Las flores que nunca se marchitan... y la promesa que unió dos almas eternas|| Papa Francisco
Luz de Hoy
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It was as if time'}, {'start': '22.000', 'end': '27.039', 'text': 'was aware that that moment'}, {'start': '24.119', 'end': '29.039', 'text': 'carried something sacred, inevitable.'}, {'start': '27.039', 'end': '31.359', 'text': 'Pope Francis, already noticeably'}, {'start': '29.039', 'end': '33.920', 'text': 'weakened, lacked the skills'}, {'start': '31.359', 'end': '36.360', 'text': 'necessary to celebrate Mass.  It'}, {'start': '33.920', 'end': '38.239', 'text': 'was 38 days of seclusion,'}, {'start': '36.360', 'end': '40.280', 'text': 'silent battles against the delicacy'}, {'start': '38.239', 'end': '42.559', 'text': 'of his own body, but despite'}, {'start': '40.280', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'everything, he persisted in writing'}, {'start': '42.559', 'end': '47.760', 'text': 'the Easter homily with his own hand.  His'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '50.440', 'text': 'line was no longer solid.  Her handwriting'}, {'start': '47.760', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'had become delicate, almost'}, {'start': '50.440', 'end': '55.280', 'text': 'adolescent.  However, his words'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '57.320', 'text': 'retained the same power as always:'}, {'start': '55.280', 'end': '59.160', 'text': 'constancy in love, optimism in'}, {'start': '57.320', 'end': '61.519', 'text': 'suffering, and an'}, {'start': '59.160', 'end': '63.239', 'text': 'unquestionable invitation to peace.  In the sermon'}, {'start': '61.519', 'end': '65.360', 'text': 'delivered by Cardinal Diego'}, {'start': '63.239', 'end': '67.280', 'text': "Rabelli, Francis's words"}, {'start': '65.360', 'end': '70.000', 'text': 'resonated like a final call to the'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '72.200', 'text': 'heart of the world.  It is not possible to stop'}, {'start': '70.000', 'end': '74.840', 'text': 'our hearts in melancholy or in'}, {'start': '72.200', 'end': '77.799', 'text': 'the fantasies of this world.  We must'}, {'start': '74.840', 'end': '80.040', 'text': 'run, brimming with happiness.  That'}, {'start': '77.799', 'end': '82.360', 'text': 'phrase spread rapidly through'}, {'start': '80.040', 'end': '85.439', 'text': 'mobile phones, mouths, and'}, {'start': '82.360', 'end': '88.200', 'text': "tears.  It was Francis' most recent Easter"}, {'start': '85.439', 'end': '91.040', 'text': '.  Everyone was clear about it, but'}, {'start': '88.200', 'end': '94.200', 'text': 'no one wanted to express it in public.  The'}, {'start': '91.040', 'end': '96.479', 'text': 'crowd listened, but turned restlessly'}, {'start': '94.200', 'end': '99.759', 'text': 'toward the windows of the Vatican.'}, {'start': '96.479', 'end': '102.439', 'text': 'Many were asking, "Will it ever'}, {'start': '99.759', 'end': '104.680', 'text': 'look solid enough?"'}, {'start': '102.439', 'end': '106.920', 'text': 'The moments passed and the sun'}, {'start': '104.680', 'end': '109.560', 'text': 'rose until it reached the dome of the'}, {'start': '106.920', 'end': '112.560', 'text': 'basilica.  The homily was reaching'}, {'start': '109.560', 'end': '114.479', 'text': 'its end.  The silence was total'}, {'start': '112.560', 'end': '117.240', 'text': 'until, like someone triumphing in a'}, {'start': '114.479', 'end': '120.479', 'text': 'battle against himself, the Pope emerged,'}, {'start': '117.240', 'end': '123.360', 'text': 'fragile and hunched over, but then the square'}, {'start': '120.479', 'end': '125.439', 'text': 'exploded with applause and emotion.  That'}, {'start': '123.360', 'end': '127.719', 'text': 'white-skinned man, enveloped by an'}, {'start': '125.439', 'end': '129.959', 'text': 'air of fragility and firm faith, placed his'}, {'start': '127.719', 'end': '132.000', 'text': 'hand on his chest.  