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Quiz\u00e1 responder\u00edamos: \u201cQue trabaje por el bien com\u00fan de todos los ciudadanos\u201d. Si nos preguntasen por lo esencial de un matrimonio, quiz\u00e1 responder\u00edamos: \u201cQue se amen y se respeten mutuamente y est\u00e9n abiertos a la vida\u201d. Y si nos preguntan por lo esencial del cristianismo, \u00bfqu\u00e9 responder\u00edamos? Quiz\u00e1 dir\u00edamos lo mismo que Jes\u00fas: \u201cAmar a Dios sobre todas las cosas y al pr\u00f3jimo como a uno mismo\u201d.\r\n\r\n2 \u2013 \u00bfQu\u00e9 significa \u201cAmar a Dios sobre todas las cosas\u201d? Compartir\u00e9 una an\u00e9cdota para explicar esto. Un amigo m\u00edo que ahora es sacerdote, cuando era un ni\u00f1o su madre le pregunt\u00f3: \u201c\u00bfA qui\u00e9n quieres m\u00e1s a pap\u00e1 o a mam\u00e1?\u201d Y mi amigo, que es un tipo muy listo, le respondi\u00f3: \u201cA Dios\u201d. Y si la pregunta fuese de los hijos hacia los padres: \u201c\u00bfA qui\u00e9n quieres m\u00e1s a m\u00ed o a mi hermana?\u201d, pues la respuesta creo yo que deber\u00eda ser la misma: \u201cA Dios\u201d. Ahora os pregunto a los que sois padres y madres: \u201c\u00bfPod\u00e9is decir que quer\u00e9is m\u00e1s a Dios que a vuestros hijos?\u201d. Con los hijos se pasa mucho tiempo juntos, son carne de nuestra carne y hay un contacto directo con ellos. Es f\u00e1cil quererlos y quererlos mucho. Pero no parece tan f\u00e1cil pasar tanto tiempo con Dios, sentir que es carne de nuestra carne y tener un contacto directo con \u00c9l.\r\n\r\n3 \u2013 Aqu\u00ed reside un importante reto: \u00bfC\u00f3mo amar a Dios por encima de todas las cosas? Y, \u00bfquieres que te diga un secreto? \u00a1Es imposible! S\u00ed, es imposible para ti y para m\u00ed. Vamos a tratar de entender esto. \u00bfQui\u00e9nes son los que quiz\u00e1 m\u00e1s han querido a Dios a lo largo de la historia? Podr\u00edamos decir que han sido los santos. Y dentro de los santos, quiz\u00e1 los m\u00e1rtires han amado tanto a Dios que hasta han entregado su vida como lo hizo Jes\u00fas. En la historia de Jap\u00f3n hay muchos m\u00e1rtires. Sobre todo japoneses, aunque tambi\u00e9n hay espa\u00f1oles, portugueses, italianos... Muchos de ellos han sido beatificados en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os. Y en el camino hasta ser reconocido como un santo, un primer paso muy importante es ser reconocido como beato. Y para que eso suceda, hay que descubrir que esa persona ha tenido que ver con alg\u00fan milagro. Normalmente pensamos en alguna curaci\u00f3n milagrosa. Sin embargo, ninguno de los m\u00e1rtires que son beatos ha tenido que ver con ninguna curaci\u00f3n milagrosa. Pero entonces, \u00bfcu\u00e1l es el milagro que ha hecho que sean beatificados? Pues ese milagro ha sido su propio martirio. As\u00ed es, el martirio es un aut\u00e9ntico milagro. Es imposible para ti y para m\u00ed, pero es posible con la Gracia de Dios.\r\n\r\n4 \u2013 Y as\u00ed descubrimos algo muy importante: amar a Dios sobre todas las cosas es un don de Dios. En este mundo donde se nos ense\u00f1a que con esfuerzo todo se consigue, descubrimos que lo m\u00e1s importante, lo esencial, por mucho que nos esforcemos, nunca lo alcanzaremos. Y no s\u00f3lo eso, sino que lo que no podemos por nuestras propias fuerzas, lo recibimos como un regalo de Dios. Quiz\u00e1 alguno diga: \u201cPues si es un don de Dios, \u00bfpara qu\u00e9 esforzarse? Que nos lo regale y mientras tanto nos dedicamos a otras cosas. Pensar as\u00ed no nos ayuda, nos lleva m\u00e1s bien a separarnos de Dios. Todo regalo, para que sea verdaderamente un regalo, debe ser recibido. Y para recibir un regalo hay que disponerse para ello, hay que abrir los brazos, colocar las manos, quiz\u00e1 expresar alegr\u00eda con el rostro... Pues ah\u00ed est\u00e1 nuestro esfuerzo. Cada vez que cumplimos los mandamientos, cada vez que dedicamos tiempo a la oraci\u00f3n, cada vez que acudimos al sacramento de la confesi\u00f3n y le pedimos perd\u00f3n a Dios, cada vez que recibimos el Cuerpo de Cristo; en definitiva, cada vez que nos esforzamos por estar cerca de Dios, estamos prepar\u00e1ndonos para recibir ese regalo de Dios que har\u00e1 posible amarle por encima de todas las cosas.