't love us.
26:18If I didn't love you,
26:19Tell me your sins,
26:20I mean,
26:20I'm not trying to be a father,
26:21Get out of here now.
26:22Okay,
26:22God,
26:23already,
26:23I confessed to you,
26:24You wanted absolution,
26:25already,
26:25Therein lies the absolution,
26:27Go home.
26:27I'm fulfilling my role as a father there,
26:32I am showing love,
26:34towards this son of God,
26:35No,
26:37I was entrusted with it,
26:43Peter,
26:44do you love me,
26:48Father Ernesto,
26:49do you love me,
26:53see the tremendous responsibility,
26:55to answer yes, I love him
26:57because love is made up of concrete actions,
27:03No,
27:03I love you all very much,
27:04my brothers,
27:04to everyone,
27:05Of course,
27:05and oh,
27:06If I cuddle them and everything,
27:07and then they get lost because I'm being too nice,
27:12You parents,
27:14They have to do similar things,
27:19And I hope they do.
27:20and to each one,
27:22needs,
27:23a different hand,
27:24There's one we have to give it to,
27:27and the other one needs to be pushed,
27:28and the other one you have to pull,
27:30and the other one you have to grab by the neck,
27:32and well,
27:33well,
27:34each,
27:35TRUE?
27:35like the fingers of the hand,
27:37all different,
27:39But they all have to stay united,
27:42at hand,
27:43because otherwise,
27:47We started having problems with our bodies,
27:51God,
27:51It proved to us that you loved us,
27:55He didn't say,
27:56What kind of humanity do I want?
27:57No,
28:00He sent the flood,
28:02and then to rescue her,
28:06He sent his son,
28:08And that is why Saint John,
28:10that collectively,
28:12of the whole church says,
28:14For God so loved the world,
28:18He loved him so much,
28:19who gave us his son,
28:22like Abraham,
28:22He showed us,
28:28no one can say,
28:30No,
28:30God doesn't love me.
28:33If he showed it to you through Jesus Christ,
28:37and along with him,
28:38so many blessings,
28:40says Saint Paul,
28:42because in him,
28:43We have received so many blessings,
28:45The apostle Saint John says,
28:47blessing upon blessing,
28:49Jesus,
28:53in the orchard,
28:55Chapter 26,
28:57verse 37,
28:59Matthew's,
29:01It has to happen too,
29:02because of this experience,
29:03with his dad,
29:05Let's see, my little Jesus,
29:08do you love me?
29:11Very good,
29:12well,
29:14Do my will,
29:15And what does Jesus say?
29:17I don't want to,
29:19If it is possible, Lord,
29:21Take this cup from me,
29:24But how does the matter end?
29:27But not my will,
29:29my little boy,
29:30do you love me?
29:31Yeah,
29:32Turn off the TV,
29:34my little boy,
29:34do you love me?
29:35Start studying,
29:36and give me good grades,
29:38my little boy,
29:39do you love me?
29:41Get your act together,
29:44obey me,
29:45respect me,
29:46because otherwise,
29:50What kind of love is that?
29:51A truly convincing love,
29:53daddy give me,
29:54No,
29:54That's not love.
29:57bring her a little gift,
29:58Mother's Day,
29:59Father's Day,
30:01every day,
30:02and I don't need to give him gifts,
30:06Your dad needs to feel,
30:07that you love him,
30:09to know that you love him,
30:11And how would he know?
30:11Do you love him?
30:12Because you obey him,
30:14because you respect him,
30:15because you get good grades,
30:19Because you're a kid,
30:20an exemplary girl,
30:21Because you don't get into trouble,
30:23because he feels proud,
30:25when he says,
30:26Look at my son,
30:29And then he says,
30:30This guy really loves me.
30:34Parents don't need to,
30:35Father's Day gift,
30:38or Mother's Day,
30:39It's great that we're giving them to you,
30:40It's great that we're giving them to you,
30:46But they don't need it.
