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  1. 0:02From the Gospel according to Luke. At
  2. 0:05that time the Pharisees asked Jesus, "
  3. 0:07When will the kingdom of God come?" He
  4. 0:15answered them, "The kingdom of God does
  5. 0:16not come with observation, and no one
  6. 0:18will say, 'Look, here it is' or 'There
  7. 0:19it is'; for behold, the kingdom of God
  8. 0:20is in your midst." Then he said to his
  9. 0:22disciples, "The days will come when you
  10. 0:23will long to see one of the days of the
  11. 0:24Son of Man, but you will not see it.
  12. 0:30They will say to you, 'Look, there he
  13. 0:33is' or 'Here he is'. Do not go out or
  14. 0:36follow them, for as lightning flashes
  15. 0:39from one end of the sky to the other,
  16. 0:42so will the Son of Man be in his day.
  17. 0:46But first he must suffer many things
  18. 0:49and be rejected by this generation.
  19. 0:52Praised be Jesus Christ, may he be
  20. 0:53praised forever. Here we are at
  21. 0:55Thursday, November 12, the memorial of
  22. 0:58Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr. We
  23. 1:02have listened to today's Gospel taken
  24. 1:05from chapter 17 of Saint Luke, verses
  25. 1:0820-25. When will the kingdom of God
  26. 1:13come? the Pharisees ask. The kingdom of
  27. 1:18God is Jesus. That is why the Lord says
  28. 1:22he does not come in a way to attract
  29. 1:25attention. In fact, no one has noticed.
  30. 1:30The incarnation of the Word, of the
  31. 1:32second hypothesis of the Holy Trinity
  32. 1:35that we will celebrate in a little over
  33. 1:38a month, for which I have already told
  34. 1:40you to prepare, to pray for this day,
  35. 1:46because, you understand: the
  36. 1:49incarnation of the Son of God is our
  37. 1:53salvation. In other words, everything
  38. 1:58that will happen after, Easter, the
  39. 2:01resurrection, the Church, all that the
  40. 2:04sacraments, everything that will come
  41. 2:07after will be in function, will be
  42. 2:09thanks to the moment of the incarnation
  43. 2:12. Therefore, Christmas, you understand,
  44. 2:17is a most precious day, truly most
  45. 2:24precious, for which we must prepare
  46. 2:33with great dedication and devotion
  47. 2:39preceded by the solemnity of Christ,
  48. 2:41King of the universe. preceded by the
  49. 2:45Christmas season, excuse me, by the
  50. 2:48Advent season, preceded by the
  51. 2:51Immaculate Conception of the Virgin
  52. 2:54Mary and so on, all very important
  53. 2:57feasts and solemnities that find their
  54. 3:00possibility of existence thanks to the
  55. 3:06incarnation. And yes, it's a pity that
  56. 3:13no one notices it. That is, when the
  57. 3:19kingdom of God comes, but it is me, it
  58. 3:22is me, I am here. The kingdom of God is
  59. 3:25here. The kingdom of God, says Jesus,
  60. 3:28because behold, the kingdom of God is
  61. 3:30in your midst. He is the kingdom of God
  62. 3:32. Do you understand? The days will come
  63. 3:41when you will desire to see even one of
  64. 3:43the days of the Son of Man, but you
  65. 3:45will not see it. Of course, this is
  66. 3:53certainly, I believe that every
  67. 3:56historical period was this more than
  68. 3:59any other, but no, like many other
  69. 4:02moments in the history of humanity. You
  70. 4:06have the desire to see one of those
  71. 4:09days, to be able to go to Jesus, to be
  72. 4:13able to talk to him and have him
  73. 4:18respond immediately, humanly, as
  74. 4:21happened to the disciples, the apostles
  75. 4:25, the Pharisees who asked him questions
  76. 4:28, who saw him humanly present. But this
  77. 4:35is not given. There is this desire. But
  78. 4:42because the Lord is lightning, he
  79. 4:45flashes, he shines, so will his day be.
