{"id":8241,"date":"2025-01-23T18:43:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/?p=8241"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:47:10","slug":"love-compels-us-el-amor-nos-obliga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/en\/love-compels-us-el-amor-nos-obliga\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Compels Us \/ El amor nos obliga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love Compels Us<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are moments that love compels us to go beyond our comfort zone and challenge us to open wide our hearts and minds for the sake of love itself. To walk together in mutual support with those who find life burdensome is always a testament to the love that we profess to have for God and a witness to our belief that the love for God must be practiced in the love we demonstrate for one another. To \u201clove God with all our mind, with all our soul and with all our strength and to love our neighbor as ourselves\u201d is the fulfillment of the Law and of the message of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Having stated this, we move on to recognize the fact that many of us here in our parish community are finding life burdensome right now with much nervousness, insecurities, and fear due to the new deportation policies that the federal government is putting into place. We know that these new policies of deportation will affect the undocumented immigrants. We also know that these new policies will affect our sisters and brothers. Yes. It does affect us all in a personal way because many undocumented immigrants are part of our family here at St. Julia. And you, my sisters and brothers who find yourselves in this worrisome situation, are loved and appreciated here at St. Julia. You are us and we are you. There is no separation. We are one and we will act as one, doing everything we can do to support you and protect you.<\/p>\n

None of us can deny the heartbreak that such new policies will create: families may be separated, the work of entire lifetimes may be put at risk, children will begin to live in fear and innocence lost, fear can invade every move including going to work and coming to worship in church, and the consequences can be devastating to many among us in many ways.<\/p>\n

This is a time to come together in love and support. This is a time when our fidelity to the teachings of Jesus must be practiced concretely in compassionate ways. This is the time for all of us to unite in mutual care and concern. I humbly ask our parish community to put all political agendas to the side and dedicate ourselves to building a community of compassion and support in the spirit of Jesus and his teachings. I kindly call all of us to look at the other as a sister and a brother and to demonstrate our love in courageous and generous ways.<\/p>\n

We must find a way and many ways to support and to care with self-abandon. I will soon announce a date and time for us to come together to discuss what we can do to help and support our family members, for that is what we all are to one another: family!<\/p>\n

You are in my prayers and in my heart. Friar Julio<\/p>\n

El amor nos obliga\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hay momentos en que el amor nos obliga a ir m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de nuestra comodidad y nos desaf\u00eda a abrir de par en par nuestros corazones y mentes por amor al amor mismo. Caminar juntos en apoyo mutuo con aquellos que encuentran la vida pesada es siempre un testimonio del amor que profesamos tener por Dios y un testimonio de nuestra creencia de que el amor a Dios debe practicarse en el amor que demostramos unos a otros. Amar a Dios con toda nuestra mente, con toda nuestra alma y con todas nuestras fuerzas y amar a nuestro pr\u00f3jimo como a nosotros mismos \u201d es el cumplimiento de la Ley y del mensaje de Jesucristo.<\/p>\n

Habiendo dicho esto, pasamos a reconocer el hecho de que muchos de nosotros aqu\u00ed en nuestra comunidad parroquial estamos encontrando la vida pesada en este momento con mucho nerviosismo, inseguridades y miedo debido a las nuevas pol\u00edticas de deportaci\u00f3n que el gobierno federal est\u00e1 poniendo en marcha. Sabemos que estas nuevas pol\u00edticas de deportaci\u00f3n afectar\u00e1n a los inmigrantes indocumentados. Tambi\u00e9n sabemos que estas nuevas pol\u00edticas afectar\u00e1n a nuestros hermanos y hermanas. S\u00ed. Esto nos afecta a todos de una manera personal porque muchos inmigrantesindocumentados son parte de nuestra familia aqu\u00ed en Santa Julia. Y ustedes, mis hermanas y hermanos que se encuentran en esta situaci\u00f3n preocupante, son amados y apreciados aqu\u00ed en Santa Julia. Ustedes son nosotros y nosotros somos ustedes. No hay separaci\u00f3n. Somos uno y actuaremos como uno, haciendo todo lo que podamos para apoyarlos y protegerlos.<\/p>\n

Ninguno de nosotros puede negar el dolor que estas nuevas pol\u00edticas crear\u00e1n: las familias pueden ser separadas, el trabajo de toda una vida puede estar en riesgo, los ni\u00f1os comenzar\u00e1n a vivir con miedo y perder\u00e1n la inocencia, el miedo puede invadir cada movimiento, incluso ir a trabajar y asistir a la iglesia, y las consecuencias pueden ser devastadoras para muchos de nosotros de muchas maneras.<\/p>\n

Este es un momento para unirnos en amor y apoyo. Este es un momento en el que nuestra fidelidad a las ense\u00f1anzas de Jes\u00fas debe practicarse de manera concreta y compasiva. Este es el momento para que todos nos unamos en el cuidado y la preocupaci\u00f3n mutuos. Humildemente pido a nuestra comunidad parroquial que deje de lado todas las agendas pol\u00edticas y nos dediquemos a construir una comunidad de compasi\u00f3n y apoyo en el esp\u00edritu de Jes\u00fas y sus ense\u00f1anzas. Amablemente invito a todos nosotros a mirar al otro como a una hermana y un hermano y a demostrar nuestro amor de maneras valientes y generosas.<\/p>\n

Debemos encontrar una manera y muchas maneras de apoyar. Pronto anunciar\u00e9 una fecha y hora para que nos reunamos para discutir lo que podemos hacer para ayudar y apoyar a nuestros familiares, porque eso es lo que todos somos unos para otros: \u00a1familia!<\/p>\n

Est\u00e1n en mis oraciones y en mi coraz\u00f3n. Fray Julio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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