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00:00Hello, how are you? Welcome back to our prayer workshop.
00:04As we saw in the first topic, prayer is a conversation with God,
00:08a gift from the Lord to experience His presence.
00:12Not just theoretical knowledge, but truly a personal encounter.
00:15which leads us to know him intimately.
00:18In this second topic we will talk about the principles of prayer, that is, the foundations,
00:24the foundations that support our need to talk to God,
00:29to build a living spiritual relationship.
00:33The first thing is that prayer is the foundation of our spiritual life.
00:39The second thing we are going to do is that prayer is the means to grow that relationship with God.
00:44And the third, that prayer should lead us to experience God.
00:49There are many Christian people with a great deal of theological knowledge,
00:55but they don't really cultivate a true intimacy with God.
00:59Prayer is food for the soul.
01:03Without it, our spirit literally dies of starvation.
01:08We have an enemy who knows our Achilles' heel,
01:11And that heel is prayer.
01:14The devil knows that if he attacks there,
01:17if he succeeds in turning us away from prayer,
01:19of that space to relate to God,
01:21The entire spiritual edifice collapses.
01:25It's a crucial point.
01:27Without prayer,
01:29we become merely religious again,
01:32or even worse,
01:34to truly be pagans,
01:36or as Pope Benedict XVI described it,
01:39some neo-pagans, new pagans.
01:42I'll leave that as homework for you to investigate.
01:45What does that mean?
01:46It is enough to remove prayer from our lives and priorities
01:49so that marriages, lives, and vocations fall apart.
01:55As we grow spiritually,
01:57The prayer should increase in time and depth.
02:01Imagine a courtship.
02:03If they stop spending time with each other,
02:05what's happening?
02:06It's over.
02:07When they no longer have time for each other,
02:09when they prioritize football,
02:11friends, female friends,
02:13the party, the series,
02:15Or you tell me whatever you want,
02:16whatever,
02:17as they say colloquially,
02:19That's it, it's over.
02:20But the couple,
02:21Well, it should be the same.
02:22That should be the first thing.
02:24The same thing happens to us with God,
02:26who loves us unconditionally
02:29and never gives up.
02:31The devil will attack your will.
02:33It tempts you with personal pleasures
02:35that literally steal your time.
02:38Or if you manage to pray,
02:40You pray quickly,
02:41losing this depth
02:43that prayer needs to mature,
02:46to remain in this relationship.
02:50The essence of prayer
02:51It is a dialogue with God,
02:54But it is a loving and personal dialogue with God.
02:57This completely changes the dimension.
03:00In the exercise you did
03:02in the first topic,
03:03It was suggested that you try rather
03:05to feel it,
03:08I don't want to say it.
03:10Let me give you, for example,
03:11the theme of lovers,
03:12Because this is, in the end,
03:13a dialogue of love.
03:14It's something that establishes
03:16a romantic relationship.
03:18And finally,
03:19as Saint Teresa would say,
03:20prayer,
03:21unites us to God
03:22to get there
03:23what she calls
03:24the spiritual husband,
03:26where your soul
03:27ends up seduced
03:29and captivated by God,
03:30until the wedding,
03:32that is to say,
03:33to marry God in a mystical sense.
03:36Saint Teresa of Ávila
03:38It has a phrase
03:39which says,
03:40Praying is passing
03:42long periods
03:43with that person
03:45that we know
03:46who loves us.
03:47And who else do we know?
03:48who loves us
03:48but God?
03:50Praying is not praying,
03:51talk,
03:51it's spending long periods of time
03:53and meet.
03:55There is a story
03:57about a person
03:58Juan's name,
03:58Maybe you've already heard it,
04:00who went every day
04:01to the temple,
04:02he sat down
04:0315, 20 minutes,
04:05I didn't know how to pray.
04:06He arrived
04:07And all he said was,
04:08Good morning, sir,
04:10Here I am,
04:12Juan,
04:13reporting in.
04:14It turns out he gets sick
04:15seriously
04:16and he's taking him to the hospital,
04:17It's been a long time,
04:19but remained
04:20always calm
04:21and cheerful
04:21without complaining.
04:23Upon leaving,
04:24When they asked him,
04:25hey,
04:25Why that attitude?
04:26so positive?