  80. 4:54Do you understand? We won't even notice
  81. 4:58it. Hmm. In the meantime, there are
  82. 5:06substitutes, there are over-the-counter
  83. 5:11drugs. Over-the-counter drugs. If
  84. 5:15Christ is the medicine of immortality
  85. 5:18who comes to save us from sin, what do
  86. 5:22you understand? Jesus, the Word does
  87. 5:26not become incarnate to heal us of
  88. 5:28illnesses, in fact he does not take
  89. 5:30away illnesses, he heals some sick
  90. 5:32people, but he does not solve the
  91. 5:34problem of illness. Jesus, excuse me,
  92. 5:37the Word does not become incarnate to
  93. 5:42give us peace. I did not come to bring
  94. 5:48peace on earth, Jesus says, but fire,
  95. 5:51the sword. So the Word did not come for
  96. 5:55this reason, he did not become
  97. 5:57incarnate to bring peace, and in fact
  98. 6:00there is no peace. On the contrary, the
  99. 6:05more Jesus is present, paradoxically
  100. 6:08the less peace there is because the
  101. 6:11darkness does not welcome him. Not
  102. 6:13because it is Jesus’ fault, but
  103. 6:15because it is the fault of the darkness
  104. 6:17that does not welcome Jesus. And the
  105. 6:19more Jesus is present, the more the
  106. 6:20darkness reacts. Of course. So there is
  107. 6:23no peace either. He came for the poor,
  108. 6:27to save the poor. No, you will always
  109. 6:31have the poor with you, Jesus says to
  110. 6:34Judas who immediately goes to judge
  111. 6:41that beautiful act of love, of
  112. 6:44adoration by Mary with the alabaster
  113. 6:48jar full of spikenard. No, Jesus says
  114. 6:51the poor you will always have with you.
  115. 6:53Do not think of 300 denarii for the
  116. 6:54poor, you will always have the poor
  117. 6:56with you. So he did not come for this
  118. 6:58reason either, to heal the great issue
  119. 7:02of poverty. Well, then, why did the
  120. 7:10Word become flesh? Why did the second
  121. 7:17hypostasis of the Trinity become flesh?
  122. 7:21Because the incarnation took place to
  123. 7:26save us from sin. This is the only
  124. 7:32reason for the incarnation and in fact
  125. 7:38it will be the only reason for his
  126. 7:41death on the cross and his resurrection
  127. 7:45. To save us from sin. The entire life
  128. 7:50of Jesus, all of Jesus 'preaching, all
  129. 7:54of Jesus' miracles are in function of
  130. 8:00this tremendous struggle with the devil
  131. 8:04, with his bitter enemy, to recover the
  132. 8:09prey, the Fathers say, which is us,
  133. 8:13whom he has kidnapped with original sin
  134. 8:17. And so Jesus comes to free us from
  135. 8:23this tyrant, from this bloodthirsty
  136. 8:26beast, as Saint Martin of Tours called
  137. 8:29it, on the day of his death, the hour
  138. 8:33of his death. What do you want,
  139. 8:35bloodthirsty beast? Get away from here.
  140. 8:38I have nothing to do with you. You can
  141. 8:41take or ask for nothing from me because
  142. 8:44I belong entirely to God. Jesus comes
  143. 8:49to give this freedom. And so when we
  144. 8:58meditate on Christmas day and I
  145. 9:04recommend that you prepare a beautiful
  146. 9:07nativity scene, do it well, then we
  147. 9:10will probably have a somewhat limited
  148. 9:13Christmas and therefore we will
  149. 9:18probably have a little more time. Let's
  150. 9:21do this nativity scene well, let's
  151. 9:23build it well with love. And I also
  152. 9:30liked the idea of the Christmas tree
  153. 9:36with: with balls and with the faces of
  154. 9:44loved ones inside, or, if one is not
  155. 9:47able to take photos to put inside the
  156. 9:51balls, the names, put a little card
  157. 9:54with the names of the loved ones that
  158. 9:57we love, who love us, on these balls
  159. 10:00that are on the tree that light up,
  160. 10:04because the Christmas tree has to be
  161. 10:07bright, right? Colorful, bright,
  162. 10:10beautiful, next to our nativity scene
  163. 10:14that also lights up with these lights,
  164. 10:18with these, with these colors. It also
  165. 10:23illuminates the prodigious, mysterious,
  166. 10:27questioning event of Christmas, of the
  167. 10:33incarnation. The Word became flesh and
  168. 10:39came to dwell among us. Too bad that no
  169. 10:45one noticed it except a very few. Mary
  170. 10:49Magdalene, the good thief, Zacchaeus,
  171. 10:58what did they notice? But they realized
  172. 11:02that Jesus is the Savior. There you
  173. 11:05have it, Jesus is the Savior. Nothing
  174. 11:08else matters. Jesus is the Savior. He
  175. 11:13comes to save us from sin through the
  176. 11:16sacrifice of his death on the cross.