Then he gradually raised his arm'}, {'start': '129.959', 'end': '134.560', 'text': 'and waved.'}, {'start': '132.000', 'end': '137.720', 'text': 'His lips moved, but his voice was almost'}, {'start': '134.560', 'end': '140.840', 'text': 'imperceptible.  However, everyone'}, {'start': '137.720', 'end': '143.640', 'text': 'present listened.  Happy Easter.   It'}, {'start': '140.840', 'end': '145.480', 'text': 'took seconds, just seconds, but it'}, {'start': '143.640', 'end': '148.319', 'text': 'felt like time had'}, {'start': '145.480', 'end': '150.000', 'text': 'stopped for that last hug.'}, {'start': '148.319', 'end': '153.400', 'text': 'A gift that does not come from'}, {'start': '150.000', 'end': '155.959', 'text': 'physical strength, but from the spirit.  That'}, {'start': '153.400', 'end': '158.640', 'text': 'simple, silent gesture conveyed more than'}, {'start': '155.959', 'end': '160.360', 'text': 'any statement.  Thus, in a'}, {'start': '158.640', 'end': '162.840', 'text': 'moment not contemplated in'}, {'start': '160.360', 'end': '166.159', 'text': 'protocol, the Pope made a suggestion to'}, {'start': '162.840', 'end': '168.599', 'text': 'his secretary.  He discreetly proposed to address'}, {'start': '166.159', 'end': '170.040', 'text': 'the loyalists.'}, {'start': '168.599', 'end': '172.239', 'text': 'Security officials'}, {'start': '170.040', 'end': '174.239', 'text': 'questioned themselves.  However, no one'}, {'start': '172.239', 'end': '176.840', 'text': 'spoke to Francis when he chose to'}, {'start': '174.239', 'end': '178.920', 'text': "follow his life's calling.  They placed him"}, {'start': '176.840', 'end': '181.360', 'text': 'in the popemobile, which gradually moved'}, {'start': '178.920', 'end': '184.080', 'text': 'through the crowd.  The'}, {'start': '181.360', 'end': '186.720', 'text': 'square, previously filled with emotion,'}, {'start': '184.080', 'end': '189.080', 'text': 'now wept alone.  It was as if'}, {'start': '186.720', 'end': '191.599', 'text': 'each glance pursued an'}, {'start': '189.080', 'end': '194.239', 'text': 'individual farewell.  Children erected statues of the'}, {'start': '191.599', 'end': '196.280', 'text': 'Pope, mothers held up rosaries, and'}, {'start': '194.239', 'end': '199.000', 'text': 'old people made the sign of the cross'}, {'start': '196.280', 'end': '201.440', 'text': 'with trembling hands.  And he in that'}, {'start': '199.000', 'end': '203.879', 'text': 'place, moving slowly, looked into the'}, {'start': '201.440', 'end': '206.200', 'text': 'eyes, greeted delicately and'}, {'start': '203.879', 'end': '208.640', 'text': 'sometimes simply closed his eyes'}, {'start': '206.200', 'end': '211.080', 'text': 'as if to say, "I am here,'}, {'start': '208.640', 'end': '214.200', 'text': 'although in silence."  It was his last'}, {'start': '211.080', 'end': '216.200', 'text': 'public appearance.  However, no one'}, {'start': '214.200', 'end': '218.959', 'text': 'in that place could suspect that this'}, {'start': '216.200', 'end': '220.840', 'text': 'small gesture concealed something even more,'}, {'start': '218.959', 'end': '223.400', 'text': 'something that was not found in the sphere'}, {'start': '220.840', 'end': '226.000', 'text': 'of the microphone or on the balcony, but in'}, {'start': '223.400', 'end': '228.480', 'text': 'the hearts of the audience.  If stories of'}, {'start': '226.000', 'end': '230.519', 'text': 'this nature touch your heart, I'}, {'start': '228.480', 'end': '233.400', 'text': 'urge you to subscribe to the channel and leave'}, {'start': '230.519', 'end': '235.599', 'text': 'your favorite.  This allows us to continue'}, {'start': '233.400', 'end': '238.640', 'text': 'sharing moments that communicate with the'}, {'start': '235.599', 'end': '240.640', 'text': 'spirit.  I appreciate your presence.   