30:50What they need is,
30:51365 days of obedience,
30:55365 days of respect,
30:58365 days,
31:00that your dad,
31:01he can feel proud,
31:03or your mom being proud of you,
31:06about how you're handling your relationship,
31:07with your boyfriend,
31:08about how you're handling your relationship,
31:09with your friends,
31:10with your friends,
31:12that he feels proud,
31:13And he's going to say,
31:15He really loves me,
31:16like God with the sacrifice of Abraham,
31:20Jesus tells us,
31:21John 14:21
31:25do you love me,
31:26again,
31:26TRUE?
31:28Then obey my commandments,
31:32If you truly love me,
31:34You will keep my commandments,
31:36What's up, Leo?
31:40Do you see how love is concrete?
31:43Love is not,
31:44Oh, how wonderful it feels!
31:49Handcuffs,
31:50husbands,
31:52It's something concrete,
31:55your husband,
31:58feels,
32:00that you love him,
32:01Well, ask him.
32:04dad,
32:07Do you really feel that I love you?
32:10And brothers,
32:11This is Lent,
32:13open our hearts,
32:15to grow,
32:17grow in love,
32:18in that love,
32:19that God has revealed to us,
32:20with mercy,
32:21but in that love,
32:22that has spilled,
32:23our hearts,
32:24and that it has to be noticeable,
32:26than the others,
32:27They have to feel,
32:31and make us aware,
32:32that truly,
32:35They love me,
32:36If this is not available,
32:39Well then,
32:39What kind of love is this?
32:42True love,
32:45It feels like it,
32:46Love is something concrete,
32:51And we might ask ourselves,
32:55What does the passage have to do with it?
32:57of the transfiguration,
32:59with this topic,
33:00that we are seeing,
33:02which is the proposed one,
33:03in the,
33:04in the first reading,
33:05and we know that,
33:07first reading,
33:08and the gospel,
33:09generally,
33:09There is a connection,
33:11What's the connection?
33:13Well,
33:13Well, the connection,
33:15It's not that simple,
33:16because the connection,
33:18We have to take it,
33:18from chapter 8,
33:21in chapter 8,
33:22we just read,
33:23Chapter 9,
33:24which is transfiguration,
33:25in Mark,
33:26Chapter 8,
33:27Starting from verse 27,
33:30begin,
33:31all this development,
33:32that will take us,
33:32to understand,
33:33because,
33:34It's here,
33:35the,
33:35the,
33:35the transfiguration,
33:38in verse 27,
33:43Peter,
33:46He says to Jesus,
33:47You are the son of God,
33:48And Jesus says to him,
33:49Blessed are you, Simon,
33:51son of John,
33:51This has not been revealed to you,
33:52nor the meat,
33:53nor the blood,
33:54neither my father,
33:54that he is in heaven,
33:55And I'm going to give you the keys,
33:57from the sky,
33:58and from the earth,
33:58and everything you do,
33:59It is adapted,
34:00and unleashed,
34:01And no, man,
34:01What a moment,
34:02TRUE,
34:02for good Peter,
34:06But then he tells them,
34:08I'm going to have to die, guys.
34:11They're going to kill me.
34:13I am going to Jerusalem,
34:14and they're going to kill me,
34:16And then Peter,
34:18what he wants,
34:19in the wrong way,
34:21to Jesus,
34:21because he doesn't understand,
34:23This reality is still present,
34:24he tells her,
34:24No, teacher.
34:25That can't happen to you.
34:28And Jesus finishes,
34:29with a tremendous reprimand,
34:32Peter,
34:33Do not be like Satan,
34:36Stand behind me,
34:37and follow me,
34:38let's see,
34:40as?
34:41Yeah,
34:42Follow me,
34:44I'm going to die,
34:46And you have to come behind me,
34:48Peter doesn't understand,
34:51What is it about?
34:53death,
34:54follow Jesus,
34:56And where does this end?
