Desafio MVO | Preparatória 3 | Vida de Oração — Transcript

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1. 0:00Welcome, very welcome. Today we are
2. 0:04going to talk about the first pillar of
3. 0:06the routine I proposed to you, right? I
4. 0:09proposed it in a basic way because at
5. 0:11the end of this preparation, we will
6. 0:13talk about routine again, okay? What I
7. 0:16consider the most important of all,
8. 0:18this pillar is the life of prayer.
9. 0:22Before anything else, I want to tell
10. 0:24you something very directly. If you
11. 0:27don't have a consistent prayer life,
12. 0:29everything else we try to build in
13. 0:31these nine days will be very difficult
14. 0:34to sustain. Prayer is not just an item
15. 0:37on a list; it is the foundation, it is
16. 0:39the base, it is what gives meaning to
17. 0:40everything that comes after. So let's
18. 0:42get started, shall we? First, the first
19. 0:45step is for you to have a physical
20. 0:47space reserved for your prayer. It
21. 0:49doesn't need to be a large space, it
22. 0:50doesn't need to be luxurious or
23. 0:52elaborate, but it must exist. So, if it
24. 0:55doesn't exist, this little corner of
25. 0:56your house, which could be a small
26. 0:58table, a shelf, a corner of the room,
27. 0:59then provide it, okay? Put the basics
28. 1:02there: a Bible, a rosary, a candle,
29. 1:04maybe an image, and that's it. That is
30. 1:07the minimum. But if you want to go a
31. 1:09little further, add incense. And I
32. 1:11strongly recommend the incense from
33. 1:13Milagros, which is the Brazilian
34. 1:15company that supplies the Vatican and
35. 1:16several monasteries and churches here
36. 1:18in Brazil as well. It's the only one I
37. 1:21use here in my home, okay? You can find
38. 1:23it on their website and in various
39. 1:25Catholic spaces. This is not an
40. 1:26advertisement, it's just a
41. 1:27recommendation, right? So you don't say
42. 1:29, or send me a message asking. "But
43. 1:31which incense?" Anyway, I'm already
44. 1:33telling you which incense. So, if
45. 1:35you've never used incense and don't
46. 1:37know which scent you prefer, buy a
47. 1:39smaller size, okay? That works well,
48. 1:42right? They have some small ones, okay?
49. 1:45If you have images of your devotion,
50. 1:47put them there. And I suggest that you
51. 1:49have at least a crucifix and an image
52. 1:51of Our Lady, okay? We are in the period
53. 1:55of the St. Michael Lent. So you can
54. 1:57also place an image of St. Michael if
55. 1:59you have one. If you don't have any
56. 2:00images, you can print them out. You can
57. 2:02print an image of St. Michael. It works
58. 2:04well, it's all fine. I've done it that
59. 2:05way before. You can also leave a book
60. 2:07there for your daily spiritual reading.
61. 2:09And I usually leave The Imitation of
62. 2:11Christ, okay? Because the pages are
63. 2:14short, perfect for your morning prayer
64. 2:16time, for you to reflect on that
65. 2:18teaching throughout the day, okay?