He'}, {'start': '238.640', 'end': '243.159', 'text': 'lived in a modest apartment in'}, {'start': '240.640', 'end': '244.840', 'text': "Rome's Trastevere district, on a"}, {'start': '243.159', 'end': '246.920', 'text': 'quiet street where the balconies'}, {'start': '244.840', 'end': '249.079', 'text': 'still have pots of geraniums'}, {'start': '246.920', 'end': '251.360', 'text': 'and the inhabitants greet each other with the same'}, {'start': '249.079', 'end': '253.599', 'text': 'respect they did decades ago.  Carmela'}, {'start': '251.360', 'end': '257.600', 'text': 'Beluchci, who had been widowed for'}, {'start': '253.599', 'end': '260.320', 'text': 'more than 20 years, was 74 years old.  His'}, {'start': '257.600', 'end': '262.160', 'text': 'hands were tiny and bony,'}, {'start': '260.320', 'end': '264.240', 'text': 'poised between the fragility of'}, {'start': '262.160', 'end': '266.919', 'text': 'age and the tenacity of someone who never ceased to'}, {'start': '264.240', 'end': '268.960', 'text': 'serve.  For some, she'}, {'start': '266.919', 'end': '270.800', 'text': 'was simply the lady on the corner,'}, {'start': '268.960', 'end': '273.280', 'text': 'who left early with her'}, {'start': '270.800', 'end': '275.440', 'text': 'cloth bag and returned with fresh bread, flowers,'}, {'start': '273.280', 'end': '277.880', 'text': 'and silence.  But those who'}, {'start': '275.440', 'end': '279.400', 'text': 'truly knew her knew that her'}, {'start': '277.880', 'end': '282.600', 'text': 'spirit had a'}, {'start': '279.400', 'end': '285.240', 'text': 'certain direction.  Faith.  Since her youth,'}, {'start': '282.600', 'end': '287.960', 'text': 'since 1900, she had been faithful to Saint'}, {'start': '285.240', 'end': '290.199', 'text': 'Francis of Assisi, attracted not only by'}, {'start': '287.960', 'end': '292.160', 'text': 'his affection for animals, but by'}, {'start': '290.199', 'end': '294.199', 'text': "the Saint's ability to"}, {'start': '292.160', 'end': '296.800', 'text': 'embrace poverty, humility, and'}, {'start': '294.199', 'end': '299.400', 'text': 'suffering with outstretched arms.'}, {'start': '296.800', 'end': '301.639', 'text': 'Carmela found relief in that.  There'}, {'start': '299.400', 'end': '303.919', 'text': 'was no wealth in his home, but'}, {'start': '301.639', 'end': '306.360', 'text': 'nothing essential was missing either'}, {'start': '303.919', 'end': '308.720', 'text': '.  He lived in poverty and'}, {'start': '306.360', 'end': '310.880', 'text': 'provided much with every sentence he'}, {'start': '308.720', 'end': '313.440', 'text': 'uttered at dawn.  Every Mass he'}, {'start': '310.880', 'end': '316.199', 'text': 'attended without fail was a way'}, {'start': '313.440', 'end': '318.080', 'text': 'of expressing gratitude.  For her,'}, {'start': '316.199', 'end': '320.319', 'text': 'life itself represented a'}, {'start': '318.080', 'end': '322.600', 'text': 'restitution.  When'}, {'start': '320.319', 'end': '325.440', 'text': 'Pope Francis was hospitalized, the news felt'}, {'start': '322.600', 'end': '328.199', 'text': 'like a personal injury, not just'}, {'start': '325.440', 'end': '331.199', 'text': 'because he was the father.  Francesco'}, {'start': '328.199', 'end': '333.000', 'text': 'was a spiritual brother to Carmela.  The'}, {'start': '331.199', 'end': '335.280', 'text': 'individual who had chosen that'}, {'start': '333.000', 'end': '337.319', 'text': 'name out of deep conviction,'}, {'start': '335.280', 'end': '340.120', 'text': 'aspiring to a church that advances with the'}, {'start': '337.319', 'end': '342.880', 'text': 'least.  She perceived herself as one of'}, {'start': '340.120', 'end': '345.319', 'text': "the latter.  It didn't matter if I"}, {'start': '342.880', 'end': '347.840', 'text': 'had never touched it or even'}, {'start': '345.319', 'end': '349.919', 'text': 'looked at it.  Inside he'}, {'start': '347.840', 'end': '352.080', 'text': 'felt that he knew him and that he'}, {'start': '349.919', 'end': '354.560', 'text': 'knew him too, even though he was unaware'}, {'start': '352.080', 'end': '356.919', 'text': 'of his name.  