34:59in death,
35:02No,
35:03in the transfiguration,
35:04Peter,
35:06this is,
35:08that's what it's all about in the end,
35:10the glorious life,
35:11fullness,
35:12perfection,
35:15But it passes through the cross,
35:16brotherly love,
35:21It always passes through the cross,
35:25We saw it in Abraham,
35:28the tremendous pain,
35:29Imagine,
35:30as he walks,
35:32towards Mount Moriah,
35:34I'm going to kill my son.
35:36I'm going to offer it to him.
35:37I'm going to lose my son.
35:38Imagine the pain,
35:40Those who are fathers,
35:41perhaps you can imagine,
35:42something like this,
35:43But until you experience it,
35:44I'm sure,
35:45that you don't know,
35:45What is it about?
35:46when one is dying,
35:48a son,
35:50love,
35:55It always happens,
35:55through the cross,
35:57Do you love me, Jesus?
35:59yes sir,
35:59Yes, I love you.
36:02pass through the cross,
36:05do you love me,
36:06my husband,
36:07Yeah,
36:08pass through the cross,
36:09do you love me,
36:10my wife,
36:11Yeah,
36:12pass through the cross,
36:13Do you love me, son?
36:15Yeah,
36:15pass through the cross,
36:18and after the cross,
36:19fullness,
36:21Because when I resign,
36:25to love,
36:27then love,
36:29fullness is achieved,
36:31and the relationship between spouses,
36:33For example,
36:34perfection is achieved,
36:36the wonder,
36:37that God has thought of,
36:38for marriage,
36:39But we must go through the cross,
36:41If I don't want to sacrifice,
36:43my Thursday,
36:44that I have with my friends,
36:46to go have a few drinks,
36:47or watch television,
36:48because my wife tells me,
36:49hey,
36:49Notice that this afternoon,
36:51I got this commitment,
36:52We have to go with him,
36:53with the child,
36:54I don't know,
36:54Oh no,
36:55Go by yourself,
36:55Because, as you can see, it's Thursday.
36:56It's the day I get together with my friends,
36:58the cross,
37:01the cross,
37:06resignation,
37:08I was telling them,
37:11during the week,
37:12Regarding the spiritual exercises,
37:15We want to reach contemplation,
37:17We want to get to see Jesus,
37:18just as they saw it,
37:20the apostles,
37:21But we are not willing,
37:23to get into the topic of prayer,
37:25because?
37:25because that requires me to get up an hour earlier,
37:28and nobody wants to get up earlier,
37:32marriages never become fully happy,
37:35because they are both very selfish,
37:38because they don't want to sacrifice anything,
37:40to give oneself to the other,
37:42full,
37:44to show you that I truly love you,
37:47that you have this thing today,
37:49Oh man,
37:50Friends are worthless,
37:51What time do I have to be there for you?
37:55Do you think that wife doesn't know that her husband loves her?
38:02Specific things?
38:04Specific things for the son,
38:08by the dad?
38:10But we don't want the cross,
38:12We don't want to suffer,
38:16That is why Jesus tells us,
38:18Luke 9:23
38:21Whoever wants to come after me,
38:23whoever wishes to reach this contemplation,
38:26whoever wants to reach this fulfillment,
38:28God has to renounce himself,
38:32And you guys need to remember this.
38:34Marriage isn't about them serving me,
38:36is to serve,
38:37is to give myself,
38:37is to resign,
38:38is to sacrifice,
38:39is surrendering myself,
38:42That is happiness.
38:45a couple who give themselves over like that,
38:47siblings,
38:48They are extremely happy,
38:51They know the fullness of God in love,
38:53because we like to be served,
38:59because we like to be pleased,
39:03Imagine a couple,
39:04whose only aim is to please the other person,
39:07Well, it's making me super happy,
39:09since this morning,
39:11So what's breakfast bringing me?
39:13And it gives me this and that,
39:14and there is nothing that is not sacrificed,
39:17for giving it to me,
39:18That is why Saint Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians,
39:21in that chapter,
39:23a little hazy at times,
39:25TRUE,
39:25that the woman says,
39:26no, well,
39:27Why do I have to obey?
39:30You have to obey.
