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0:00 The Lord be with you. >> And with your spirit. >> A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. >> Glory to you, O Lord. >> Jesus said to his disciples, I have come to light a fire on the earth. How I wish the blaze were ignited. I have a baptism to receive. What anguish I feel till it is over. Do you think I have come to establish peace on the earth? I assure you the contrary is true. I have come for division. From now on, a household of five will be
0:48 divided three against two and two against three. Father will be split against son and son against father. Mother against daughter and daughter against mother. Motherin-in-law against mother daughter-in-law. Daughterin-law against mother-in-law. >> The gospel of the Lord. >> Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. Come Holy Spirit bless this unworthy priest. Come Holy Spirit bless us all to
1:35 really listen to you with our hearts. Come Holy Spirit come. Father J. Dillion SVD, the one who read the gospel, is going to make that long journey going back to his mission South Africa tomorrow to bring peace to be an instrument of peace. One with you, Father Jay. God bless you and the good work that you do. Is there brothers? Peace. Question. Are you at peace?
2:29 over hurting, over fighting. Let's pray to the Lord in this mass for peace. Peace in the world. But you know peace begins with you. That is where peace begins. Right now as I'm speaking, you're not focused. Here is one thing we need to remember. There is someone bigger than you.
3:20 focus small circle. May I ask you now to focus? Please focus on your hand right now. Hand and make sure you don't have a cell phone with your hands. Okay. Could you do now a small circle with your right hand? Okay. Wow. Are you following? Small circle. Another one with your left hand. Small circle. And then focus. Now see if you have focused on something outside of your negatives. Small circle. Small circle. Now let's
4:07 sing it. Oh, let's sing it. Small circle. Small circle. Big circle. Small circle. Small cir. Big circle. Small circle. Small circle. Big circle. Ending. You You face each other. Smaller circle. Small circle. Big circle. Small circle. More circle. Big circle. Okay. Look. We focused on something
4:56 outside ourselves. Those who joined because you were focusing on something or someone bigger than yourself. So the secret of peace is reach out to something or someone bigger than yourself. Remember the water level below water. Why? project and you can hardly breathe. You cannot breathe. What we need to do if you want
5:43 to go beyond is to lift up your head and you're above water. That's the power of prayer. That's the power of mindfulness. aside from you. The secret of peace is always to realize that you can reach out, let go and let God. Hey, have you ever tried really reaching out to the other side? Father Jun, hey, have you ever tried
6:28 really reaching out to the other side? It's okay. That's it. Go above water. Reach out to the other side. Don't be so focused on yourself because you'll never have true peace. If this world is all about I, me and myself circle and your small circle is just I, me and myself. Big circle who have bigger problems.
7:18 There is a God who can heal you. That's what the road to peace is all about. Reach out to God and to other people. Go beyond yourself and you'll have a more peaceful life. Soapid, how do we have peace? Number one, be openminded. It's all my point of view, my opinion. This is my take. Oh, hello. Hello. Hello.