On her'}, {'start': '354.560', 'end': '359.400', 'text': 'second day in the hospital, Carmela'}, {'start': '356.919', 'end': '361.680', 'text': 'made a decision that no one'}, {'start': '359.400', 'end': '363.800', 'text': 'immediately understood.  He went to the flower shop'}, {'start': '361.680', 'end': '367.360', 'text': 'on the corner and asked for'}, {'start': '363.800', 'end': '370.680', 'text': 'yellow flowers, always the same.  Daisies,'}, {'start': '367.360', 'end': '372.720', 'text': 'sunflowers, carnations.  Something in it'}, {'start': '370.680', 'end': '375.360', 'text': 'linked the color yellow with'}, {'start': '372.720', 'end': '377.360', 'text': 'hope.  Not a thunderous longing,'}, {'start': '375.360', 'end': '379.919', 'text': 'but the silent longing of one who trusts'}, {'start': '377.360', 'end': '382.080', 'text': 'even without perceiving.  With the bouquet in her'}, {'start': '379.919', 'end': '384.080', 'text': 'hands, she went to the hospital where her'}, {'start': '382.080', 'end': '386.280', 'text': 'father was admitted.  and in a'}, {'start': '384.080', 'end': '389.280', 'text': 'delicate voice he asked the'}, {'start': '386.280', 'end': '392.759', 'text': 'security guards to hand him over.  On that day'}, {'start': '389.280', 'end': '395.400', 'text': 'they were amazed.  In the second'}, {'start': '392.759', 'end': '397.120', 'text': 'they murmured.  The third one began to'}, {'start': '395.400', 'end': '400.000', 'text': 'call her the lady of the'}, {'start': '397.120', 'end': '402.440', 'text': 'flowers.  And on the tenth day they already'}, {'start': '400.000', 'end': '405.520', 'text': 'knew his name, his time, his'}, {'start': '402.440', 'end': '408.479', 'text': 'way of moving.  However, Carmela'}, {'start': '405.520', 'end': '412.199', 'text': 'never tried to enter, never asked for'}, {'start': '408.479', 'end': '415.080', 'text': 'a photo, never tried to attract attention, she'}, {'start': '412.199', 'end': '417.879', 'text': 'only provided the flowers.'}, {'start': '415.080', 'end': '421.319', 'text': 'He pointed to the cross and walked away.  He repeated'}, {'start': '417.879', 'end': '424.599', 'text': 'this act every day for 38 days.'}, {'start': '421.319', 'end': '427.080', 'text': "Precipitation, cold, wind, it didn't"}, {'start': '424.599', 'end': '428.879', 'text': 'matter.  Its sound was unchanging,'}, {'start': '427.080', 'end': '431.199', 'text': 'like an old bell that rings'}, {'start': '428.879', 'end': '433.520', 'text': 'constantly at the same time, even'}, {'start': '431.199', 'end': '435.720', 'text': 'though no one else notices it.  On one'}, {'start': '433.520', 'end': '437.800', 'text': 'occasion, a nurse questioned her'}, {'start': '435.720', 'end': '440.639', 'text': 'reason for doing so, and Carmela simply'}, {'start': '437.800', 'end': '443.199', 'text': 'replied, "I\'m bringing the flowers out of love. He\'s already'}, {'start': '440.639', 'end': '445.240', 'text': 'done so much for us."  That phrase'}, {'start': '443.199', 'end': '448.039', 'text': 'was immortalized in the memory of'}, {'start': '445.240', 'end': '449.759', 'text': 'whoever heard it.  There was a sweetness there'}, {'start': '448.039', 'end': '452.520', 'text': 'that seemed to come from a'}, {'start': '449.759', 'end': '454.919', 'text': 'different time, a different logic.'}, {'start': '452.520', 'end': '457.360', 'text': "Carmela didn't watch the news, she didn't"}, {'start': '454.919', 'end': '460.400', 'text': "debate politics, she didn't pass"}, {'start': '457.360', 'end': '462.960', 'text': 'judgment, she just loved.  As I was'}, {'start': '460.400', 'end': '464.800', 'text': 'aware, love requires no'}, {'start': '462.960', 'end': '466.800', 'text': 'explanation.  As I'}, {'start': '464.800', 'end': '469.879', 'text': 'meticulously selected the yellow flowers'}, {'start': '466.800', 'end': '472.120', 'text': 'each morning, I reflected on the Pope.   