 You're a funny guy, you know after we heard the beautiful stories of Michele now is the theology, okay? I am Archbishop Gustavo. I am the Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas It's a city San Antonio and It's a city that just few days ago according to some studies That were released that is a city that is growing the most this year in the United States And at the same time we are celebrating just that you will know something a little bit more About me and the ministry is a city that is celebrating 300 years this year and Just digging a little bit more about the history of San Antonio We found a book a raster in our in our Archives that has the registration of sacraments and It's dated To 1703 So that began on this side of the Rio Grande the Rio Bravo and Then that was San Jose mission and from them in 1709 they moved to the the Franciscans they moved to San Antonio and nine years later There was the body of people who started the church and I mean the The city but so faith was before the city Already the faith was there and we have the five missions one became later on the Alamos and people they think that The city was founded with the Alamo now No, it was the fate of the people and eventually those missions and But they were Franciscans, so I wanted to make the connection with what you have here Franciscans and one of them his name was Antonio de Jesús Marjil He was stationed in Mexico for years, but then he walked From Mexico to Panama Preaching missions and then from Panama all the way to Nakadosh's One side of Houston and eventually stayed in San Antonio and he was part of building two missions But he was the faith just to think about walking Walking from Mexico City to Panama Panama all the way back And eventually San Antonio is the faith and here there is a lot of faith I had the opportunity to be today praying with the Franciscans having benediction and Father Nathan has been a great angel to me Wonderful It's faith faith and faith is a gift. We don't buy it. It's a gift But well that is one piece the other piece is and on that thanking the Franciscans for the missionary activity in the world in the world and Then also in the feast of the Sacred Heart and this province of the Franciscans here is Sacred Heart Province, so we are very blessed today But I would like also to teach you I mean Chris Spanish was too fast for me to understand I Will teach you one word in Spanish and that word is then then then Okay And now I will ask you to repeat and few times are in the talk then Holy Spirit then Then Holy Spirit then Then Holy Spirit then We have quite a crowd here Let me go back to my archdiocese Remember not The events of the past See I am doing something new from Isaiah 43 Chapter Remember not the events of the past see I am doing something new This passage was spoken originally to a people Who were lost the solution far from the home they had once known They experienced alienation chaos near despair an Enemy had destroyed Jerusalem and taking the people of God into exile in a foreign land different customs different languages different Religious beliefs and values and many of God's people fell abandoned and began to lose their God given identity because of the experience of exile God sent a prophet to tell them that all Was not lost All things are possible with God and for God God will lead them back home to the promised land God calls them to look to the future of hope and confidence The community of faith Needs to listen attentively to the prophetic word in every generation See I am doing something new Says the Lord God to them and to us here now the book of Genesis Describes God's creation as Bringing order out of chaos and he was one one lady as we're praying earlier before coming here She expressed very clearly. She plays a violin very clearly That that was her favorite book Genesis That book however the forces of evil Remain in the world Showing hatred Violence and chaos and God's power to overcome the powers of evil means that God constantly Recreates the world and challenges us to cooperate in this work of new creation God doesn't need our help, but it does He wants us to help him in this recreating the world The book of Genesis also describes the first creation as a wonderful garden in which all creatures live in peace and harmony When Adam and Eve this obey God Alienation ensues within themselves with one another with a garden environment and with God So all these relationships were broken Something happened God exiles them from the garden and their lives become ever more difficult There follows a series of sins that increase in sense in Severety and violence and leads the deepening experiences of alienation However, there is an element of salvation in these narratives Adam or Adam and Eve do not die immediately upon sinning God puts a mark on Cain To preserve his life despite his fratricide God saves Noah and his family from the destructive flood that our abable episode That episode leads to the worst possible alienation The inability to communicate with one another The scrambling of language Moreover, there is no element of salvation in this story However, that is not the end of the story of salvation of God's creation and recreation God then sends an elderly couple Abraham and Sarah on long journey promising to give them a new land to make a great nation of them despite their fertility and to bless all the nations through them What could this blessing be for others? Except to overcome the punishment of Abel to allow people to communicate again And I am my my own life Well, my life my family life My parents they couldn't have children They made a pilgrimage to the train of already while a loopy and I Haven't I will not tell you the whole story, but I am the first of 15 For so fast forwarding through the story of salvation we come upon the powerful creative event of Pentecost The Holy Spirit comes in a mighty wind With flames of fire upon the disciples gathering fear in the upper room They are transformed into confident evangelizers who boldly proclaim The recent Lord Jesus and his gospel to people gather in Jerusalem From throughout the Mediterranean world each of whom hear the alameic speaking disciples in their own language God's promises to Abraham and Sarah are being fulfilled See I am Doing something new