66. 2:20During these days, you can print and
67. 2:22keep your challenge planner handy, okay
68. 2:24? And everything will then be organized
69. 2:27for you to follow along. Now let's get
70. 2:30to the routine itself. Woke up? Go to
71. 2:32your prayer space, sit down, light your
72. 2:34candle, the incense, and begin. My
73. 2:37suggestion is this sequence. Pray the
74. 2:40full rosary, then offer a prayer from
75. 2:42your own heart, speak to God in your
76. 2:45own words the way you speak to someone
77. 2:47you love, you know? Treat God as God
78. 2:52the Father, right? As a father, and you
79. 2:55place yourself as his child. OK? So, if
80. 2:59you don't know how to do this, I
81. 3:00recommend the videos by Dr. Filó,
82. 3:02right? To me, she is a master at this
83. 3:04and I won't be teaching you how to do
84. 3:06it. It is better for you to look for
85. 3:08Dr. Filó herself, OK? During this time
86. 3:11, also add the prayer to Saint Michael,
87. 3:13the exorcism that Pope Leo wrote, which
88. 3:15is very powerful, okay? I also add the
89. 3:18prayer to Saint Benedict because he is
90. 3:21a saint of my devotion, OK? Sometimes,
91. 3:24depending on the time of year, I add
92. 3:26other prayers. Then you will do a brief
93. 3:28reading of the Bible. And here I
94. 3:31suggest you do your lectio divina,
95. 3:32which is a way of reading the Bible,
96. 3:34right? You read, pause, reflect, let
97. 3:38the word work within you, respond with
98. 3:40prayer, and there are questions in the
99. 3:43planner to help you do this lectio
100. 3:44divina, okay? And then a brief reading
101. 3:48of whatever book you like. In my case,
102. 3:50it's The Imitation of Christ, or the
103. 3:52spiritual book you chose. Finished
104. 3:55studying? Without putting out the
105. 3:57candle and without rushing, you will
106. 3:58have a moment of meditation and
107. 4:00visualization. The meditation is simple
108. 4:02. You surrender into the Father's arms
109. 4:03and stay there for a while. Surrender
110. 4:05your prayer, that moment in silence.
111. 4:08Surrender yourself to God, do you
112. 4:09understand? To his presence. The
113. 4:11visualization comes right after. And I
114. 4:13know this word sometimes causes
115. 4:14discomfort in the context of the
116. 4:16Catholic faith, especially, but I need
117. 4:17to say that it has nothing to do with
118. 4:19esotericism. Father Christian Chancar,
119. 4:22for example, he speaks about this with
120. 4:24clarity in his videos and he brings up
121. 4:27the issue of neuroscience, that
122. 4:28visualization is a real tool for mental
123. 4:31and spiritual transformation. How does
124. 4:33this work? You will close your eyes and
125. 4:35you have to imagine it as if you were
126. 4:37living in a movie, in such a way that
127. 4:39you are feeling it, you have emotion,
128. 4:41understand? If you asked for healing
129. 4:43for yourself or someone else, you will
130. 4:44visualize that scene of you being
131. 4:46healed, or the person being healed or
132. 4:47receiving the news of the cure; if you
133. 4:49asked for liberation from something,
134. 4:50you will see yourself already free. It
135. 4:52is not about seeing yourself asking or
136. 4:54in the process, no. You have to see the
137. 4:56final stage, when that has already
138. 4:58happened, see yourself giving thanks,
139. 4:59for example, do you understand? This is
140. 5:01not doubting God, okay? This is a way,
141. 5:05let's say, of helping. It is even a
142. 5:09form of prayer. This whole routine,
143. 5:11right? takes about half an hour, okay?
144. 5:14So, if you say: "Look, I don't have
145. 5:16half an hour at all," couldn't you wake
146. 5:20up 30 minutes earlier? But if it is
147. 5:23really not possible, I don't know,
148. 5:25given your life, right? Do the minimum:
149. 5:27pray one decade of the rosary, do a
150. 5:30very brief biblical reading, keep the
151. 5:32moment of meditation and visualization,
152. 5:35and reduce it to 15 minutes, okay? But
153. 5:38do not give up this time with God in
154. 5:40your first moment, because that is
155. 5:42putting God first, right? Uh, one of
156. 5:45the ways, okay? Now, besides this
157. 5:49morning moment, I propose something
158. 5:51that has a lot to do with Saint
159. 5:53Benedict, okay? Prayer throughout the
160. 5:55day, at several moments. The idea is
161. 5:57simple. You pray the rosary, my idea is
162. 6:00simple, okay? You pray the rosary in
163. 6:03parts throughout the day, as if they
164. 6:06were stages. So, one decade in the
165. 6:09morning, maybe one at 9 AM, another
166. 6:12with the Angelus at noon, another at 3
167. 6:15PM at the Hour of Mercy, another at 6
168. 6:17PM again with the Angelus, up to 9 PM,
169. 6:20right? And in this way, you will pray
170. 6:23the full rosary throughout the day, uh,
171. 6:25and will be strengthening yourself. It
172. 6:28is a moment where you stop everything
173. 6:30you are doing in your life and
174. 6:31reconnect with God. It is something I
175. 6:33really like to do and that I did a lot
176. 6:35when I had a regular job. right? I
177. 6:37would stop everything, wake up, do the
178. 6:40decade, arrive at work, start at 9, do
179. 6:43another decade. Noon, lunch time, a
180. 6:46decade, 3 PM, another decade. And like
181. 6:48this, a super simple thing, you can go
182. 6:50to the restroom, it takes 5 minutes,
183. 6:52it's settled, okay? You will take there
184. 6:54, ah, the mystery of the day and for
185. 6:56each decade you will meditate on one of
186. 6:58those mysteries. If you follow the
187. 7:00Liturgy of the Hours schedule, you will
188. 7:02have time to spare. And then you just
189. 7:04repeat it, okay? You can recite the
190. 7:07creed only the first time, or if you
191. 7:08prefer, right? It's up to your devotion
192. 7:11. You can recite the creed every time.