I'}, {'start': '469.879', 'end': '474.240', 'text': 'wondered if he had noticed them, if'}, {'start': '472.120', 'end': '477.280', 'text': 'perhaps they had placed the flower arrangement'}, {'start': '474.240', 'end': '479.879', 'text': 'near the bed.  Sometimes he would leave a'}, {'start': '477.280', 'end': '483.159', 'text': 'tiny piece of paper with a short sentence or a'}, {'start': '479.879', 'end': '485.759', 'text': 'simple Francesco, we are with you.   He'}, {'start': '483.159', 'end': '488.080', 'text': 'never signed, he never anticipated a'}, {'start': '485.759', 'end': '490.639', 'text': 'reaction.  He did everything as if he'}, {'start': '488.080', 'end': '493.360', 'text': 'were a bread maker, in silence, with his'}, {'start': '490.639', 'end': '495.759', 'text': 'hands, out of the need of his heart.'}, {'start': '493.360', 'end': '497.759', 'text': "Carmela wasn't famous; she didn't appear in"}, {'start': '495.759', 'end': '500.319', 'text': 'news reports or on'}, {'start': '497.759', 'end': '502.199', 'text': 'social media platforms.'}, {'start': '500.319', 'end': '504.840', 'text': 'However, in that Rome full of'}, {'start': '502.199', 'end': '507.919', 'text': 'tourists, it represented a'}, {'start': '504.840', 'end': '509.840', 'text': 'living representation of daily faith.  It was the spirit of so'}, {'start': '507.919', 'end': '512.279', 'text': 'many invisible women who keep'}, {'start': '509.840', 'end': '515.200', 'text': 'the church alive with their prayers, their'}, {'start': '512.279', 'end': '517.200', 'text': 'simple gestures, their silent flowers.  The'}, {'start': '515.200', 'end': '519.760', 'text': "Lady with the Yellow Flowers wasn't"}, {'start': '517.200', 'end': '521.560', 'text': 'simply a faithful woman; she was an'}, {'start': '519.760', 'end': '523.959', 'text': 'emblem of something Pope Francis always preached'}, {'start': '521.560', 'end': '526.360', 'text': ': the gospel embodied'}, {'start': '523.959', 'end': '528.399', 'text': 'in the details, in the hidden, in what'}, {'start': '526.360', 'end': '530.839', 'text': 'no one perceives, but which moves'}, {'start': '528.399', 'end': '532.920', 'text': "mountains.  During the Pope's days of seclusion"}, {'start': '530.839', 'end': '534.880', 'text': ', Carmela became a'}, {'start': '532.920', 'end': '537.560', 'text': 'bit of an enigma among the'}, {'start': '534.880', 'end': '540.040', 'text': 'hospital staff.  Some claimed she was a'}, {'start': '537.560', 'end': '542.440', 'text': 'nun, others claimed she had lost'}, {'start': '540.040', 'end': '545.600', 'text': 'her son.  Neither story was'}, {'start': '542.440', 'end': '548.160', 'text': 'true and she never revealed her own.'}, {'start': '545.600', 'end': '550.079', 'text': 'What they knew was enough.  Every day he'}, {'start': '548.160', 'end': '552.320', 'text': 'appeared with the same bouquet,'}, {'start': '550.079', 'end': '554.920', 'text': 'left it with the same smile, and'}, {'start': '552.320', 'end': '557.079', 'text': 'vanished with the same silence.  And with'}, {'start': '554.920', 'end': '559.399', 'text': 'that same act, on that'}, {'start': '557.079', 'end': '561.880', 'text': 'Easter morning, he left his home'}, {'start': '559.399', 'end': '564.040', 'text': 'once more.  She put on her'}, {'start': '561.880', 'end': '566.000', 'text': 'light brown coat, kept her'}, {'start': '564.040', 'end': '567.920', 'text': 'reading glasses in her bag, and held her'}, {'start': '566.000', 'end': '571.320', 'text': 'newly acquired bouquet of'}, {'start': '567.920', 'end': '574.720', 'text': "yellow flowers firmly.  In the end, she didn't"}, {'start': '571.320', 'end': '577.040', 'text': 'know it yet, but in reality maybe she did.  The'}, {'start': '574.720', 'end': '579.600', 'text': 'city celebrated, but its heart'}, {'start': '577.040', 'end': '581.320', 'text': 'was in prayer.  He moved'}, {'start': '579.600', 'end': '584.160', 'text': 'through the streets of Rome with'}, {'start': '581.320', 'end': '586.240', 'text': 'modest and steady steps.  