The Holy Spirit is active in our lives and in our world today as throughout history We are called to be led by the spirit into a future We are called to lead to be led by the spirit into a future So we say It had to happen I knew I knew so What do these entail? What is our current context? What are our goals for the future and what obstacles we will need to overcome? What gifts we will need from God to carry out our mission and ministry Which are the same as Jesus's mission and ministry Let us consider for example That according to a United Nations report in 2017 They were over 250 million international migrants Over 65 million of them refugees last year Throughout the world People far from home offered trying to escape Naming poverty widespread violence and threats of imminent death The numbers are staggering Statistics can leave us sad but feeling powerless to help each of these people has a face a name a Mother a father a family gifts and potential another Reality our world today Geopolitical tectonic plates are shifting Volcanoes of violence are arising in the various areas of the world Hawaii Guatemala lately Another situation in the world tsunamis are rapid change And are destroying cultures Poverty overwhelms people who struggle to keep heads above the rising flood waters Our own country here economics seem to be up, but there are more poors of our more poor people today racism Is rising Sexism anti-Semitism anti-Islamism age isn't seriously diminishes diminish the lives of both victims and perpetrators So do we do not despair But we must also be realistic about the world in which we live and pray work and play With God everything is possible See I am doing something new Do we believe this are we willing to cooperate in this work of recreation? What will this require of us Closer to home. There are times when we feel alienated from others From the environment from God as we have heard the stories Sometimes we feel alienated from parts of our true selves Aspects of our life We keep hidden perhaps even from ourselves for time We simply do not feel at home with ourselves That is part of our reality There are opportunities for growth These are these are Yes for deepening our spiritual lives and with the help of the Holy Spirit The spirit guides us leads us to the truth Consoles and challenges us gives us wisdom and prudence When we feel alone and lonely and conflicted we cry out then Holy Spirit then come Holy Spirit come and The Holy Spirit is with us and within us here and now God never abandoned us as we sang beautifully several times tonight the spirit can lead us back Home with our true selves and help us discern our mission The reason why God has brought us into the world at times We may feel also no longer at home with the people we live with spouts Parents brothers and sisters and we heard that in the stories or with neighbors With people who speak a different language attend a different church of synagogue a mosque or Whose skin color is different from ours You know where great nation today and even in the church that are growing divisions Increasing tribalism Hardening polarisation Paul Francis says That diversity must always be reconciled By the help of the Holy Spirit He alone can raise up diversity plurality multiplicity while at the same time bringing about unity We need the Holy Spirit in our communal and Civic relationships We need reconciliation healing mercy compassion justice and peace Harmony and unity all of of these Signs of the kingdom of God already in our midst See I am doing something new two years ago When Paul Francis made a pastoral visit to Mexico I I Concelebrated that mess with him And after mass I was placed first in a line of bishops to greet the Holy Father And I told him that He is the Pope of the Holy Spirit He smiled and move on to the next two bishops Then suddenly he turned back to me and said pray to the Holy Spirit That I not do something foolish He needs a lot of Holy Spirit My friends I believe that my daily prayer for the Holy Father is being heard by the Holy Spirit Paul Francis has been consistent in sharing his vision of the church's mission and ministry with us The Holy Father reminds us that we are all all all sinners in ongoing need of conversion of Transformation through the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit He just called For the church to be merciful and compassionate And here tonight we see that we are so open to it But not everyone is so open to see the mercy of God in somebody else And to see the compassion of God in somebody else of all his vision includes Five things that I will comment to you encounter Dialogue inclusion accompaniment for And dialogue again Let us briefly consider each one of these elements and how they will lead us to cooperate with God Who does something creative and new in a time of darkness and chaos Encounter means more than a mere nod of acknowledgement of someone's presence Or a quick handshake Encounter requires that we offer a safe heaven To someone who has been buffeted by the waves that threaten to overwhelm him or her He means creating a secure place where someone may enter in order to be at peace To share one's story to do so without fear of being charged and condemned In means creating a space Where a person may come out of the darkness into the light A person where One's human dignity and worth are respected and affirmed A place where someone may come out of the numbing cold to enjoy the warmth of God's loving embrace Encounter Primarily involves Respectful listening with integrity To one's story Understanding another situation Offered bridging a cultural gap Means being willing to walk In their shoes for a time That in itself Often brings healing Encounter Next dialogue Is not merely a pleasant conversation As a bishop I have learned That how and when We say something Is often as important As what we say How and when we say something Is often as important As what we say St. Paul wrote about leaving the truth in love As a way to grow in Christ and into Christ The head of the body You will leave the truth in love that should Form the way we speak and act A popular style of communication today is Die tribe A bitter Abusive denunciation Attack Or criticism of someone or some someone's views And or actions The die tribe gives expression