00:00Welcome to Mater Ecclesia. I invite you to prepare yourselves at this moment so that the Lord may...
00:22Give us disciple's ears and an open heart in our seventh discipleship training session.
00:27In the last session, we reflected on the first three relationships that every disciple must have with Jesus our Lord.
00:37We realized how important it is to experience them in order to continue walking with Him.
00:43Today we will look at the following three relationships of the disciple. Relationship in love and freedom.
00:51Fourth relationship, with the Holy Spirit as guide.
00:55The disciple of Jesus is animated by the same Spirit that begot Jesus and anointed him with power,
01:03enabling him to perform his ministry.
01:06He inspires us with the same force as he inspired Jesus and shares his feelings, criteria, and values with us.
01:13He is precisely the one who authorizes us as disciples and transforms us into teachers in the image and likeness of Jesus.
01:20Three biblical images bring us closer to the mystery of the Spirit.
01:25Water, fire, and wind.
01:29The Spirit is identified with water because it is a source of life.
01:34It communicates the life of God to the believer until he is transformed into Christ Jesus, his Master.
01:40But all of us, who with unveiled face reflect the glory of the Lord,
01:48We are transforming into that same image, becoming more and more glorious.
01:53In 2 Corinthians 3:18 the Scriptures tell us,
01:57The Holy Spirit is like rain, water that penetrates the dry earth of the disciples who open their hearts to this action.
02:11As a good disciple, I invite you to invoke the Holy Spirit every single day, so that He may pour out upon your life like fertile rain.
02:20so that it may cause good seeds to sprout that He Himself placed in each of us.
02:25Why the fire?
02:28Because when the Holy Spirit makes itself present in a special way, people are never the same.
02:36A change occurs; no one remains indifferent if a flame appears on their head.
02:43I remember when I first had the experience of asking the Holy Spirit for my life.
02:49From that moment on, it allowed me to see things differently.
02:53And it began to light my way so that I would not be afraid.
02:57He poured warmth into my being so that I wouldn't stay huddled up or with my hands clasped in a closed space.
03:05He gave me what I needed,
03:08because my past life without Him was very cold and at the same time very dark.
03:15I felt alone, afraid, nothing made sense to me and everything seemed like nothing.
03:24Things are different today.
03:26With the Holy Spirit, I keep Jesus present in my life.
03:31With Him I feel the Father's love and I identify strongly with my brothers and sisters in living in unity.
03:37Just as fire purifies and ignites everything it touches, so is the work of the Spirit.
03:46It purifies us and ignites us with the living flame of love that the mystics speak of.
03:53It is a fire that illuminates the mystery of God and reveals the complete truth to us.
03:58The Holy Spirit, with respect to Jesus, makes Christ present in our midst
04:04and makes it possible for the Master's words not to be lost,
04:10do not lose sight of their effectiveness or their power,
04:13but on the contrary, may it reach fullness and much more.
04:19The Holy Spirit, in relation to God, enables us to experience divine filiation,
04:24an essential point for every disciple of Jesus.
04:29For they did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear.
04:35Rather, they received a spirit of adoption that makes us exclaim,
04:40Abba Father, Romans 8.15.
04:44The Holy Spirit, with respect to others,
04:49is the one who forms a Christian community,
04:52transforming it into the body of Christ.
04:56Jesus' disciples, inspired by the Holy Spirit,
05:01They live the unity of the body of Christ.
05:05The wind of the Spirit blows as it wills,
05:08with complete freedom.
05:11You can feel it, but you can't see it.
05:13We don't know where it comes from or where it's going,
05:17But we are called to be led by him.
05:19The disciple of Jesus,
05:23He has a personal relationship with the third person of the Holy Trinity.
05:28It does not reduce it to a force.
05:31Not only the bond between the Father and the Son.
05:35It is a person.
05:37This is the key to his life,
05:39the driving force behind their activity and the secret of their fertility.
05:42The Holy Spirit is like an inner teacher,
05:48like a doctor of the soul,
05:50as a specialist in internal massages.
05:54The Holy Spirit is a generous spring for all disciples,
06:00an overflowing fountain that always gives.
06:04That is why he always invites us to give generously.
06:07Sometimes we don't realize the truth,
06:11of what Saint Francis of Assisi said.
06:14It is in giving that we receive.
06:18Fifth relationship,
06:20the disciple with others as brothers.
06:25One teacher and you are all brothers.
06:30Matthew 23:8
06:31All of Jesus' disciples consider God to be their Father.
06:37That is why their constant prayer is Our Father.
06:42However,
06:43Filiation necessarily entails fraternity, which extends to every person.
06:48regardless of social class,
06:51creed,
06:52the title or ecclesiastical function.
06:55Therefore,
06:57He never feels superior or better than others.
07:00But at the same time,
07:03Nor does he suffer from any inferiority complex,
07:06nor does he bow down to the signs of power or worth of this world.
07:11He knows that he forms a body where everyone has their place.
07:14and where everyone needs everyone else.
07:18If original sin manifests itself in Cain,
07:21who murders his younger brother,
07:23The fruit of redemption is that the disciple of Jesus is concerned precisely with the least brother.
07:31He knows that salvation is not a personal matter,
07:35nor less individualistic,
07:37but we are all in the same boat
07:40and together we reach port or together we perish.
07:43The pilgrimage towards the promised land
07:47It's done in a caravan,
07:49never alone.
07:51In this they will recognize
07:53who are my disciples
07:55if they love one another.
07:58Saint John 13:35
08:00In this way,
08:04the way of life of Jesus' disciples
08:06It is nothing other than love.
08:09We are disciples to the extent that we have love for one another.
08:15Love as total as that of Christ Jesus to us.
08:19A love that gives one's life for the beloved.
08:23Some have wanted to replace the disciple's badge with medals,
08:28devotions,
08:29a pilgrimage to the last place
08:31where the Virgin Mary is supposedly appearing,
08:35compliance with certain rules,
08:38a cross hanging on the chest
08:39or receive communion nine first Fridays.
08:42But if there is no love,
08:44He is not a disciple of Jesus.
08:47Even if the sacraments have been received
08:50and to have a friendship with the bishop,
08:53If there is no love,
08:55It's like a bell
08:56that does not play.
08:58Even if religious vows are taken
09:00or a church ministry is exercised without love,
09:05It would be like salt that loses its flavor.
09:07Love of God
09:08It necessarily leads us to love our neighbor.
09:13They are two inseparable aspects of the same and only love.
09:18If anyone says
09:19I love God
09:20and hates his brother,
09:22He's a liar.
09:25For whoever does not love his brother,
09:26whom he sees,
09:28cannot love God,
09:29whom he does not see.
09:311 John 4:20
09:33The test of love for God
09:36It is measured tangibly and unequivocally in love for one's brother.
09:40That's how simple and complicated it is to be a disciple of Jesus.
09:46Love is not a feeling,
09:49but a decision.
09:51To be at the service of one's brother,
09:54sacrificing even their own comfort,
09:57reputation and all kinds of personal advantages,
10:00in order to help those in need.
