00:00Hello dear brothers and sisters! Greeting you again in these capsules of Knowing to Love.
00:08And well, I'll take this opportunity to answer another brief question from our brother Alexis from Guadalajara.
00:16He asks us, Father, what does rest in the spirit mean?
00:30Well then, my dear brother, rest in the spirit is a profound spiritual experience
00:56which generally occurs during prayer. Everything seems to indicate, based on the testimonies of those who have experienced it, that they have lived it.
01:05which is very similar to what Saint Teresa describes when she refers to the prayer of quiet.
01:11It is therefore already a type of static contemplative prayer in which God
01:19It captivates the will so that it becomes fixed in him.
01:26This causes the person to get lost or even lose their balance
01:34And that's why people fall, which is where the name "rest in the spirit" comes from.
01:40In this state of prayer, one generally experiences a great sweetness
01:46product of the active presence of the spirit in the soul of the person experiencing it at that moment.
01:52The experience may be long or short, however the soul is left with such inner peace.
01:59Even though God no longer works directly in her, the memory of His visit will remain.
02:08That sweetness from having been in contact with God is why many people take a long time to recover.
02:15and to rejoin, and it also makes for a very great enjoyment to the fullest.
02:25within these wonderful experiences of God's love.
02:29It's something that remains, sometimes the person has already come out of the ecstasy, so to speak.
02:36But she continues to experience the sweetness and depth of God's love in her heart.
02:43This manifestation of the spirit is multiplying in prayer groups
02:48as an express way in which God continues to manifest his love and presence in the Christian community.
02:58Many theologians believe that this has multiplied in the midst of an unbelieving and rationalistic world
03:04to reveal to man the existence and power of God and make it an experience of conversion.
03:12Saint Teresa says that continuing with a life that renounces sin definitively
03:19And respond to the action of grace; this prayer will be the beginning of a life of prayer.
03:26which will surely end in a spiritual betrothal or in a word from the saint in the king's chamber,
03:34that's where the spirit truly dwells.
03:37However, he sadly says that most people at this point
03:42They return and do not continue with the project of total consecration of their lives to His Majesty,
03:50She says, that is, to God.
03:52I'll finish by telling you that it's common for people who don't know about this
03:56tend to reject it out of fear and thus lose a wonderful experience of God's love.
04:03On the other hand, there are also people who exaggerate and even invent participating in this gift from God.
04:12They deceive themselves in the spiritual life.
04:16Those who do this will hardly see growth in their spiritual life.
04:21Those who deceive themselves in the spiritual life will never grow.
04:24Well, hopefully this has answered your question.
04:29And I'll see you in our next segment.
04:33to continue making progress on these issues that surely strengthen our faith.
04:39May the Lord bless you, and may our Blessed Mother shelter you in her mantle.
04:43And we'll see you in our next capsule.
04:47Until then.
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