00:00It's my pleasure to speak after all these weeks, days of stress, anxiety, of fear.
00:11But according to the scriptures, do not be afraid because I am with you always.
00:19So it happened on June 28.
00:24I was walking to Mars, as I do every Sunday.
00:29And, of course, every day when I was stopped by the ice just here at the school,
00:38honestly, in that moment, I did not understand what was going on or what was happening to me
00:45because I was busy reflecting on the readings of the Mars that very day.
00:50I was very much afraid with cold swath.
00:55I can just hear my heart, very tachycardic.
01:01I have been in this community more than a week, more than a decade.
01:08I have cared for the sick as a nurse in various hospitals.
01:13I did not expect on an ordinary Sunday morning when people should be ready to go to Mass to worship
01:24the Lord.
01:26On the street here, just here in front of the school, I have walked here, passed by this same road,
01:37countless number of times.
01:40It was a Sunday, and more than anything else, I was scheduled as Eucharistic minister at 8.45 a.m.,
01:51walking again, thinking about that moment, meditating on the readings of the day as I was walking, as I always
02:02do.
02:04Of course, as a Eucharistic minister, I was preparing myself to deliver or to give the Lord to my fellow
02:11community.
02:13I have not missed Mass, and as we all know, Sunday Mass is obligatory.
02:21And we have to attend Mass every day if you can, and Sunday is mandatory.
02:26And this, for me, a nun not to go to Mass on Sunday, not to receive Communion, it was very,
02:35very heartbreaking for me.
02:38I was told, even when I told him, can I go to Mass?
02:42Can I just attend Mass?
02:44Can I receive Communion?
02:45And the answer was no.
02:49So, I did not do anything else when I have two men armed.
02:55I'm just a small woman, a nun, armed less, just with my rosary, my key, and my phone.
03:06I will not pretend it hurts, and it's still hurting me up to today.
03:13In the days since I have prayed a great deal, not only for myself, but about the fear I felt
03:21that morning and up to this moment.
03:28It means I carry a lot of burden in me.
03:34That same very day, quietly, there are so many people in that same situation, like me, that are not, no
03:44cameras or no attention.
03:47They are still there, languishing in the same situation.
03:52I am not only the only one.
03:54There are many others in this same situation.
03:57People who have been given some form of protection under our laws,
04:04who have followed every road asked of them,
04:08and who still live with uncertainty about where they might be sent,
04:15and whether anyone will tell them before it happens.
04:21I do not say this just out of anger.
04:25I say it because of my faith, and the faith that teaches me not to be silent,
04:35because silence or afraid is not going to solve any problem.
04:40I'm speaking this out of peace and honesty in my heart.
04:47I'm grateful of this community, and all of you that came around me on that faithful day,
04:56on that dark moment, June 28th.
05:01But gratitude does not mean I can stay quiet about what happened to me,
05:09or about what is still happening to others,
05:12and at the moment, what I am still feeling.
05:17What I am asking is just simple.
05:20Before anyone, anyone, anyone is being taken into custody,
05:25or being taken anywhere from home, from their parishes,
05:30from their places of work, or even walking on the streets,
05:34just to give them the chance,
05:37give them the opportunity,
05:39so that they can be heard.
05:42It is not just a simple request.
05:45It is just, I believe,
05:47every person in this situation like me
05:52deserves to be heard,
05:54deserves to be listening to,
05:57deserves to be given attention
05:58and opportunity,
06:01and to give them another chance
06:03to say what they have.
06:06Thank you.
06:07Thank you.
06:13Thank you.
06:14Thank you.
06:15Thank you.
06:15Thank you.
06:15Gracias.
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