  177. 11:19Period. So, you understand that, and in
  178. 11:28fact he says it, but first it is
  179. 11:33necessary for him to suffer greatly and
  180. 11:37be rejected by this generation. Do you
  181. 11:40understand? It is necessary for him to
  182. 11:42suffer greatly and be rejected by this
  183. 11:44generation. Perhaps, you know, that is
  184. 11:53why they do not realize it. Why? And
  185. 12:06because you understand that having to
  186. 12:10accept this thing, well, it is not that
  187. 12:19we do not like it, right? We do not
  188. 12:24like it, we do not like it, no one
  189. 12:27likes it, that this Savior must die on
  190. 12:33the cross, that is, that he must die in
  191. 12:37order to save us. And I would like to
  192. 12:42read you something that is a bit long,
  193. 12:45but very beautiful. What Jesus said to
  194. 12:56the stigmatized German mystic Teresa
  195. 12:59Neuman, whom I am sure you all know
  196. 13:02very well. Among the many things that
  197. 13:07happened during the time of Hitler, no,
  198. 13:10the time of Nazism, this mystic who
  199. 13:12lived for 40 years eating or perhaps
  200. 13:15more prophesied many important things.
  201. 13:18eating only the Eucharist, eh, so a
  202. 13:21truly beautiful figure. And Jesus,
  203. 13:25among many things, speaks to you about
  204. 13:29a question that I want to bring to your
  205. 13:34attention because I think it is too
  206. 13:41undervalued, trivialized, and
  207. 13:46relativized, that is, it is a treasure
  208. 13:54that we minimally consider, we just
  209. 13:58don't consider it at all and perhaps
  210. 14:01today more than ever it would do us
  211. 14:05good. Jesus says to Teresa Neumiman,"
  212. 14:10Dear daughter, I want to teach you to
  213. 14:14receive my blessing with fervor. Try to
  214. 14:19understand that something great is
  215. 14:21happening when you receive the blessing
  216. 14:23from one of my priests. The blessing is
  217. 14:27an overflowing of my divine sanctity.
  218. 14:31Pay attention to the words of the Lord,
  219. 14:32eh? Open your soul and let it become
  220. 14:39holy through my blessing. Be heavenly
  221. 14:44water for the soul, through which
  222. 14:47everything that is done can be fruitful
  223. 14:50, through the power to bless. I have
  224. 14:53given the priest the power to open the
  225. 14:56treasure of my heart and to pour out a
  226. 14:59rain of graces on souls. We do not
  227. 15:05realize these things. We travel miles
  228. 15:09and miles and miles to go to that place
  229. 15:12where Our Lady appears, where that
  230. 15:15thing happened, where that saint
  231. 15:17venerates us. Very good, very beautiful
  232. 15:22, very wonderful. Okay. And 5 minutes
  233. 15:27from our home we have the overflowing
  234. 15:31of divine sanctity. We have the
  235. 15:37heavenly roar, we have the power to
  236. 15:43open the treasure of the heart of Jesus
  237. 15:47and to pour out a shower of graces on
  238. 15:51souls. I ask you when was the last time
  239. 16:03you heard about the importance of
  240. 16:09blessing? When was the last time you
  241. 16:14were told, "Look, the most beautiful
  242. 16:18thing, one of the most beautiful things
  243. 16:21that the priest can give you is the
  244. 16:25blessing." Obviously, first and
  245. 16:28foremost, besides the sacraments, of
  246. 16:30course, but after the sacraments, the
  247. 16:33blessing. When the priest blesses,
  248. 16:37Jesus says, he continues, when the
  249. 16:40priest blesses, I bless. Then, an
  250. 16:44endless stream of graces flows from my
  251. 16:48heart to my soul until it fills it
  252. 16:51completely. But think of the words,
  253. 16:57think of the immense treasures of
  254. 17:00graces, of gifts we have and we do not
  255. 17:03exploit them because we do not believe
  256. 17:06in them and because we do not know them
  257. 17:08, we do not understand them. We are, as
  258. 17:14I have already told you, reading all
  259. 17:16the apocalyptic nonsense. We read all
  260. 17:18the conspiracy theories, not all
  261. 17:20conspiracy theories, and you open this
  262. 17:22and that other person's WhatsApp and
  263. 17:24I'll send you the latest article of
  264. 17:25this one, I'll send it to you. But all
  265. 17:28this nonsense, get lost, we know
  266. 17:30absolutely nothing about these things.