\r\n\r\n5 \u2013 Comprender y vivir esto, hoy en d\u00eda, creo que nos lleva a una comuni\u00f3n m\u00e1s profunda con Dios. Y nos ayuda a aclarar esta idea de que lo podemos todo por nosotros mismos si nos esforzamos. Pid\u00e1mosle a Dios que nos conceda este don de amarle por encima de todas las cosas.","homilia_japones":"<ul>\r\n 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marriage, we would perhaps answer: \u201cThat they love and respect each other and are open to life.\u201d And if we were asked what is essential in Christianity, what would we answer? We would perhaps say the same as Jesus: \u201cTo love God above all things and one\u2019s neighbor as oneself.\u201d\r\n\r\n2 \u2013 What does \u201cto love God above all things\u201d mean? I will share an anecdote to explain this. A friend of mine who is now a priest, when he was a child his mother asked him: \u201cWho do you love more, dad or mom?\u201d And my friend, who is a very clever guy, answered: \u201cGod.\u201d And if the question were from children to parents: \u201cWho do you love more, me or my sister?\u201d, then I think the answer should be the same: \u201cGod.\u201d Now I ask you who are parents: \u201cCan you say that you love God more than your children?\u201d We spend a lot of time with our children, they are our flesh and we have direct contact with them. It is easy to love them and love them a lot. But it does not seem so easy to spend so much time with God, to feel that He is our flesh and to have direct contact with Him.\r\n\r\n3 \u2013 Here lies an important challenge: How to love God above all things? And do you want me to tell you a secret? It is impossible! Yes, it is impossible for you and for me. Let us try to understand this. Who are those who have perhaps loved God the most throughout history? We could say that they have been the saints. And among the saints, perhaps the martyrs have loved God so much that they have even given their lives as Jesus did. In the history of Japan there are many martyrs. Above all Japanese, although there are also Spanish, Portuguese, Italian... Many of them have been beatified in recent years. And on the road to being recognized as a saint, a very important first step is to be recognized as a blessed. And for that to happen, you have to discover that that person has had something to do with some miracle. Normally we think of some miraculous healing. However, none of the martyrs who are blessed have had anything to do with any miraculous healing. But then, what is the miracle that has made them beatified? Well, that miracle has been their own martyrdom. That's right, martyrdom is a true miracle. It is impossible for you and me, but it is possible with the Grace of God.\r\n\r\n4 \u2013 And so we discover something very important: loving God above all things is a gift from God. In this world where we are taught that everything can be achieved with effort, we discover that the most important, the essential, no matter how hard we try, we will never achieve it. And not only that, but what we cannot achieve on our own, we receive as a gift from God. Perhaps someone will say: \"Well, if it is a gift from God, why strive? Let him give it to us and in the meantime we dedicate ourselves to other things. Thinking like this does not help us, but rather leads us to separate ourselves from God. Every gift, to be truly a gift, must be received. And to receive a gift we must be ready for it, we must open our arms, place our hands, perhaps express joy with our face... Well, that is where our effort lies. Every time we fulfill the commandments, every time we dedicate time to prayer, every time we go to the sacrament of confession and ask God for forgiveness, every time we receive the Body of Christ; in short, every time we strive to be close to God, we are preparing ourselves to receive that gift from God that will make it possible to love him above all things.\r\n\r\n5 \u2013 Understanding and living this, today, I believe, leads us to a deeper communion with God. And it helps us to clarify this idea that we can do everything by ourselves if we strive. 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