04:27He explains to them
04:28that was due
04:29that every day
04:30I used to visit him
04:30an unknown friend
04:31who told her stories
04:33with which he contemplated
04:34the beautiful forest
04:35from the window
04:36and assured him
04:37which would be good.
04:38That's why he was happy.
04:40But the doctor tells him,
04:41Oh, wow,
04:42There is no forest here,
04:43There are only buildings.
04:45Just like John
04:46I was visiting Jesus
04:47in the temple,
04:48Jesus visited him
04:49in the disease.
04:50Now he said to her,
04:52Juan,
04:53Here I am,
04:54Jesus,
04:55reporting in.
04:57The prayer
04:58is that mutual encounter,
05:00As Saint Teresa says,
05:01a meeting
05:02intimate
05:03and loving
05:04with God.
05:05A dialogue
05:06loving
05:07leads to passing
05:09long periods
05:10with the.
05:11Even if you don't know
05:12What can I say?
05:13because sometimes
05:13That's how it goes.
05:14It doesn't matter,
05:16I had,
05:16accompany him.
05:17It is about
05:18simply
05:19of being with him.
05:20It's about accompanying him.
05:22and feel accompanied.
05:24If any dialogue arises,
05:26Alright.
05:27But,
05:27no problem.
05:29Just go see it
05:30and be with him.
05:32This is like a courtship
05:33where sometimes
05:34just by looking at each other
05:35Everything is said,
05:36a deep dialogue takes place.
05:38The moment perhaps
05:39of a communication
05:40more perfect
05:41of a couple
05:42That's when they kiss,
05:43in which all is silence,
05:45a communication
05:46deep.
05:47All this communication
05:49It does not happen
05:49in the blink of an eye,
05:51It requires that we dedicate time to it
05:53time.
05:55Unfortunately,
05:56because we live in a world
05:57where everything has to happen
05:58right now
05:59a world
06:00rewards
06:02snapshots
06:03where also
06:03everything has to be
06:05explicable
06:06and verifiable.
06:07But in God
06:08and in prayer
06:09There are no explanations.
06:11Just like you can
06:12overnight
06:13reach a level
06:14of spirituality
06:16unimaginable,
06:17It can also be
06:18that you come over
06:19lifetime
06:19and not reach
06:21more than as
06:22who says
06:22draw out three drops
06:23water.
06:25Saint Teresa of Ávila
06:26describe
06:27that frustration
06:28initial
06:29that they may experience
06:30those who begin
06:31with meditative prayer.
06:33In his autobiography
06:34says
06:35I hear the water running,
06:38but for more
06:38that I put
06:39the cube
06:40the bucket into the water,
06:41Nothing comes out,
06:42But I hear the water.
06:44The same way
06:45Saint John of the Cross,
06:46while imprisoned
06:47for wanting to reform
06:48Carmel,
06:49write about your experiences
06:50in his writing
06:51The dark night,
06:52It speaks of dryness,
06:54abandonment
06:55and the absence
06:56of sweetness
06:57sensitive
06:57in prayer.
06:59So,
07:00Sometimes we don't have
07:02access to the stream,
07:03But we heard it,
07:04We know it's there,
07:06I know God is there
07:07And he loves me.
07:09As it says
07:10Psalm 23,
07:12even though
07:13through valleys of darkness,
07:14The pastor is there
07:16with his staff
07:17and his silence
07:18defending myself,
07:19protecting me
07:20so that it can arrive
07:21safe and sound
07:22to the fold.
07:23This frustration
07:25initial
07:25makes us lose
07:27the interest.
07:28It seems to us
07:29that we achieved nothing,
07:30we don't see anything
07:31tangible,
07:32besides,
07:33most
07:34now
07:34at speed
07:35of thought.
07:36How is that?
07:37Very fast.
07:38If we add to this
07:39that at the head
07:40A thousand distractions are coming,
07:42the work,
07:43the children,
07:44the concerns,
07:46Let them go,
07:48Slow down,
07:50remember that you are
07:51with the.
07:52So imagine
07:54What are you going to talk about?
07:54with God,
07:55with the thought
07:56And you're going to tell him
07:57the story
07:58of your day.
07:59How much do you like it?
07:59How long will it take you?
08:00Five minutes?
08:01And?
08:02Am I done yet?
08:03What do I say now?
08:04Well, you don't say anything to him.