He received Mass'}, {'start': '584.160', 'end': '588.640', 'text': "in St. Peter's Square just before it"}, {'start': '586.240', 'end': '590.880', 'text': 'began.  He mingled with the'}, {'start': '588.640', 'end': '594.360', 'text': 'crowd as discreetly as'}, {'start': '590.880', 'end': '597.040', 'text': 'ever.  No one noticed her and that'}, {'start': '594.360', 'end': '598.839', 'text': 'was precisely what she longed for.  No'}, {'start': '597.040', 'end': '601.320', 'text': 'journalist knew her'}, {'start': '598.839', 'end': '602.760', 'text': 'name, no camera followed her, but hidden'}, {'start': '601.320', 'end': '604.959', 'text': 'between the trembling hands that'}, {'start': '602.760', 'end': '607.200', 'text': 'held those yellow flowers was'}, {'start': '604.959', 'end': '608.880', 'text': 'a gesture of love so'}, {'start': '607.200', 'end': '611.600', 'text': 'pure that not even the highest homilies'}, {'start': '608.880', 'end': '614.000', 'text': 'could justify.  Dona Carmela was'}, {'start': '611.600', 'end': '616.560', 'text': 'that: presence without ostentation,'}, {'start': '614.000', 'end': '619.160', 'text': 'perseverance without ambition, love without'}, {'start': '616.560', 'end': '621.040', 'text': 'restrictions.  And that day, unaware of'}, {'start': '619.160', 'end': '623.160', 'text': 'what awaited her, she took her small'}, {'start': '621.040', 'end': '624.839', 'text': 'space among the devotees, prepared'}, {'start': '623.160', 'end': '626.839', 'text': 'to offer what she had been offering'}, {'start': '624.839', 'end': '628.720', 'text': 'for a long time: a bouquet of'}, {'start': '626.839', 'end': '631.399', 'text': 'yellow flowers and everything he'}, {'start': '628.720', 'end': '633.640', 'text': 'represented.  The square was packed with'}, {'start': '631.399', 'end': '635.880', 'text': 'people.  The morning light filtered between'}, {'start': '633.640', 'end': '638.079', 'text': "Bernini's columns, illuminating the"}, {'start': '635.880', 'end': '640.200', 'text': 'enthusiastic faces waiting not'}, {'start': '638.079', 'end': '643.000', 'text': 'only for a blessing, but perhaps for a'}, {'start': '640.200', 'end': '645.839', 'text': 'last glance, a last gesture.  Among'}, {'start': '643.000', 'end': '648.560', 'text': 'the attendees, Dona Carmela remained'}, {'start': '645.839', 'end': '650.920', 'text': 'silent.  The bouquet of yellow flowers was'}, {'start': '648.560', 'end': '652.839', 'text': 'held firmly in her hands, as'}, {'start': '650.920', 'end': '655.959', 'text': 'if it were an extension of her own'}, {'start': '652.839', 'end': '659.200', 'text': "blood.  He didn't hold up signs, he didn't"}, {'start': '655.959', 'end': '661.440', 'text': "shout, he didn't get agitated, he just watched."}, {'start': '659.200', 'end': '664.240', 'text': 'calm, like someone who had already given'}, {'start': '661.440', 'end': '667.079', 'text': 'everything inside.  The popemobile began'}, {'start': '664.240', 'end': '669.760', 'text': 'to move slowly.  Francisco'}, {'start': '667.079', 'end': '671.760', 'text': 'stood there, obviously tired,'}, {'start': '669.760', 'end': '673.920', 'text': 'but with his gaze still alert,'}, {'start': '671.760', 'end': '676.560', 'text': 'present, touching the faces with what'}, {'start': '673.920', 'end': '679.480', 'text': 'remained of his vitality.  He greeted,'}, {'start': '676.560', 'end': '681.880', 'text': 'blessed with his gaze, his hands, his'}, {'start': '679.480', 'end': '684.600', 'text': 'silence.  It was as if time too'}, {'start': '681.880', 'end': '687.079', 'text': "was abandoning him.  Carmela's eyes"}, {'start': '684.600', 'end': '689.920', 'text': 'stared at the car without'}, {'start': '687.079', 'end': '691.680', 'text': "hope.  I wasn't looking for interaction,"}, {'start': '689.920', 'end': '693.920', 'text': 'I just longed for him to see the'}, {'start': '691.680', 'end': '696.839', 'text': 'flowers just as he had seen them every'}, {'start': '693.920', 'end': '699.920', 'text': 'day at the hospital.  