  267. 17:35This is a serious case of ignorance,
  268. 17:38because all those articles, all those
  269. 17:40WhatsApps, all those things that we
  270. 17:43write and post, what use are they for
  271. 17:45eternal life? For nothing, absolutely
  272. 17:48nothing. And instead these words of
  273. 17:52Jesus serve to save our lives here, now
  274. 17:54and in the future. An endless current
  275. 17:57of grace flows from my heart to my soul
  276. 18:00until it fills it completely. An
  277. 18:03endless current of grace. Well, in
  278. 18:10conclusion, keep your heart open so as
  279. 18:15not to lose the benefit of the blessing
  280. 18:18. Through my blessing you receive the
  281. 18:21grace of love and help for the soul and
  282. 18:23for the body. Oh, by the way, this must
  283. 18:26be said. Can you receive a blessing
  284. 18:29over the phone? Yes. And how? You
  285. 18:35cannot receive the solution of the
  286. 18:38sacrament of penance. This, no, you
  287. 18:40cannot make confession over the phone.
  288. 18:42This is absolutely not possible. It is
  289. 18:44invalid. But the blessing is. Can I
  290. 18:49call a priest on the phone and tell him
  291. 18:51, “Father, can you bless me?” Sure,
  292. 18:55this is a valid function. It can be
  293. 18:58done through my blessing. You receive
  294. 19:07the grace of love and help for your
  295. 19:08soul and body. Do you understand? For
  296. 19:10your soul and for your body. My most
  297. 19:14holy blessing contains all the help
  298. 19:16that humanity needs. In fact, I can’t
  299. 19:21remember which saint knelt down when
  300. 19:27they received their priestly blessing.
  301. 19:31I would say practically all of them,
  302. 19:35because the priestly blessing is the
  303. 19:38blessing of Jesus. You don’t receive
  304. 19:44the priest’s blessing standing up.
  305. 19:47When the priest blesses you kneel down.
  306. 19:51Whether it’s during Mass, the final
  307. 19:53part, whether it’s because you’re
  308. 19:55asking for a blessing, whether it’s
  309. 19:57when he blesses the table, whether
  310. 19:59it’s when he blesses us because
  311. 20:01we’re asking for a blessing, if he
  312. 20:03kneels down because it’s God’s
  313. 20:05blessing, it’s the blessing of the
  314. 20:07Most Holy Trinity. As novices, before
  315. 20:15going to bed in the evening, our master
  316. 20:20would give us the Holy Blessing that
  317. 20:25closed the day, sealing from that
  318. 20:30moment on the time of strict silence,
  319. 20:32we would not speak again until after
  320. 20:35mass the next day. So even there, no,
  321. 20:38we wake up in the morning and talk, it
  322. 20:41is not good, because the first words
  323. 20:44are those of the Lord. I mean, mass is
  324. 20:48not one of the many things that we do
  325. 20:50during the day, you understand? Well, I
  326. 20:53mean, no, but I feel like talking,
  327. 20:55telling each other things, right? Who
  328. 20:59is the first word of the day reserved
  329. 21:01for? For God. A first fruit. My
  330. 21:07blessing, my holy blessing. In fact,
  331. 21:11the holy blessing was requested. Not
  332. 21:13Father bless me. Father give me the
  333. 21:16holy blessing. It contains all the help
  334. 21:19that is necessary in humanity. All the
  335. 21:21help, eh, not a little. Everything.
  336. 21:24Through it you are given the strength
  337. 21:26and desire to seek good, to avoid evil,
  338. 21:29to enjoy the protection of my children
  339. 21:31against the powers of darkness. It is a
  340. 21:34great privilege when you are granted to
  341. 21:37receive the blessing. You cannot
  342. 21:39understand how much mercy comes to you
  343. 21:41through it. This is where the mercy of
  344. 21:43God comes through the blessing.
  345. 21:47Therefore, never receive the blessing
  346. 21:50in a dull, distracted way, but with all
  347. 21:53your complete attention. You are poor
  348. 21:57before receiving the blessing, you are
  349. 21:59rich after receiving it. Do you
  350. 22:01understand? With how much devotion we
  351. 22:03must receive this blessing because
  352. 22:05mercy comes, because we are freed from
  353. 22:08the power of darkness, because we flee
  354. 22:10evil, we learn to seek good. Jesus
  355. 22:13continues. It pains me that the
  356. 22:16blessing of the Church is so little
  357. 22:19appreciated and so rarely received.