08:06You're just going to stay
08:08with the
08:08and establish
08:09a relationship
08:10loving
08:11and affective
08:12with the Lord.
08:13When you do
08:14that space
08:15I remember you
08:16that the promises
08:17of the Lord
08:18They are being fulfilled
08:19because Jesus
08:20he told us
08:21in Matthew 28:20
08:23I will be
08:24with you
08:25every day
08:26until the end
08:27of the times
08:28and in Matthew 6:6
08:30also
08:30But when you pray
08:31go into your room
08:33close the door
08:34and pray to your Father
08:36that is in secret
08:37and your Father
08:38who sees in secret
08:40It will reward you.
08:42When you enter
08:43to that space
08:43prayer
08:44You are in space
08:45of God
08:46and prayer
08:47it allows us
08:49experiment
08:50this mystery
08:51of God.
08:52When he/she grows up
08:53the relationship
08:54and arises
08:55the power to say
08:56I love you
08:56that is to say
08:56What can I tell you?
08:58bye
08:58that I love him
08:59is happening
09:00something wonderful
09:02You are entering
09:03to the mystery
09:04of love.
09:06Siblings
09:06love
09:07It's not a thing
09:08It is not measured
09:09It doesn't come off
09:11It does not happen
09:11simply born
09:12exists
09:14because He is God
09:16same
09:16as it tells us
09:17Saint John
09:18in his gospel
09:19God
09:20It's love
09:21is God
09:22that exists
09:23eternally
09:25in this mystery
09:26is where we have
09:27that we move
09:28in which God
09:28exists
09:29and when you enter
09:31to prayer
09:31You are entering
09:33to this mystery
09:34in a way
09:35more sensitive
09:37the mystics
09:38manage to give
09:39this great leap
09:40to the mystery
09:41and yet
09:42they cannot narrate
09:42exactly
09:43what they are experiencing
09:44because of what they are experiencing
09:45It's out of this world
09:47enter this dimension
09:49of existence
09:49of God
09:51provokes love
09:52since there are
09:53abundance
09:54of the Holy Spirit
09:54as if you had
09:56in the puddle
09:57and you come out all wet.
09:58that is to say
09:59you get involved
10:00this environment
10:01to this relationship
10:02with God
10:02and sales
10:03awash
10:04of God
10:04And even if you don't say anything
10:06you'll realize
10:07throughout your day
10:08that something happened
10:10could be
10:10that someday
10:11literally go out
10:12floating
10:13although rather
10:14many times
10:15no problem
10:16in the prayer
10:17There are no little stars
10:18The flowers don't move
10:20There are no special effects.
10:21but your heart
10:23it transforms
10:24your life
10:25it transforms
10:26God's peace
10:27It transforms you
10:28and your day
10:30it transforms
10:31for that action
10:32of God
10:32that began
10:33in the prayer
10:35this dialogue
10:36with the Lord
10:37it moves
10:38in a field
10:38of silence
10:39and of generosity
10:41We need to be generous
10:42wanting to be with Him
10:44give it
10:44my time
10:46which is the most valuable
10:47that I have
10:47There is an example
10:49on social media
10:49I don't know if you've seen it
10:50which I like a lot
10:51from someone
10:52who asks
10:53to other people
10:54if I gave them
10:55one million dollars
10:56would they accept it?
10:57the answer
10:58obvious
10:59It is therefore clear
10:59TRUE?
11:00and then he tells them
11:01Well
11:01But if I tell you
11:03I'll give it to you
11:04with the condition
11:04that tomorrow
11:05Don't wake up anymore
11:07what's happening?
11:08well, under that condition
11:09everyone tells him
11:10of course not
11:11And you're right.
11:12because our time
11:14It's worth much more
11:15that
11:16then dedicate it
11:17this time
11:18to prayer
11:18It is a sample
11:20of generosity
11:21with God
11:21that will generate
11:23a dialogue
11:23that brings us closer
11:24and identifies us
11:25if it turns out
11:27that you neglect
11:27your time
11:28prayer
11:29or you just stop.
11:30the prayer
11:30just like everything else
11:32love and friendship
11:33He's going to die
11:34the relationships
11:35they require time
11:36to stay
11:38on the other hand
11:39the prayer
11:39that identifies us
11:40with God
11:41But about this
11:42we'll talk
11:43in the second part
11:44on the topic
11:44of the prayer