39:31because the other one is going to die for you,
39:34And that's why he says,
39:35says Saint Paul,
39:37and this mystery,
39:37Well, I compare him to Christ,
39:39and the church,
39:41Christ who died for us,
39:44If they both die for each other,
39:47siblings,
39:47What a wonderful thing!
39:49There is nothing I will not sacrifice,
39:51that for you,
39:52You truly are,
39:53the most important thing in my life,
39:57I believe in God,
39:58That was perfectly clear to him,
39:59that for Abraham,
40:01He was the most important thing in her life,
40:03no doubt,
40:04He handed his son over to me,
40:05And you don't want to give it to him,
40:06an afternoon with friends,
40:08You don't want to give it to him,
40:09a bit of television,
40:10to live with your parents,
40:12or with your friends,
40:13and then,
40:16How are we going to comply?
40:17the most serious commandment,
40:18which is loving your enemy,
40:19if I cannot even love my friend,
40:22to Dad,
40:23to the brother,
40:23with concrete things,
40:25Lent then,
40:31siblings,
40:32It takes us now,
40:33one step further,
40:35How is my relationship at home?
40:39How is my relationship with him?
40:40in that return to him,
40:42love and mercy,
40:43that he has shown me,
40:45I really show God,
40:49that I love him,
40:51I even arrive late to mass.
40:54I do not take communion,
40:58I do not live in grace,
41:00I don't read his words,
41:02I have almost abandoned the Lord,
41:04When was the last time,
41:05that you spent a good amount of time on it,
41:07to Jesus in the Tabernacle,
41:09when you sacrificed,
41:11What have you sacrificed?
41:13by the Lord,
41:16You love him,
41:18Do you really love Jesus?
41:20Well, ask him.
41:22Let's see if he feels it.
41:25that you have sacrificed,
41:26for your parents,
41:28that you have sacrificed,
41:31for your children,
41:34that you have sacrificed,
41:35for your wife,
41:36that you have sacrificed,
41:38by your husband,
41:39Love is sacrifice,
41:44pass through the cross,
41:45Peter,
41:46You understand,
41:49glory,
41:51pass through the cross,
41:52perfect happiness,
41:54in marriage,
41:55pass through the cross,
41:58perfect happiness,
41:59in the family,
42:00pass through the cross,
42:03perfect happiness,
42:04in our society,
42:05pass through the cross,
42:08the problem,
42:08It's because nobody likes her.
42:09We just want to be happy,
42:14No,
42:15there is no happiness,
42:18if there is no sacrifice,
42:20If I don't show him,
42:22to my wife,
42:23that I love him,
42:25there is no happiness,
42:27if my wife,
42:28It doesn't show me,
42:29who loves me,
42:30there is no happiness,
42:32if my parents,
42:33They don't show me,
42:34who love me,
42:35there is no happiness,
42:36And to show that love,
42:39siblings,
42:40We must die,
42:41sometimes to small things,
42:44and things,
42:46sometimes very large,
42:50Abraham sets the example for us today,
42:51do you love me,
42:54Abraham,
42:55yes sir,
42:57Would you give me your only son?
43:02yes sir,
43:04with all the pain in my heart,
43:07But I love you so much,
43:08If you ask me for my son,
43:12Have it,
43:13Ask yourselves this week,
43:17one another,
43:19if they feel love,
43:21of the people they live with,
43:23at home,
43:24dad,
43:26You feel that I love you,
43:29mother,
43:30You feel that I love you,
43:31son,
43:35You feel that I love you,
43:37wife,
43:39You feel that I love you,
43:42husband,
43:43You feel that I love you,
43:45If the answer is yes,
43:47siblings,
43:48good,
43:50but,
43:52We have to work during Lent,
43:54What things I would have,
43:56that die to them,
43:58so that it would be noticeable,
43:59that I truly love,
44:01Let's do this exercise,
44:04so that love,
44:05let it be clear,
44:07and happiness,
44:08may it become a reality,
44:09in our homes,
44:10and in our church,
44:11Praise be to Jesus Christ.