  358. 22:22Words of Jesus, eh Teresa Neumiman, go
  359. 22:25and read. Little appreciated, rarely
  360. 22:28received by my church. No, I was wrong.
  361. 22:35So little appreciated, so rarely
  362. 22:37received the blessing of the Church,
  363. 22:40not by my Church, but of the Church.
  364. 22:42That the blessing of the Church is so
  365. 22:44little appreciated and so rarely
  366. 22:46received. Good will is strengthened
  367. 22:49through it. Initiatives receive my
  368. 22:52special providence. Weakness is
  369. 22:54strengthened by my power. Do you
  370. 22:56understand how wonderful it would be if
  371. 22:58before going to do something important
  372. 23:01we asked for a blessing, a holy
  373. 23:03blessing before a trip, before an exam,
  374. 23:06before a visit, before...the Holy
  375. 23:08Blessing is not the same as remembering
  376. 23:12me in prayer. No, another thing, I
  377. 23:15remember a prayer, I don't remember,
  378. 23:17but the holy blessing is the holy
  379. 23:19blessing. Thoughts and intentions are
  380. 23:27spiritualized, all bad influences are
  381. 23:29neutralized. I have given my blessing,
  382. 23:32boundless powers. It comes from the
  383. 23:35infinite love of my sacred heart. Be
  384. 23:38careful, I can't stop at every line
  385. 23:39because otherwise, you understand, we
  386. 23:41would have to do a 7-hour meditation
  387. 23:43because they are words, each sentence
  388. 23:45would have to say 100 things. The
  389. 23:47greater the zeal with which the
  390. 23:52blessing is given and received, the
  391. 23:54greater its effectiveness. Do you
  392. 23:57understand? The more zeal there is in
  393. 23:59the priest who administers it, the more
  394. 24:01zeal there is in the one who receives
  395. 24:03it, the greater its effectiveness. Do
  396. 24:07you understand? It is different from
  397. 24:10the sacrament, because the sacrament,
  398. 24:12even if the priest is a demon of sins,
  399. 24:17the sacrament ex opera operato works
  400. 24:21through the intrinsic power of the
  401. 24:24sacrament. So the communion, the
  402. 24:28Eucharist consecrated by Padre Pio and
  403. 24:31by the last most sinful priest on earth
  404. 24:35is the same because it acts according
  405. 24:38to the power, the virtue of the
  406. 24:41consecrating words. The blessing, no.
  407. 24:47The blessing of Padre Pio, if received
  408. 24:52with fervor, is very different. He
  409. 24:58gives the blessing of anyone else who
  410. 25:00is not like him. Whether a child is
  411. 25:04blessed or the entire world is blessed,
  412. 25:06the blessing for Himself is greater
  413. 25:08than 1000 worlds, says Jesus. Reflect
  414. 25:12that God is immense, infinitely immense
  415. 25:14, how small are the things, His
  416. 25:16comparison. And the same thing happens.
  417. 25:19Whether only one or many receive the
  418. 25:21blessing, it does not matter, because I
  419. 25:23give to each according to the measure
  420. 25:25of his faith, do you understand? And
  421. 25:28since I am infinitely rich in all goods
  422. 25:30, I have granted you to receive without
  423. 25:32measure. Your hopes are never too great
  424. 25:35. Everything will exceed your deepest
  425. 25:37expectations. My daughter, protect and
  426. 25:41bless. What do you mean, have you
  427. 25:44understood? I'll read it again. My
  428. 25:48daughter, protect and bless. Protect
  429. 25:55your priests, especially the holy ones,
  430. 26:00those who lead you to God, those who
  431. 26:04show you God, those who fill you with
  432. 26:07blessings. That is, Jesus says it, eh?
  433. 26:16Protect those who bless you. Then in
  434. 26:19that period, do you understand? Hitler
  435. 26:22is very clear. Highly esteem blessed
  436. 26:27things, so you will please me, your God
  437. 26:30. Do you understand? Highly esteem
  438. 26:34blessed things, highly holy water, a
  439. 26:38blessed crucifix, a blessed rosary, so
  440. 26:42many things. Every time you are blessed
  441. 26:46and united more closely to me, you are
  442. 26:48sanctified again, healed and protected
  443. 26:50by the love of my sacred heart. Oh,
  444. 26:54what incredible words. Oh, what words.