to bias and prejudice It is misleading And divisive It threatens to dominate our public discourse That die tribe is inappropriate for the christian life We have several schools in the archdiocese Good number of schools in the archdiocese And just gathering with the children and And asking them to share with me in small groups What is going on? There is a lot of bullying A lot of bullying These little ones they are picking up From all levels in our societies They are picking up what is this die tribe mode And it's so sad There are more suicides as we heard Now in our country in the world than ever Dialogue is quite different and vital to the christian life Just with father john omali has written that Quote it creates Or fosters among those it addresses a realization that they are all share Or should share the same ideals and needs to work together to achieve them To engage in persuasion Is to some extent to put oneself on the same level as those being persuaded Persuaders do not command from on high Otherwise they will not be persuading But dictating And this is a model Worldwide today In many places in the world That is the model Sadly Persuasion works from the inside out To be successful persuaders need to establish an identity Between themselves and their audience and make clear that they share the same concerns And even the same sentiments Such as hope joy and sadness end of court Blessed pope the sixth Said that dialogue must be accompanied But that meagerness which christ betas Learned from himself Arrogance and offensive bitterness do not foster dialogue Confidence is necessary confidence in the goodwill of both parties To the dialogue It requires mutual trust and respect in a dialogue Constructed with this kind of foresight Truth is wedded to charity and understanding to love Dialogue involves a common search for the truth It demands a capacity to listen to someone with integrity Listening attentively to a different point of view Without let go unnecessarily of one's own values or view Let me emphasize here that seeking and speaking the truth Is absolutely necessary for dialogue Mutual trust and respect imply that all parties To the conversation are telling the truth And willing to acquire new insights into the truth the reality So alternative facts Fake news Spreading unfounded rumors Disseminating false information Are antithetical to authentic christian discipleship Paul frances his message to the world communications day this year says The tragedy of this information Is that it discredits others Presenting them as enemies to the point of demonizing them And fomenting conflict Fake news is a sign of intolerant And hypersensitive attitudes and leads only to a spread of arrogance and hatred That is the end result of untruth Today there is a growing lack of respect for truth in the world And increasingly Or increasing willingness to engage in distortion of the truth Propaganda and even Our right lying in the public forum In the public media media and also in social media This prevents all of us from coming together in mutual respect and trust To solve the serious common problems we face With our neighborhoods in our nation and among the nations of the world We live in very dangerous times But the holy spirit Today is calling us to sincere dialogue and will help us The holy spirit is the spirit of truth and that's why we call Then holy spirit then Then holy spirit then Then holy spirit then Third point inclusion Inclusion means that everyone is a brother And sister that everyone is our brother And our sister So we need to make an explanation of conscience That we are created to the image of god Every person has innate dignity And human rights that are to be respected and defended and nourished Starting in the womb Starting in the womb And no one is to be excluded Everyone must have a place at the table Paul francis has consistently and constantly reached out to the margins In his papal visit to unexpected places In his appointment of new cardinals in the care of the homeless The imprisoned the poor the unemployed No one is excluded from his pastoral concern He leaves the belief that god shows no partiality Has no favorites Everyone is a beloved daughter or son of god everyone everyone everyone everyone And we sang it today in different ways with beautiful music And good spirit So the holy father challenges us to go out to the margins and encounter those who have a right to hear And experience the good news of god's love mercy and compassion You know my the founder of my community was a french priest and the founder the founders was a woman married woman Her name was conchita And In her dialogue with the lord the lord shared with her and say You know your heart inflamed by the holy spirit will be able to say To me so you will say it conchita there is a heart in me You lord you will find a home But then The lord taught her Also to say that About others as long as there is a heart in me You will find a home As long as there is a heart in me you will find a home As long as there is a heart in me you will find a home Number four Accompaniment Come to me all who you who labor and are burdened and I will give you rest Take my yoke upon you and learn from me For I am meek and humble of heart And you will find rest for yourselves for my yoke is easy And my burden light from Matthew This beautiful passage may seem quite unrealistic to anyone who is carrying a heavy burden But Jesus does not deny the heaviness of our concern and responsibilities Rather, he offers to help us carry it as our yoke made as we sang also in one of the songs a good yoke Is one that fits one's shoulders well and doesn't shape It just fits right Jesus offers to accompany us on our program way Helping us carry what may be heavy luggage That makes all the difference in the world makes a big difference We are called and sent as missionary disciples And accompany other people along the way And in sometimes it's very complicated sometimes it's very simple But to accompany means to be with Other people who are struggling under the weight of their condition True encounter is the first step Dialogue is the second inclusion Of others in our circle of concern leads to accompanying them on their journey At times we need Not to say anything We simply need to walk with another When