I was reflecting.'}, {'start': '696.839', 'end': '702.440', 'text': 'Exactly that.  However, the unexpected does not'}, {'start': '699.920', 'end': '704.639', 'text': 'align with the plans of reason.'}, {'start': '702.440', 'end': '707.600', 'text': 'When the vehicle reached its height,'}, {'start': '704.639', 'end': '710.320', 'text': 'Francisco seemed to have doubts.  His eyes'}, {'start': '707.600', 'end': '713.440', 'text': 'closed as if something in that place'}, {'start': '710.320', 'end': '715.720', 'text': 'seemed familiar to him.  Then,'}, {'start': '713.440', 'end': '718.560', 'text': 'gradually, he made a discreet gesture to the'}, {'start': '715.720', 'end': '720.360', 'text': 'driver.  The vehicle stopped.  The'}, {'start': '718.560', 'end': '722.720', 'text': 'surrounding crowd'}, {'start': '720.360', 'end': '725.560', 'text': 'stirred, but Carmela remained'}, {'start': '722.720', 'end': '727.920', 'text': 'motionless.  The father looked up to'}, {'start': '725.560', 'end': '730.279', 'text': 'find her.  It was not the gaze of someone who'}, {'start': '727.920', 'end': '732.880', 'text': 'identifies a face, but of someone who'}, {'start': '730.279', 'end': '736.079', 'text': 'understands a presence.  Francisco'}, {'start': '732.880', 'end': '738.880', 'text': 'descended with support.  The step was weak,'}, {'start': '736.079', 'end': '741.120', 'text': 'but firm.  Contrary to all'}, {'start': '738.880', 'end': '743.560', 'text': 'medical advice, he walked a few'}, {'start': '741.120', 'end': '746.639', 'text': 'meters, motivated more by his spirit than'}, {'start': '743.560', 'end': '749.560', 'text': 'by his body.  Dona Carmela did not shed'}, {'start': '746.639', 'end': '751.480', 'text': 'tears, she only lowered her gaze as'}, {'start': '749.560', 'end': '753.839', 'text': 'if she were facing something greater'}, {'start': '751.480', 'end': '756.959', 'text': 'than time.  When he stood before'}, {'start': '753.839', 'end': '759.800', 'text': 'her, everything fell silent.  There'}, {'start': '756.959', 'end': '762.839', 'text': 'were no more chambers, no more congregations, no more'}, {'start': '759.800', 'end': '765.680', 'text': 'voices.  Just that moment caught between'}, {'start': '762.839', 'end': '768.279', 'text': 'two universes.  Francisco looked at the'}, {'start': '765.680', 'end': '771.279', 'text': 'flowers, murmured a soft sound, and with'}, {'start': '768.279', 'end': '773.600', 'text': 'trembling hands grabbed the bouquet.'}, {'start': '771.279', 'end': '777.160', 'text': 'Then he held her'}, {'start': '773.600', 'end': '779.720', 'text': 'tiny, wrinkled, but steady hand.  She'}, {'start': '777.160', 'end': '781.760', 'text': 'said in a low voice, "But so full of'}, {'start': '779.720', 'end': '784.000', 'text': 'life that I prayed for you every'}, {'start': '781.760', 'end': '786.760', 'text': 'day."  He didn\'t give an'}, {'start': '784.000', 'end': '789.279', 'text': 'immediate answer, he just closed his eyes.   It'}, {'start': '786.760', 'end': '792.079', 'text': 'was like I was storing that'}, {'start': '789.279', 'end': '795.120', 'text': 'word in my chest.  Then, with'}, {'start': '792.079', 'end': '797.519', 'text': 'little effort, he murmured, "Hope'}, {'start': '795.120', 'end': '800.160', 'text': "has a scent, and at this moment it's"}, {'start': '797.519', 'end': '802.680', 'text': 'perceived like yellow flowers." It was a'}, {'start': '800.160', 'end': '804.639', 'text': 'modest gesture, a short word, but'}, {'start': '802.680', 'end': '807.320', 'text': 'in that instant everything everyone'}, {'start': '804.639', 'end': '809.519', 'text': 'needed to hear was present. A'}, {'start': '807.320', 'end': '812.399', 'text': 'reunion between two uncertain people united'}, {'start': '809.519', 'end': '815.360', 'text': 'only by faith and gentleness.'