1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:06,599 Prayer of the heart Thursday of the sixth week of Easter. Come Holy Spirit 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:11,679 and help me to put in your presence everything that worries me, everything that 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:16,440 worries me, everything that disturbs my peace. You know what my deepest concerns 4 00:00:16,679 --> 00:00:23,000 are, but I want to tell you, because it' s better to 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,640 share them with you than to pretend to face them with my few human forces. 6 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:32,560 Listen to me, sir, because I cry out to you with all 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,000 my soul to you and raise my arms and I pray that you will help 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:41,399 me. Today we celebrate St Isaiah the Prophet. The Gospel is from St 9 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:47,840 John chapter sixteen verses, sixteen to twenty. You won' t see me 10 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,679 in a while, but in a little while you' ll see me again. 11 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,719 We commented on some of the disciples in tonces. What does that mean? 12 00:00:55,759 --> 00:00:58,520 Sooner or later you won' t see me, but soon or later 13 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:03,799 you saw me again? And that' s what I' m going to 14 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:07,719 the father and they were wondering what that little thing did. We don' 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,239 t understand what he' s saying. Jesus understood that they wanted to ask 16 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,920 him and told them that you are discussing what I told you. Soon you 17 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,000 will no longer see me and within a little while you will see in truth 18 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,519 again, Verily I say unto you, ye shall weep and wash yourselves. 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,319 While the world will be joyful, you will be sad. But will your 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:36,719 sadness become joy? But will your sadness become joy? These farewell words of 21 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,680 Christ to his disciples recorded in chapter sixteen of the Gospel of St John. 22 00:01:42,239 --> 00:01:48,319 They tell us about joy after sadness. You apostles had the great joy of 23 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:53,680 seeing the risen Christ, but before you saw the apparent failure of the Lord 24 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:59,079 at Calvary. They went through the pain of seeing from seeing their master taken 25 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:04,159 or l lns, treated, crucified and dead. They now enjoy in heaven 26 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,960 the eternal and very close beneficence of Christ. But here on earth, they 27 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:14,879 suffered all kinds of persecution to be faithful to God, to bear witness to 28 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:20,199 the Gospel, to proclaim the good news of Jesus of Nazareth, to preach 29 00:02:20,199 --> 00:02:24,319 Christ, who was crucified and resurrected, to an entire pagan world. Motive 30 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:29,520 of joy. It is the love that Christ has for us to know that 31 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,919 we are loved by God as the Father sent me I love myself so I 32 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,400 have also loved you this. I tell you this so that I may enjoy 33 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,639 myself with you and you may rejoice. A Christian, a child of God, 34 00:02:40,199 --> 00:02:46,680 has every reason to be always happy about how much he has received from 35 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:52,319 God. The benefits exceed the number as they depart from the sea rejoiced always 36 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,360 a lord again rhodigo gladdens St Paul says in the Letter of the Lipenses. 37 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,680 Joy is an integral part of the Christian' s cane. Why should it 38 00:03:00,759 --> 00:03:06,280 be a sower of peace and joy and should always be manifested in the life 39 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,240 of each one and in the serene and joyful atmosphere of each Christian family? 40 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:15,319 Saint Joseph Mary said, the virtue of hope, assurance that God governs us 41 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:22,719 with his provident omnipotence that gives us the necessary means. He tells us of 42 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:28,840 the Lord' s continuing kindness to men with me, always willing to hear 43 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,919 us because he never tires of listening. He is interested in your joys, 44 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,520 your successes, your love and also your troubles, your pain, your failures. 45 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,159 That' s why you don' t expect him on it. Only 46 00:03:38,199 --> 00:03:43,520 when you press yourself with your divinity, address your Heavenly father in favorable and 47 00:03:43,759 --> 00:03:49,599 adverse circumstances, accepting his mercy, his merciful protection, and the certainty of 48 00:03:49,639 --> 00:03:57,360 our personal unignulity. It does not take great humility to recognize this reality. 49 00:03:57,719 --> 00:04:02,960 We are an authentic multitude of s It will be brought into an irresistible fortress, 50 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:09,159 because to the left of our self will be Christ and that figure in 51 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:14,000 measurable turns out the lord is my strength and my refuge to whom I will 52 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:15,279 fear so far the text of St Joseph Mary. Joy is the fruit of 53 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:20,240 faith in the abandonment of God, of generosity, of the dedication of duty 54 00:04:20,319 --> 00:04:26,759 to every Christian. It is to lead peace and happiness through numerous ambient paths 55 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,480 of the earth in a crusade of recirement and joy that renews, that removes 56 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:36,360 to the musty and rotten hearts and lifts them up to it. And if 57 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:41,079 that joy is lacking, it is that something does not stand between us and 58 00:04:41,079 --> 00:04:45,879 God. Christian joy proceeds the effective desire to do the holy will of God 59 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:49,920 in everything. If we do so, we will always discover motives and sources 60 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,800 of muse joy. To live