8:03 Because very sad the the husband had a cranial operation. They had to open the brain at the head. No. Well, I was really I didn't know how to empathize with her. Yeah. Father. No. And then he said, "Well, at least Father, your husband my husband now is more open-minded." Open-minded. Soapit maybe that's the point. Could you open your mind broader your horizons point of view can point of view there are other point of views right let's all meet in God's point of view that's where we will have peace and dear brothers and
8:51 sisters please remember you and I don't have a monopoly over truthcl Exclusive monopoly righteousness. Please, please, please don't ever ever think you're better, you're more intelligent, you're more holy. Maybe you are. Maybe. But I'd rather say
9:38 no. I'd rather be open. He could be right. She could be right. I could be wrong. If we have that, we have more peaceful life. We don't end up on debates. We don't end up feeling hurt. But please remember be openminded and listen to people. Please listen to what they are saying and what they are not saying. Remember many times you know it is better to be kind than to
10:25 be right. family. I am right. In the meantime, you've become very unkind and you hurt people a lot. Please balance that. So, dear friends, learn to respect people. Respect. We respect their opinions. We listen to them. We respect their privacy. respect their you know learn to respect one another let's go out of our bias remember I told you story before about
11:11 drinking team somewhere in uh Tondo alcohol So they were having a nice time and one of them said, "Bro, judgmental [Music] taste. How we can make judgments on people? Sisters and brothers, respect people and
11:57 accept people with acceptance. Many times you want to change people right away. You don't know what this person has gone through or going through. We cannot be patient please. But first acceptance in the family. There are people perhaps member of the family. What do you do? But the worst case is somebody and somebody commits suicide just because oh my god so painful. I've heard so many
12:44 at many counseling maybe if only you listened more you respected more anyway number two po first one is open-minded number two po to have peace be openhearted dead preservatives. Be openhearted. Sisters and brothers, if you want to have peace, be openhearted to God. If you learn to do that, right away
13:30 things fall into place. Remember BTS, believe trust surrender. But if you have that BTS stance, okay, you're above water right now as I speak. Oh, anything bothering you right now? Open to God. Lord BTS, I believe, I trust, I surrender. You are my God. I trust in you. Please don't forget that. Be open to God. And please don't forget
14:16 too, a broken heart is an open heart. I was just in Cebu and I met a young widow. The husband just died suddenly living a son. What a broken heart for this lady. But she opened her heart to God or somebody whose husband abandoned her just like that after so many years. What a painful but because you open to God you will survive. You will grow a pat. Please don't forget be open to God's heart. Right now, do
15:01 you have to make any decision? Okay. Open your heart to God's wisdom. Come Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit. Right now, just tell the Lord, "Lord, I open my heart. I believe. I trust. Surrender. Lord this time. Oh, do you need any help? Many times I have experienced that Lord. Things happen. Things happen. God will help you. God
15:48 will make a way. Oh, right now do you need forgiveness? Those who are listening right now, Lord, I have sinned. I am in a in a deep deep problem with sinfulness, my bad habits. Lord, I need you. Just open your heart to God. That's it. Instead of thinking of so many things, open your heart to God. That's all. And sisters and brothers, please be openhearted to people. Uh be mindful of people and please listen
16:35 to people and be compassionate, openhearted. have a heart. It It hits your heart because they're talking to the heart. They're not even talking about justice. It's just appealing to your heart. Please never never give up on the heart. And finally, openminded, openhearted and open handed. Are you going through life with open
17:21 hands? Um, I have a well confession to make. I write up to now I write all my books and everything I write by hand. Why? I don't know how to use a computer. I maybe I could learn someday but somehow there's something about writing with the hand. See with the we write with the hand it goes to your head heart mo and then it flows to your hands
18:07 it's basically I don't know more visual more of that kind fast but when you write efficient but it get things done filter from the brain straight to the thing but brain goes to the heart and then to the handsome. Well, that's it for me. It's simple. Anything you do, please don't forget to be openhanded with your time, your talents, and your treasures. Monkey somewhere I read in India coconut. You know the coconut nut. It's a very big
18:54 nut. All right. They put little food there. Why? Because of that closed fist. That's why it is trapped. That's why it's lost its peace. Message the Lord today. So now may I ask you look at your hands again.
19:42 Those are the hands that have received so much from God and the blessings from the Lord. Your hands will also be more generous in terms of time, talents and treasures. Today we say to the Lord, Lord, my hands I offer to you. Use my hands Lord for whatever mission. Whether to give something material or to give something spiritual, emotional, whatever it is, Lord, I
20:27 surrender my hands to you. Make my hands hands for peace. So now as you look at your hands, you offer to the Lord your hands and small circle, small circle, big circle, small circle, big circle. Not only your hands, small heart, small heart. That's it. Small heart. Small heart. Big heart. Small heart. Small heart. Big heart.
21:30 continue to reach out to the other side. There are people aside from you and there is a God greater than me and you. That is the secret of peace. That is the road that will lead us to true peace. Get out of yourself and you'll have peace. [Music]
