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00:00Hello, how are you? Welcome to the seventh session of the subject Formation of
00:19Preachers. In the previous session we saw how to organize the message with its eight parts
00:26fundamental, all of this as part of the overall planning of the topic. Now we will see what the
00:37Sources of information and how to delve deeper into the message of the topic you are developing. Remember
00:45The development of the topic I'm referring to is your desk work. Let's start by talking about
00:54Sources of information. A preacher specializes in seeking out and finding the different
01:02ways in which God communicates. It is like a receiver that can pick up short waves and
01:10Long and all kinds of messages regardless of the code they are inscribed in. The Virgin
01:19Mary received the word and it became flesh in her womb and in her heart. She was able
01:29To hear an inaudible word and believe in the impossible. This is a model of a preacher.
01:38Listen and believe in the word, and then share it with the world. Our role is to be instruments.
01:50necessary, since God wanted to save humanity through preaching, for faith comes through the
01:59Listening to the word of God. Many preach inaccurately, not for lack of qualities, but because they have not listened to the word of God.
02:10Knowing how to pursue the message. Where we look depends on what we find. Hence the importance
02:20to do it properly. So, we will first explore the main ways that
02:30They lead us to where the message can be found. There are primarily four routes to follow.
02:40With eyes open and ears attentive to discover messages at every turn. The sources of
02:50Information requires our dynamism to discover its richness. These are four. The cosmological path, the path
03:02anthropological, the path of revelation, and finally the path of the Church's magisterium. Let's look first at the anthropological path, the path of revelation, and finally the path of the Church's magisterium.
03:14Cosmological. Through the cosmological path, God is found through what He has created. Nature
03:24It contains the work of God. It is a trace that allows us to glimpse the greatness of the Creator. Who does not know?
03:33To appreciate created things is like being blind, unable to perceive colors and shapes. The preacher
03:44He must be sensitive to the language of creation, as Saint John of the Cross tells us in his canticle
03:51spiritual. Instead of spending hours watching television, the preacher should investigate the world
04:00of nature. One must be enraptured and discover the wonder of creation in order to then translate it into
04:09In simple language, the wealth of knowledge he has discovered. As an example of the cosmological path,
04:19We have the expression "the Alpha and the Omega." We know that Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, but explaining that these are
04:30The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet tell us very little. It's more meaningful to use a
04:40An example from nature like this. A scientific study on wolves discovered that there is
04:49One who goes at the front of the pack. This is called the alpha wolf. This wolf is the one who commands and leads all the others.
05:01Furthermore, his authority is absolute. When another wolf leader appears to challenge his role, they fight, and the one who
05:12The one who loses becomes the omega wolf of the pack. When there is danger to the pack, the one who goes out on his own
05:22Defense is not the alpha wolf, but the omega wolf. The alpha wolf is the one who shows the way and decides what
05:31Hunting, but it is the omega who risks his life. Faced with the danger of others, the omega wolf ignores the
05:41rear guard at the front of the pack and is the first to die for it.
05:46Jesus Christ is alpha because he is king and lord, but he is also omega because he has willingly exposed
05:59and gave his life so that we might have it in abundance. We must sharpen our vision
06:08to discover God's footprints in the natural environment. To sharpen your ear to hear the
06:16The delicate voice of God that speaks to us through the smallest things. Jesus continually used
06:26the language of nature, since he alluded to at least 20 animals. He referred to the signs
06:35of the times, the seasons, the clouds, the rain, the heat, etc. Jesus made the message clear
06:46of God in the yeast and the mustard seed, in the wheat and the barley. Agricultural life was one of his
06:57preferred means of communication, since he spoke of sowing, harvesting, fruits, the vine, etc.
07:06Therefore, the cosmological path constitutes a very important source of information for the preacher.
07:16Now, let's look at the second source, the anthropological approach.
07:24Man himself is the presence of God in this world. We are made in his image and likeness.
07:36And whoever cannot discover God in man, his history and his life, is not capable of finding Him anywhere.
07:45There are several main aspects that lead us down this path. To be precise, there are six.
07:54The organism, the history, the music, the biographies, the culture and also the analysis of reality.
08:07Let's talk first about the organism, that is, the human organism.
08:17This, due to its complexity and perfection, leads us to God.
08:23Genes, for example, are the basis of heredity.
08:27The human brain is the most perfect computer that exists.
08:32Man has the ability to convert particular and concrete objects into abstract and universal ideas.
08:44He possesses intelligence, imagination, and memory.
08:51Another highlight is the process of cell division during gestation.
08:57Another important aspect to consider is history.
09:05Every action, every era, and every culture has a salvific message for us.
09:13We only need to look back through time to discover great lessons in the characters of the past.
09:22Ordinary people, heroes, and all kinds of events.
09:27The preacher must be a spectator throughout the entire unfolding of human history.
09:36You should get into the habit of reading newspapers and listening to and watching the news.
09:42The preacher cannot live isolated from human reality, from wars, hunger, injustice, etc.
09:53Because one becomes a person without the ability to discover the absence of God in these events.
10:00As we discussed in previous sessions, the preacher announces and denounces.
10:08It proclaims the presence of God through the traits of love, generosity, and altruism in human beings.
10:19Denounce, denounce the absence of God through wars, injustices, divisions, and all kinds of selfishness and evil.
10:31The third aspect to consider in the anthropological approach is music.
10:39Popular songs are an excellent springboard for preaching in everyday language.
10:45Today's songs are full of revenge, shamelessness, arrogance, envy, pride, selfishness, and many other things that are included in their songs.
11:02And it would be a shame to miss any examples that people use in daily life influenced by these songs.
11:11The fourth aspect of interest in the anthropological approach includes biographies.
11:19The life and work of great human beings enrich a sermon when the positive actions and thoughts they have left to humanity are highlighted.
11:34The fifth aspect to consider is culture.
11:38The preacher cannot live without knowing history.
11:44He is a person who knows the ground he walks on.
11:48The information you obtained in the audience analysis regarding its demographics is very important when you get to this aspect.
11:57Aspect number 6 is the analysis of reality.
12:05There is no better way for people to open up to the message than by starting from their own situation.
12:12People know when a sermon has the feel of the book and when we truly speak to them in their language, touching on their points of interest.
12:24The preacher feels the weight of his people, suffers with them, and that is why he is able to illuminate the situation with the word of God.
12:37to provide an answer to specific life situations.
12:54The truth is that the ...