193. 7:14I do it every time. You can also add a
194. 7:16prayer of your own devotion. And in
195. 7:20this case, the St. Michael Lent, I
196. 7:22strongly advise that you add the St.
197. 7:24Michael prayer, okay? Now, if you
198. 7:29already pray the Liturgy of the Hours,
199. 7:30no need, it's fine, keep the Liturgy of
200. 7:32the Hours. If you are already more
201. 7:36advanced in your spiritual life and
202. 7:38have more time, you can pray the rosary
203. 7:40beads during the time of the Liturgy of
204. 7:43the Hours to complete a full rosary
205. 7:45during the day, okay? Demanding. It can
206. 7:50even be a penance you choose to do for
207. 7:53this St. Michael Lent, okay? And if you
208. 7:57are watching this challenge outside of
209. 7:59St. Michael's Lent, no problem. It can
210. 8:02be a penance for another reason, during
211. 8:04the normal Lent, or just because you
212. 8:05want to do it, right? As a resolution.
213. 8:09Okay? And how do you end the day, okay?
214. 8:13With an examination of conscience. It
215. 8:16is a practice that Saint Ignatius of
216. 8:18Loyola developed very well, which is
217. 8:19one of the most powerful tools for
218. 8:21spiritual and individual growth that
219. 8:23exist. You sit down, look at the day
220. 8:26that passed, meditate on it, and ask
221. 8:28yourself: "Where did I draw closer to
222. 8:30God today? Where did I drift away? What
223. 8:33did I do well? What could I have done
224. 8:35better?" With great honesty. It is a
225. 8:37spiritual review of your day. In the
226. 8:39challenge planner, you will find a
227. 8:40space for that there. And you can also
228. 8:43do it, not as a replacement, but also
229. 8:45based on the 10 Commandments, right?
230. 8:48And this will already help you a lot
231. 8:50for your confession. See? If you do
232. 8:54this every day, it will help
233. 8:56tremendously with confession, because
234. 8:58you will be able to see small sins,
235. 9:00small errors, things that, sometimes,
236. 9:02in the span of over a month, you
237. 9:04wouldn't even remember happened: that
238. 9:06you got irritated, cursed someone,
239. 9:08thought evil, or, well, you know? So
240. 9:11here is a tip for the rest of your life
241. 9:14, okay? And finally, this is important,
242. 9:16okay? During these nine days, I want
243. 9:20you to do everything, absolutely
244. 9:22everything you do, as an offering to
245. 9:24God. It is also the spirit of Saint
246. 9:26Benedict, right? Ora et labora, pray
247. 9:28and work, in that order and with that
248. 9:30intention. When you wash the dishes,
249. 9:32for example, wash them as an offering.
250. 9:35When you tidy up the house, do it as an
251. 9:37offering to God, as a prayer. Okay? Got
252. 9:40it? You understand, right? Because
253. 9:43nothing we have is truly ours.