  445. 26:56I should take a course of spiritual
  446. 26:58exercises just on this. I often keep
  447. 27:01the results of my blessing hidden so
  448. 27:03that they will be known only in
  449. 27:05eternity. Often it seems that blessings
  450. 27:09have no results, but their influence is
  451. 27:11wonderful. Even seemingly fruitless
  452. 27:13results are a blessing obtained through
  453. 27:16the Holy Blessing. These are the
  454. 27:18mysteries of my providence that I do
  455. 27:20not wish to reveal. My blessings often
  456. 27:24produce effects unknown to the soul.
  457. 27:27Therefore, have great trust in this
  458. 27:29outpouring of my sacred heart and
  459. 27:32reflect seriously on this favor, that
  460. 27:35the apparent results are hidden from
  461. 27:37you. Therefore, we must not look at the
  462. 27:43effects, we must look at the authority
  463. 27:46of the one who says it. Receive the
  464. 27:50holy blessing sincerely, says Jesus,
  465. 27:53because his graces enter only into the
  466. 27:56humble heart. Receive it with good will
  467. 27:59and with the intention of giving better
  468. 28:01. Then it will penetrate the depths of
  469. 28:05your heart and will produce its effects
  470. 28:07. Be a daughter of the blessing, then
  471. 28:10you yourself will be a blessing for
  472. 28:12others. Beautiful. Thank you, Jesus.
  473. 28:16Thank you, Jesus, for teaching us
  474. 28:19catechism. Jesus teaches us catechism.
  475. 28:22He teaches us catechism. Thank you,
  476. 28:25Jesus, for at least telling us these
  477. 28:26things because otherwise who knows
  478. 28:28where we would be. And I conclude,
  479. 28:33let's not forget that to bless means to
  480. 28:37speak well. When we speak ill of our
  481. 28:41neighbor, and mind you, I'm not talking
  482. 28:43about slander, I mean I'm not inventing
  483. 28:46evil and attributing it to my neighbor.
  484. 28:48This is slander. I invent an evil that
  485. 28:50he didn't do and I say that he did. A
  486. 28:52very serious mortal sin. Very serious.
  487. 28:57The sin of slander is the mortal sin
  488. 29:01against charity that immediately
  489. 29:04excludes the Eucharist. If you haven't
  490. 29:09gone, you must first confess, and go to
  491. 29:11the person and ask forgiveness for the
  492. 29:13slander. Well, gossip is also speaking
  493. 29:18ill of another person, which is true,
  494. 29:22for example, I stole two apples. A
  495. 29:26person saw me and said Mr. So-and-so
  496. 29:28stole two apples, it's true. No, and
  497. 29:32I'm going to spread it. Okay. This
  498. 29:36speaking ill of another person is
  499. 29:39called gossip. The real evil of another
  500. 29:41person. Speaking ill. Always think
  501. 29:46about the etymologies of words.
  502. 29:50Speaking ill. Speaking evil, speaking
  503. 29:56evil, speaking evil. Evil. To speak
  504. 30:02evil, to speak evil. When I speak evil,
  505. 30:09I am cursing that man. My legs are
  506. 30:17shaking, they are shaking. I am cursing
  507. 30:22him. You know that cursing is a mortal
  508. 30:26sin, a very serious one. Woe to those
  509. 30:32who curse. The devil curses. We could
  510. 30:40really say that cursing is the monkey
  511. 30:44of blessing. The curse is really, we
  512. 30:52could say, the hymn to Satan. It is
  513. 30:58really the prayer of the devil, it is
  514. 31:01the invocation of the devil. He asks,
  515. 31:06he invokes Satan, he makes himself an
  516. 31:10instrument of Satan, he offers his
  517. 31:13tongue to Satan, just as he who blesses
  518. 31:17offers his tongue to the Trinity, to
  519. 31:20the heart of Jesus. So let us be very
  520. 31:25careful, very careful. As soon as
  521. 31:30someone speaks badly, we should say: "
  522. 31:33Shut up, shut up, I don't want to hear
  523. 31:35anything. I don't want curses to enter
  524. 31:39my head. Because every curse, every bad
  525. 31:43word is a poison that is inoculated
  526. 31:46into your soul, like a snake that bites
  527. 31:50you and that poison corrodes you just
  528. 31:53the same. No, but look, it's true. No,
  529. 31:57but I do it to compare myself, liar,
