{"id":12836,"date":"2026-06-05T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:31:35","slug":"hey-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/hey-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey You!\/\u00a1Oye, t\u00fa!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Hey, you! Yeah, you young man or young woman. I want to talk with you!”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I know you want a good life for yourself. You\u2019re going to school or you\u2019re working.
\nYou may be saving up your money for school, car, or an apartment, or even a house.
\nI know you have dreams for yourself, and I hope all of you do have great dreams and hopes for yourselves.
\nBut let me throw something at you.<\/p>\n

Have you ever thought about making a difference in life and in the world?
\nHave you ever thought of doing something meaningful and giving purpose to your life\u2026not just for yourself but for others too?
\nHow close do you let God get near you?
\nDo you have enough trust to be open to what God may want of you or is that too scary for you?
\nI assure you that any invitation that comes from God is the best thing that can come your way.
\nHow much are you willing to trust\u2026to pay attention\u2026to respond to God with generosity.
\nYou know\u2026the type of generosity that thinks of others with the same importance as we think of ourselves?
\nWe are celebrating the graduations of many young people like you.
\nAnd the graduations from high school and college are special ones because they launch you into the real world where your desires for yourselves start taking more concrete shape.<\/p>\n

As your priest, brother, and friend I ask you not to make your life a little one. Life is big and if you go out into life with a big heart, life will become even bigger.
\nDon\u2019t settle for just something. Go for everything and I hope that making a positive difference in this world is part of that everything.
\nDream big. Stay curious about the good things in life and believe in yourselves.
\nKeep God alive in your thoughts and in your hearts. Keep God part of your lives.
\nGod\u2019s spirit will give you the wisdom and strength to stay true to your dreams and hopes, and will also give you the courage and the generosity
\nso that you can be a human being that contributes and not just takes from life.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all of you who graduate this year. I am so proud of each and every one of you.
\nI pray that you create something magnificent with your life, give it purpose, and make it mean something good.
\nWalk gently with your God.<\/p>\n

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

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“\u00a1Oye, t\u00fa! S\u00ed, t\u00fa, joven. \u00a1Quiero hablar contigo!”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

S\u00e9 que deseas una buena vida para ti mismo. Est\u00e1s estudiando o est\u00e1s trabajando.
\nTal vez est\u00e9s ahorrando dinero para tus estudios, para un auto, para un apartamento o incluso para una casa.
\nS\u00e9 que tienes sue\u00f1os para ti, y espero que todos ustedes tengan grandes sue\u00f1os y esperanzas para sus vidas.
\nPero perm\u00edtanme plantearles algo.<\/p>\n

\u00bfAlguna vez han pensado en marcar la diferencia en la vida y en el mundo?
\n\u00bfAlguna vez han pensado en hacer algo significativo y darle un prop\u00f3sito a su vida… no solo para ustedes mismos, sino tambi\u00e9n para los dem\u00e1s?
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 tan cerca permiten que Dios se acerque a ustedes?
\n\u00bfTienen la confianza suficiente para abrirse a lo que Dios pueda querer de ustedes, o eso les resulta demasiado intimidante?
\nLes aseguro que cualquier invitaci\u00f3n que provenga de Dios es lo mejor que les puede suceder.
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 tanto est\u00e1n dispuestos a confiar… a prestar atenci\u00f3n… a responder a Dios con generosidad?
\nYa saben… \u00bfese tipo de generosidad que piensa en los dem\u00e1s con la misma importancia con la que pensamos en nosotros mismos?
\nEstamos celebrando las graduaciones de muchos j\u00f3venes como ustedes.
\nY las graduaciones de la escuela secundaria y de la universidad son momentos especiales, pues los lanzan hacia el mundo real, donde sus deseos para s\u00ed mismos comienzan a tomar una forma m\u00e1s concreta.<\/p>\n

Como su sacerdote, hermano y amigo, les pido que no hagan de su vida algo peque\u00f1o.
\nLa vida es grande, y si salen a enfrentarla con un coraz\u00f3n grande, la vida se volver\u00e1 a\u00fan m\u00e1s grande.
\nNo se conformen con cualquier cosa. Aspiren a conseguirlo todo; y espero que el marcar una diferencia positiva en este mundo sea parte de ese “todo”.
\nSue\u00f1en en grande. Mantengan viva su curiosidad por las cosas buenas de la vida y crean en ustedes mismos.
\nMantengan a Dios vivo en sus pensamientos y en sus corazones. Hagan que Dios siga siendo parte de sus vidas.
\nEl Esp\u00edritu de Dios les dar\u00e1 la sabidur\u00eda y la fortaleza para mantenerse fieles a sus sue\u00f1os y esperanzas; y tambi\u00e9n les dar\u00e1 el valor
\ny la generosidad para que puedan ser seres humanos que contribuyen a la vida, y no solo aquellos que se limitan a tomar de ella.<\/p>\n

Felicidades a todos ustedes que se grad\u00faan este a\u00f1o. Me siento inmensamente orgulloso de cada uno de ustedes.
\nRezo para que construyan algo magn\u00edfico con sus vidas, le den un prop\u00f3sito y hagan que tenga un sentido positivo.
\nCamina suavemente con tu Dios.<\/p>\n

Est\u00e1n en mis oraciones y en mi coraz\u00f3n.
\nPaz y Bien. Fray Julio<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"Hey, you! Yeah, you young man or young woman. I want to talk with you!\" I know you want a good life for yourself. You\u2019re going to school or you\u2019re working. You...","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-heart"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12836"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12844,"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836\/revisions\/12844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}