{"id":11594,"date":"2025-12-05T14:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/?p=11594"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:58:21","slug":"willingly-voluntariamente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/willingly-voluntariamente\/","title":{"rendered":"Willingly&#8230; \/ Voluntariamente"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Willingly, We Will Awaken to God. Willingly, We Will Respond Lovingly to God\u2019s Invitations.<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11595 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stjuliasilercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mary.png?resize=218%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stjuliasilercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mary.png?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stjuliasilercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mary.png?resize=8%2C12&amp;ssl=1 8w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stjuliasilercity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mary.png?w=338&amp;ssl=1 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/>In <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acts 17:28<\/a> we hear: \u201cFor in Him we live, and move, and have our being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What a tremendous revelation!<\/p>\n<p>We often speak about our need to return to God, but the matter is more like turning our attention to God, becoming aware that we are already IN God and what is really required is a willing desire to recognize God\u2019s presence in us and our presence in God.<br \/>\nGod is always present and there is nothing that separates God from us. We may forget God, walk away from God\u2019s ways, and become numb to God\u2019s presence within us, but \u201cnothing can separate us from the love of God\u201d as Holy Scripture also reveals to us.<br \/>\nIn God we live, move, and have our being.<\/p>\n<p>We can turn this Advent into an adventure wherein we rediscover ourselves in God Himself. Where we renew our willing desire for God as a loving response to what God invites us to experience.<\/p>\n<p>God wishes nothing higher than for us to feel His presence in our lives and for us to unite our will to His, not as an obligation or as a desire of wanting something for ourselves, but as a loving desire to the love that God consistently shares with us. It should never be a willful desire for God but as a willing desire to respond freely with love, faith, and trust to the will of God.<\/p>\n<p>There is a big difference between being willful and being willing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being willful is all about us and what I want to do and can do. The emphasis is on our abilities.<\/li>\n<li>Willingness is all about attentiveness to God\u2019s invitations to us and willingly allow God to be the center of our attention and desire. Willingness is about cooperation with God, not out of obligation but rather out of love and trust. As long as we are simply willful, even with the best of intention, the focus is on us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Willingness places the focus on God, God\u2019s invitations, and God\u2019s graces to respond willingly, freely, and lovingly to God\u2019s will. It\u2019s the only way that we can unite our wills to God\u2019s will. Love is the way, the reason, and the means to unite our wills to God\u2019s desires for us.<\/p>\n<p>In Mary we see this perfectly. The only way to have responded so generously to God\u2019s invitation to become the Mother of the Divinity made human flesh, was to willingly and lovingly unite her will to God\u2019s will. Her response to God\u2019s will did not come from a self-centered willfulness, but from a free, conscious, generous, and loving willingness to unite her will to God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p>May this Advent season be a time for us to realize that what is essential in maturing spiritually and in maturing in our relationship with God doesn\u2019t lie in willfulness but rather in loving willingness to choose God and God\u2019s will.<br \/>\nThus will we unite our will to God\u2019s will as a loving response to the love that God offers us.<br \/>\nMay our Advent journey be holy and full of life and joy for us all.<\/p>\n<p>Est\u00e1n en mis oraciones y en mi coraz\u00f3n<br \/>\n<strong>Peace and Good. Friar Julio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Voluntariamente, despertaremos a Dios. Voluntariamente, responderemos con amor a las invitaciones de Dios.<\/h3>\n<p>En <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hechos 17:28<\/a> nos dice: \u201cPorque en \u00e9l vivimos, nos movemos y existimos \u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Qu\u00e9 revelaci\u00f3n tan maravillosa!<\/p>\n<p>A menudo hablamos de nuestra necesidad de volver a Dios, pero se trata m\u00e1s bien de volver nuestra atenci\u00f3n a Dios, de tomar conciencia de que ya estamos EN Dios y de que lo que realmente se requiere es un deseo voluntario de reconocer la presencia de Dios en nosotros y nuestra presencia en Dios. Dios siempre est\u00e1 presente y nada lo separa de nosotros. Podemos olvidarnos de Dios, alejarnos de sus caminos y volvernos insensibles a su presencia en nosotros, pero \u201cnada puede separarnos del amor de Dios \u201d, como tambi\u00e9n nos revela la Sagrada Escritura.<br \/>\nEn Dios vivimos, nos movemos y existimos.<\/p>\n<p>Podemos convertir este Adviento en una aventura en la que nos redescubrimos en Dios mismo, donde renovamos nuestro deseo voluntario de Dios como respuesta amorosa a lo que Dios nos invita a experimentar.<\/p>\n<p>Dios desea lo mejor para nosotros: que sintamos su presencia en nuestras vidas y que unamos nuestra voluntad a la suya, no como una obligaci\u00f3n ni como un deseo de querer algo para nosotros mismos, sino como un deseo amoroso hacia el amor que Dios comparte constantemente con nosotros. Nunca debe ser un deseo voluntario por Dios, sino un deseo voluntario de responder libremente con amor, fe y confianza a su voluntad.<\/p>\n<p>Hay una gran diferencia entre tener voluntad y estar dispuesto.<\/p>\n<p>Tener voluntad se centra en nosotros mismos y en lo que queremos y podemos hacer. El \u00e9nfasis est\u00e1 en nuestras capacidades.<\/p>\n<p>La disposici\u00f3n se trata de estar atentos a las invitaciones de Dios y permitir voluntariamente que Dios sea el centro de nuestra atenci\u00f3n y deseo. La disposici\u00f3n se trata de cooperar con Dios, no por obligaci\u00f3n, sino por amor y confianza. Mientras tengamos voluntad, incluso con la mejor intenci\u00f3n, la atenci\u00f3n se centra en nosotros mismos.<\/p>\n<p>La disposici\u00f3n se centra en Dios, en sus invitaciones y en su gracia para responder voluntaria, libremente y con amor a su voluntad. Es la \u00fanica manera de unir nuestra voluntad a la de Dios. El amor es el camino, la raz\u00f3n y el medio para unir nuestra voluntad a los deseos de Dios para nosotros.<\/p>\n<p>En Mar\u00eda vemos esto perfectamente. La \u00fanica manera de haber respondido con tanta generosidad a la invitaci\u00f3n de Dios a convertirse en la Madre de la Divinidad hecha carne fue unir voluntaria y amorosamente su voluntad a la de Dios. Su respuesta a la voluntad de Dios no provino de una obstinaci\u00f3n egoc\u00e9ntrica, sino de una disposici\u00f3n libre, consciente, generosa y amorosa a unir su voluntad a la de Dios.<\/p>\n<p>Que este tiempo de Adviento sea un momento para que comprendamos que lo esencial para madurar espiritualmente y en nuestra relaci\u00f3n con Dios no reside en la obstinaci\u00f3n, sino en la disposici\u00f3n amorosa a elegir a Dios y su voluntad.<br \/>\nAs\u00ed, uniremos nuestra voluntad a la de Dios como respuesta amorosa al amor que Dios nos ofrece.<br \/>\nQue nuestro camino de Adviento sea santo y lleno de vida y alegr\u00eda para todos.<\/p>\n<p>Est\u00e1n en mis oraciones y en mi coraz\u00f3n.<br \/>\n<strong>Paz y Bien. Fray Julio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willingly, We Will Awaken to God. Willingly, We Will Respond Lovingly to God\u2019s Invitations. 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