  530. 32:00lazy, diabolical. You are using these
  531. 32:06words to surround me, to bite me and
  532. 32:09poison me with your curse. Be quiet, I
  533. 32:12don't want to hear you say these things
  534. 32:14. Be silent, Satan." This is what we
  535. 32:18should say when we listen to gossip,
  536. 32:20when someone starts to speak badly. Be
  537. 32:23silent, Satan, you have offered your
  538. 32:25tongue to the devil. Go away, go away
  539. 32:29from me. You have nothing to do with me
  540. 32:35, be silent. This is what Jesus spoke
  541. 32:39to the devil. Be silent, be silent,
  542. 32:41Satan, go away. Do you remember, Father
  543. 32:46? When Padre Pio was called to bless
  544. 32:48that house, this is something that has
  545. 32:50always stuck in my mind. When Padre Pio
  546. 32:52was called to bless that house, Padre
  547. 32:55Pio entered, walked around the house,
  548. 32:57and when he reached the kitchen, he
  549. 33:00stopped with his majestic,
  550. 33:01authoritative manner, right? He stopped
  551. 33:04. I get goosebumps. He stopped in the
  552. 33:09kitchen, the kitchen doors, and what
  553. 33:13did Padre Pio do? He said, "I'm not
  554. 33:16coming in here, I'm not coming in here.
  555. 33:20" And they asked him, "Why don't you
  556. 33:24come in?""I will not go in here,
  557. 33:27because this was a den of vipers. And I
  558. 33:35asked him, Father, what does a den of
  559. 33:38vipers mean in here? This was a place
  560. 33:43of gossip. And I will not go in here, I
  561. 33:48will not bless. Terrible, terrible.
  562. 33:55Remember this expression of Padre Pio.
  563. 34:00When we curse someone, when we speak
  564. 34:04ill of someone, when we murmur against
  565. 34:08someone, Padre Pio used to say, you
  566. 34:12tear Jesus Christ from your heart and
  567. 34:16cast him out together with the cursed
  568. 34:20brother. No, let's realize it, eh?
  569. 34:28Let's realize it. Eh, but Father, you
  570. 34:36know, it happened to me that for an
  571. 34:39hour that person said everything and
  572. 34:42more, terrible, terrible things about
  573. 34:45that other person, he spoke badly, he
  574. 34:48said evil and I left all upset. And I
  575. 34:53replied:" You beautiful donkey! You
  576. 34:56really are a beautiful donkey and who
  577. 34:58told you to listen? Why didn’t you
  578. 35:01tell him, “Shut up, Satan? Why
  579. 35:03didn’t you tell him, “Go away,
  580. 35:05Satan?” Why didn’t you say, “I
  581. 35:07don’t want to hear these things?”
  582. 35:09Shut up. Why do you listen to them?
  583. 35:14You’ve let yourself be poisoned, and
  584. 35:16you’ll see how difficult it is to
  585. 35:18remove that poison from your soul now,
  586. 35:20how difficult it is for those words not
  587. 35:22to contaminate your soul at least a
  588. 35:24little. So let’s stay away from the
  589. 35:29curse, that is, from the No, but I have
  590. 35:32never cursed anyone, liar. Did you
  591. 35:35speak badly of someone? You cursed them
  592. 35:38the moment I spoke badly to you, you
  593. 35:40cursed them because you said evil. The
  594. 35:43Latins used to say out bene, out nil,
  595. 35:46either you speak well or you are silent
  596. 35:48. What do you have to say? Nothing.
  597. 35:52Because I have nothing good to say. And
  598. 35:54so I keep quiet because I do not offer
  599. 35:57my mouth to the curse of the devil. I
  600. 36:00do not want to become an instrument of
  601. 36:03Satan. So with all my heart I give you
  602. 36:08God’s blessing. That’s why I always
  603. 36:11end every homily with a blessing. Even
  604. 36:14when we did catechesis in person just a
  605. 36:18year ago, I always ended them with a
  606. 36:21blessing, always. All my meditations,
  607. 36:25all my homilies, you see, always end
  608. 36:27with a holy blessing, because I ask the
  609. 36:30Lord to bless each one of you and may
  610. 36:33the blessing of Almighty God, Father,
  611. 36:36Son and Holy Spirit, descend upon you
  612. 36:38and remain with you always. Amen.
  613. 36:42Praise be to you.

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