in grace and to have a clean soul, 61 00:04:55,839 --> 00:05:00,040 to practice the forgetfulness of the same thing by turning away the selfishness that can 62 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,160 make us happy an hour or a day, but makes us unhappy for all 63 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:09,439 life, the spirit of service or the joy of serving others, the fulfillment 64 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:13,480 of the will of God that always brings us joy and peace, generosity, 65 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:18,319 humility, sincerity to know if instrument in the hands of God the seventy- 66 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:24,480 two disciples returned and to us of joy saying Lord even the demons were submitted 67 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:28,680 to us in your name. But joy is found only in the encounter with 68 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,439 Christ. Only God sought and loved with sincere love, is strong with joy, 69 00:05:33,639 --> 00:05:38,600 is hereity and peace, said St John Palo II. The wizard kings 70 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:43,399 were filled with immense joy when they saw a star, a joy that tells 71 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:48,600 them where God was, the star- albera wizards felt great joy. Therefore, 72 00:05:48,879 --> 00:05:53,839 if we discover there we love God, we will always be happy for 73 00:05:53,879 --> 00:05:57,360 what happens when they live happily. I' m happy. I should not 74 00:05:57,399 --> 00:06:01,000 be looking at my life and said St Joseph Mary doing a self- consciousness 75 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,800 exam. But I feel happy because I see that the Lord is looking for 76 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:11,439 me once again that the Lord is still my father with God I thought every 77 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:14,839 day seems more attractive. I' m going to live in little dogs. 78 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,519 One day I consider another detail magnificent. I discover a picture I had not 79 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,439 noticed before. By the way, I don' t know what would happen 80 00:06:23,439 --> 00:06:27,000 with time. Then I noticed that he assured me, for every day will 81 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,360 be greater. You' re happy because you' ll give more and more 82 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,439 in the divine adventure, in the big mess I' ve gotten you into. 83 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:39,639 I will see that I do not leave you says St Joseph Mary in 84 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:45,920 groove, neither external setbacks nor personal miseries can take away a joy, because 85 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,839 God can get good out of everything. We must foretell them with peace and 86 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:56,199 knowing that if we regard them as the will of God, even though we 87 00:06:56,199 --> 00:06:58,839 do not understand them, they will not make us sad. He has measured 88 00:06:58,879 --> 00:07:02,600 a cloud of lack, of desire, of loss, of illusion. Eight 89 00:07:02,639 --> 00:07:09,240 Basques have fallen in sadness with the clear feeling of being gifted and as a 90 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:14,240 colophon. You were stalked by decays born of a more or less objective reality. 91 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,680 So many years fighting and you' re still so far back, so 92 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:23,839 far away. All that is necessary and God has that to reach the goz 93 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:29,399 of a gobache. True peace and joy. We must add to the conviction 94 00:07:29,439 --> 00:07:33,120 of our divine affliction, which does not fill optimism, the recognition of one 95 00:07:34,279 --> 00:07:38,680 ’ s own personal weakness. Allery is key in our lives. If it 96 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:44,439 is missing, we cannot expect it to come alone, but we must regain 97 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,519 it by considering our divine affiliation. Knowing and living as children of God, 98 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:56,560 we cannot be sad, because with sadness, the devil destroys us. God 99 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,959 does not want us happy on earth with a happiness that is relative, compatible 100 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:07,160 with tears, with pain. That' s what we' re gonna be. 101 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:11,839 That is a joy forgiveness that is confirmed by living small things. All 102 00:08:11,879 --> 00:08:16,519 right, sir boburo and faithful. He has been faithful, or I will 103 00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:20,079 make you little sombre much enter into the joy of you. Sir. If 104 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,920 we militate, we will conclude that we must always be happy, because the 105 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,560 life of the Christian is a continuous happiness, Loneliness is the bitterness of the 106 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,879 great. We really want him. We truly love each other and note the 107 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:39,080 joyous affection of others in their family, of our friends. This is what 108 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:43,120 we must be able to convey. We must be builders of peace and joy 109 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:48,080 with the serenity of the one who has the presence of God and the joy 110 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,759 of surrender. The joy of our Christian life must be noted in order to 111 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:58,440 make others happy. It is true what Urteaga' s sador or loidy described 112 00:08:58,919 --> 00:09:05,559 in that always cheerful to make others happy. You of the blessing that may 113 00:09:05,639 --> 00:09:07,279 be in your heart, gentlemen, that you may know evil with all of 114 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,840 him, that your lips may be in order that you may speak with strength 115 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:15,919 and yield his resurrection, that your arms may be in order that you may 116 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,559 work without rest for his sake, and that I may postulate his kingdom, 117 00:09:18,799 --> 00:09:24,440 that your feet may be in the paths of the peace of the Lord He 118 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,399 will show you that your eyes may be clean, that your eyes may see 119 00:09:28,399 --> 00:09:31,679 Jesus in others, that he may be in your joy, that you may 120 00:09:31,879 --> 00:09:35,399 never lose it, even if you have reason and can give it to others 121 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:35,399 in the name of the father and son and of the Holy Spirit Amen.