{"id":8812,"date":"2025-03-21T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/?p=8812"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:01:28","slug":"spiritual-influences-influencias-espirituales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/en\/spiritual-influences-influencias-espirituales\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Influences Influencias Espirituales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spiritual Influences<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Who has influenced your spirituality?<\/p>\n

Who are the wonderful people in your life that have helped you develop your spirituality? That taught you about God. That shared their faith with you. That taught you how to pray. That have inspired you in your Catholic Christian life.<\/p>\n

We all have these wonderful people in our lives. Some of them influenced us just by the way they lived and the example they gave us.\u00a0So, during this Lent, let\u2019s bring them into our prayers and lift them up to God with much gratitude in our hearts. And\u2026let us also ask for the grace we need to be, like them, a good influence in other people\u2019s life and faith. I have many people to thank for influencing my faith and inspiring me in my search for God.<\/p>\n

Three Saints that I hold dear to my heart and whose writings I use to nurture my spiritual life are St. Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jes\u00fas), and St. John of the Cross. There are other more modern spiritual masters that also influence my journey to God. But those three that I mentioned are the ones that have formed the foundation. Recently, I became aware that both Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross were familiar with the Franciscan spirituality of the Franciscan reformed movements of the time. And it appears that such familiarity influenced Teresa to found a reformed Carmelite community, which today is called the Discalced Carmelites. It seems that Francis of Assisi influenced a lot more people than I ever thought.<\/p>\n

How wonderful and beautiful it is that there is such a connection among them.
\nSo\u2026how do all the influences and inspirations in your life come together?<\/p>\n

What do they form within you? How do they help you draw nearer to God?
\nLet us be grateful for such wonderful influencers in our lives.
\nYou are in my prayers and in my heart.
\nPeace and Good. Friar Julio<\/p>\n

\nInfluencias Espirituales<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00bfQui\u00e9n ha influido en tu espiritualidad?<\/p>\n

\u00bfQui\u00e9nes son las personas maravillosas en tu vida que te han ayudado a desarrollar tu espiritualidad? \u00bfQue te ense\u00f1aron sobre Dios? \u00bfQue compartieron su fe contigo? \u00bfQue te ense\u00f1aron a orar? \u00bfQuienes te han inspirado en tu vida cat\u00f3lica?<\/p>\n

Todos tenemos a estas personas maravillosas en nuestras vidas. Algunas nos influyeron simplemente por su forma de vida y el ejemplo que nos dieron. As\u00ed que, durante esta Cuaresma, incluy\u00e1moslas en nuestras oraciones y elev\u00e9moslas a Dios con mucha gratitud en nuestros corazones. Y \u2026 pidamos tambi\u00e9n la gracia que necesitamos para ser, como ellas, una buena influencia en la vida y en la fe de otras personas. Tengo muchas personas a quienes agradecer por influir en mi fe e inspirarme en mi b\u00fasqueda de Dios.<\/p>\n

Tres santos que llevo en el coraz\u00f3n y cuyos escritos utilizo para nutrir mi vida espiritual son San Francisco de As\u00eds, Santa Teresa de Jes\u00fas y San Juan de la Cruz. Hay otros maestros espirituales m\u00e1s modernos que tambi\u00e9n influyen en mi camino hacia
\nDios. Pero los tres que mencion\u00e9 son los que han formado la base. Recientemente, me di cuenta de que tanto Teresa de \u00c1vila como Juan de la Cruz conoc\u00edan la espiritualidad franciscana de los movimientos franciscanos reformados de la \u00e9poca. Y parece que esa familiaridad influy\u00f3 en Teresa para fundar una comunidad carmelita reformada, que hoy se llama Carmelitas Descalzas. Parece que Francisco de As\u00eds influy\u00f3 en mucha m\u00e1s gente de la que jam\u00e1s imagin\u00e9. Qu\u00e9 maravilloso y hermoso es que exista tal conexi\u00f3n entre ellos.<\/p>\n

Entonces \u2026 \u00bfc\u00f3mo se unen todas las influencias e inspiraciones en tu vida? \u00bfQu\u00e9 forman en ti?
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo te ayudan a acercarte a Dios?
\nSeamos agradecidos por estas maravillosas influencias en nuestras vidas.
\nEst\u00e1n en mis oraciones y en mi coraz\u00f3n.
\nPaz y Bien. Fray Julio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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