people know that we are with them As they follow the way of the cross their pain and agony are easy a bit At the same time we will also experience Some of their pain and agony Which is never easy Is what good fathers good mothers do Good friends do they carry the suffering of the other Not only alleviated But carry that suffering themselves Sometimes tears are the price of accompaniment We hear it with michelle Cry to cry In his pastoral visit to Mexico Pope Francis said that we need to be capable of weeping We need to be capable of weeping To A quote from the pope to weep over injustice To cry over corruption To cry over oppression In other words not to get used to To cry These are tears that lead to transformation That soften the heart They are the tears that purify our gaze Enable us to see this cycle of sin Into which very often we have sank These are tears that can sensitize our gaze and our attitude Harden and especially dormant In the face of another suffering And they are the tears that can break us capable of opening us to conversion This is what happened to peter After having denied Jesus three times He cried and those tears opened his heart And his heart End of quote And it's true you know we saw so dramatic Dramatic expressions On tv and the news you know about what is going on in the world All the Fightings you know That we get used to You know We get used to that May the Lord grant us a gift of tears It's one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit As was said by michelle And pa frances also said it We cannot put the Holy Spirit In a cage And the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit Are the traditional seven gifts But the Holy Spirit has Plenty of gifts And for everyone And in any time In any time So The Holy Father knows the human condition Well He knows that the tears we shed for another May have a profound effect Of our own life Bringing us a transformation Of our mind Our attitude, our behavior The final Concept Is discernment And also we hear about that Earlier About the spiritual director I just After three years I had a graduation in San Antonio My life as spiritual director And It's wonderful Wonderful Because all of us We need to hear the Lord But to be mediated by someone Besides the personal experience That we have of the Spirit The sermon means listening carefully To the Holy Spirit Often speaking gently In our hearts At other times We experience The presence of the Spirit Or strangers that we meet And the Holy Spirit comes at work So the sermon helps us understand God's will for us It is very easy to pray Thy will be done On earth As it is in heaven It is quite different Truly to mean That we are listening to God And are willing to respond To His call Being obedient to His will So the sermon helps us understand What we are to do In various contexts Not everything works Every time and with every person Is it time to take a stand Or to be silent Is it time to scatter stone Or to gather them That's in Ecclesiastes Will I put my freedom Or another's In jeopardy In harm's way Is there something I can realistically do With others and with God's help To alleviate an injustice I am simply Tilting With a will meal With no realistic hope As it says Is this the moment To boldly proclaim the Lord Jesus In His Gospel The discernment Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit So How will the Holy Spirit lead us into the future If we are willing What will be the way The Holy Spirit to work Jesus and Mary Are our examples of proper responses To God's will Jesus emptied himself Became incarnate In our world And was obedient and to death Dead on the cross That is why His Father exalted him And called us to recognize him As Lord In His homily Pope Francis at the Basilica Of our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Reminded us that Mary's encounter With the angel Did not hold her back Since she did not Consider herself privileged Or made her Or made her hesitant In living those around her On the contrary You renewed an inspiring attitude For which Mary is And always will be known She is the woman Who said yes Yes, yes Of surrender to God And at the same time A yes Of surrender To her brothers and sisters This is the yes Which prompted her to give The best of herself Going forward to meet others Be my ambassador She says to us Giving food to the hungry Drink to those who thirst A refuge to those who need Clothes, the naked And visit the sick And don't forget to carry the baby in the womb As I did She said Come to the aid Of those in prison Do not leave them alone Forgive whoever has offended you Consult the grieving Be patient with others And above all be Siege And pray to God And in the silence tell him What is in your heart What is in our hearts So my dear brothers And sisters We are called To stand in solidarity With one another And with others Especially The most vulnerable And we are not alone The recent Lord is with us And the Holy Spirit Is with And within us Mary Is with us Our Lady Is at one With all people She is the mother of us all The mother of the new Evangelization The teacher of the new Dialogue She promises to accompany us Her people Telling us not to be afraid Of the darkness and the violence The hatred that is so much Part of our world She is the protector and liberator Of the poor The downtrodden The neglected, the detained The deported And especially the children The unborn And born To the Holy Spirit She brought into the world The Word of God incarnate She will help us To be Incarnations of God's Word Passion Justice and peace Harmony and unity And during love for all peoples All God's people All God's people As Paul Francis has reminded us Jesus once Evangelizers who proclaimed the good news Not only with words But above all By a life Transfigured By God's presence I am doing Something new Let us be part of this Wonderful work Of God's recreation today Led by the Spirit Into the future Led by the Spirit Into the future Another word that just came to me For what Francis is Because we have great challenges into the future But also great hope He said We are facing a lot of evil things In the world The devil Is at work But I say to you loudly God is stronger Amen So then Holy Spirit then Then Holy Spirit then Then Holy Spirit then Then Holy Spirit then Thank you