A BOOM of Passion for You

<<< 12/22/2018 Who would have said a year ago that I would live this experience, Lord? Who would have said six months ago that I would feel like one more of Hakuna, another one who follows a Madman, Drunk with Love? I knew Hakuna, in fact, every Monday I could I went to the Holy Hour, but I left as if nothing had happened to me, as if I had gone to have some beers with my friends. I saw the happy faces of the people and thought, why? Why do they leave happy and I just leave like that? After spending time going to mass and Holy Hours, I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t fully fulfilled despite doing what I thought I should do. Many people told me I wasn’t fulfilled because Hakuna was just a “pose,” but I knew there was something more, something I hadn’t discovered yet. I knew there was something more than a bunch of familiar people, something addictive. I had been feeling for a while that, despite having everything in my life, I had nothing, that I was missing something, and that something had to be very important. Despite all these doubts, I decided to embark on the great adventure that awaited us this weekend of December 21-22 in Barcelona. An adventure that I thought would be useless, that it would be a Holy Hour like any other and a mass like any other. I decided to go with a couple of friends, and as soon as I arrived on Friday at Plaza Bonanova, I saw that there was an atmosphere I had never seen before. Hundreds of young people coming with a smile from ear to ear to a Holy Hour, people who traveled from all over Spain to be with the Lord. I remember arriving and saying, “there is something special in each one here.” Once at the Holy Hour, I realized why I wasn’t fulfilled: I wasn’t living them on my knees and embracing, I wasn’t putting aside everyday things. I realized I wasn’t ready for battle; I was a couch friend. When I left, I saw that everyone lived with an unusual happiness, lived with the Passion of God, with Your Passion, Lord! It caught my attention so much! Because I always imagined happiness linked to power and comfort, to my fulfilled dreams, and I realized I didn’t even know what happiness was. On Saturday, I went to mass more excited than ever, I was infected by that happiness You give us, Lord! After seeing all the people who got “pringada,” to get “pringada” for You, I felt like doing something, not staying still one second longer in my life. The Mass was crazy, so many people gathered for the same thing, to be close to God; entire families who came from all over Spain for a simple reason: a White Bread that takes care of us, gives us everything, and gives us happiness. I understood where the name “pringado” came from: from all the people who get “pringa” day by day for God, and from those who get “pringa” from the Spirit of God! At lunch, I kept seeing everyone smiling and happy, it was something unique. Everyone willing to help. And since we’re at it, I decided to join in too. I had the opportunity to meet many new people, but above all to know God better, who was in each of those people. These days, Jesus, I have been able to understand the reason for the revolutionary spirit. I have understood, lived, and felt what the Love of Christ is, I have seen what the brotherhood of the family that is Your Church is. It has taught me to discover people, not to be carried away by prejudices, by what others say. I felt more and more comfortable with all those people, with that special happiness that was only seen in Hakuna, only in those of us who understood it, I didn’t see anyone happier than us on the street. In the afternoon came the great concert that was the BOOM of the weekend, the great explosion of what the Lord radiates, joy, love, service, and many others that, if I named them, I wouldn’t finish. But above all, it was a BOOM of Passion for You, Lord, an explosion of hundreds of souls who want to revolutionize the world starting from You, being happy day by day, serving others as if it were for oneself, loving all those with whom we do each daily action. And I realized I wanted to be one of those revolutionary souls, I didn’t want to remain stuck being a couch friend, not moving, doing nothing, just watching. This weekend I was able to discover many new things. I realized that true happiness is in love for others and in service. Thanks to Hakuna I have discovered a path to happiness that seems never-ending, and that path is being close to God. I would call it a historic, revolutionary, unique weekend in the world. Something unmatched. >>>