254. 9:46Everything, everything we have here was
255. 9:49given to us by God. The materials, the
256. 9:53intelligence to make the plate, the
257. 9:55soap, everything else, your ability to
258. 9:57wash the dishes, it was all given by
259. 9:59God. The food that dirtied that plate,
260. 10:03your family—these are people God gave
261. 10:05you to look after. So, when you start
262. 10:08doing everything in your life this way,
263. 10:11you start acting with excellence. Just
264. 10:13imagine, Jesus is coming to your house
265. 10:15and you are going to make lunch for him
266. 10:17. What kind of reaction would you have
267. 10:21in your heart? Even if it’s just rice
268. 10:25and beans, wouldn't you make the best
269. 10:26rice and beans you possibly could with
270. 10:28excellence? Why don't you do that every
271. 10:33day? With everything you do. And don't
272. 10:36tell me it's tiring, because it's not,
273. 10:38okay? It's just a matter of reminding
274. 10:40yourself. So, if you need to remember
275. 10:42this, get some sticky notes and put
276. 10:44them around the house; it might not
277. 10:45look pretty. But I've done it, and it
278. 10:48works incredibly well when I need to
279. 10:50remember something. Put them in key
280. 10:53places: on the bathroom mirror, near
281. 10:56the sink, on the fridge door—just
282. 10:58stick them in strategic places so you
283. 11:01always see to do everything with
284. 11:03excellence, offering it as a gift to
285. 11:06God. It will work wonders, okay? When
286. 11:11you act with this awareness, your daily
287. 11:14life turns into a prayer. Now, the last
288. 11:18thing I want to tell you about a life
289. 11:20of prayer. And at the beginning, you'll
290. 11:24have to do it through sheer grit; there
291. 11:26will be days you won't feel like it.
292. 11:28There will be days when it's hard to
293. 11:30wake up early, days you might fail,
294. 11:32days your mind will wander, and days
295. 11:33when it feels like it's not doing any
296. 11:35good. Simply do it because you made a
297. 11:39commitment to me, and honor that
298. 11:40commitment. Keep your word, okay?
299. 11:44Consistency doesn't depend on willpower
300. 11:47. So, even if I don't feel like it, I
301. 11:49will fulfill my commitment. Understood?
302. 11:52This is exactly how Saint Thomas
303. 11:53Aquinas taught about virtue. You don't
304. 11:56wait to feel something to act; you just
305. 11:58act. And the feeling, you know, comes
306. 12:01with time. Motivation sometimes comes
307. 12:02with time. Sometimes you have that
308. 12:04burst of motivation, it goes away, and
309. 12:05then shortly after it comes back, okay?
310. 12:08Habit is built precisely through
311. 12:10day-to-day faithfulness, on the
312. 12:12difficult days, not the easy ones. So,
313. 12:16I hope you understood. If you have any
314. 12:19questions, write them below this video,
315. 12:21okay? I want to encourage you to always
316. 12:25comment below this video. If you are
317. 12:28watching, or watched this lesson, and
318. 12:30have a reflection, you can take a
319. 12:32picture, write your reflection, post it
320. 12:34on your stories, and tag me. I would
321. 12:37love to see it, you know? I might even
322. 12:39repost some of them and, who knows,
323. 12:41maybe even comment on them, okay? So, I
324. 12:44want to encourage you to do this so we
325. 12:46can start generating this movement,
326. 12:48alright? And give me your feedback on
327. 12:51what you thought. Write below what you
328. 12:52thought about it, okay? Did you already
329. 12:55know this way of seeing, thinking, and
330. 12:58developing a prayer life? Tell me in
331. 13:01the comments. See you in the next video
332. 13:03and you can binge-watch if you want,
333. 13:06okay? Watch one video after another,
334. 13:09but I advise you to watch with a
335. 13:11notebook, write down what you need to
336. 13:13do, rewatch all the videos as many
337. 13:16times as you need to remember, watch
338. 13:18the first time with full attention,
339. 13:20with a notebook. Ah, the second time
340. 13:24you can watch while exercising or going
341. 13:26to work, okay? You can do that
342. 13:29throughout all the videos, alright? So,
343. 13:33until our next video.