}, {'start': '812.399', 'end': '817.720', 'text': 'Pope Francis, Carmela, the'}, {'start': '815.360', 'end': '820.880', 'text': 'invisible woman, united through ultimate'}, {'start': '817.720', 'end': '822.959', 'text': 'tenderness before God. And what is your perspective'}, {'start': '820.880', 'end': '825.399', 'text': 'on Pope'}, {'start': '822.959', 'end': '827.959', 'text': "Francis's modesty? Do you think he"}, {'start': '825.399', 'end': '830.120', 'text': 'perfectly executed his calling from God? I'}, {'start': '827.959', 'end': '832.959', 'text': 'would love to hear your perspective in'}, {'start': '830.120', 'end': '835.120', 'text': 'the comments. The Pope held'}, {'start': '832.959', 'end': '838.120', 'text': 'her hand for a few'}, {'start': '835.120', 'end': '840.959', 'text': 'more seconds. Then, gently, he'}, {'start': '838.120', 'end': '843.800', 'text': 'removed it. Tears filled'}, {'start': '840.959', 'end': '846.759', 'text': "Carmela's eyes, but she did not cry. That"}, {'start': '843.800', 'end': '849.000', 'text': 'instant did not demand tears, it demanded'}, {'start': '846.759', 'end': '850.959', 'text': 'memories. She remembered each moment in'}, {'start': '849.000', 'end': '852.600', 'text': 'silence, like someone who understands that'}, {'start': '850.959', 'end': '854.399', 'text': 'some scenes are perpetual'}, {'start': '852.600', 'end': '856.360', 'text': 'simply because they do not require'}, {'start': '854.399', 'end': '858.880', 'text': 'repetition. The guards'}, {'start': '856.360', 'end': '861.360', 'text': 'approached, and Francis authorized them to'}, {'start': '858.880', 'end': '863.639', 'text': 'assist him in ascending again.  The'}, {'start': '861.360', 'end': '866.240', 'text': 'popemobile continued its journey.'}, {'start': '863.639', 'end': '868.800', 'text': 'However, for Carmela, time had'}, {'start': '866.240', 'end': '871.519', 'text': 'stopped.  He resided there for a long'}, {'start': '868.800', 'end': '874.480', 'text': 'time, motionless, with the flowers still'}, {'start': '871.519', 'end': '876.839', 'text': 'alive between his fingers.  And then, without'}, {'start': '874.480', 'end': '879.279', 'text': 'speaking to anyone, he slowly turned and'}, {'start': '876.839', 'end': '881.639', 'text': 'headed toward the end of the square.  The'}, {'start': '879.279', 'end': '884.360', 'text': 'meeting had already taken place and that'}, {'start': '881.639', 'end': '886.199', 'text': 'was enough.  On that day, many'}, {'start': '884.360', 'end': '888.320', 'text': 'watched the Pope blessing,'}, {'start': '886.199', 'end': '890.120', 'text': 'waving, and smiling, but few'}, {'start': '888.320', 'end': '893.120', 'text': 'understood the moment he stood'}, {'start': '890.120', 'end': '895.199', 'text': 'before a woman no one knew.'}, {'start': '893.120', 'end': '897.120', 'text': 'A woman carrying a bouquet of'}, {'start': '895.199', 'end': '899.800', 'text': 'yellow flowers in her hands and a'}, {'start': '897.120', 'end': '902.399', 'text': "silent love in her heart.  She didn't take anything"}, {'start': '899.800', 'end': '904.440', 'text': 'from him, she just provided for him just as she'}, {'start': '902.399', 'end': '907.800', 'text': 'had for the previous 38 days'}, {'start': '904.440', 'end': '910.759', 'text': '.  And the Pope, when he finally smiled,'}, {'start': '907.800', 'end': '913.279', 'text': "didn't smile at the cameras; he smiled at"}, {'start': '910.759', 'end': '914.880', 'text': 'a flower, at a prayer, at a'}, {'start': '913.279', 'end': '917.800', 'text': 'gesture that expressed everything without'}, {'start': '914.880', 'end': '920.800', 'text': 'mentioning anything.  The crowd continued to'}, {'start': '917.800', 'end': '922.920', 'text': 'applaud.  However, Carmela'}, {'start': '920.800', 'end': '924.880', 'text': 'was already on her way home.'}, {'start': '922.920', 'end': '926.920', 'text': 'However, her heart had'}, {'start': '924.880', 'end': '930.360', 'text': 'remained there along with'}, {'start': '926.920', 'end': '932.120', 'text': 'his last smile.  Francis, Pope.  The'}, {'start': '930.360', 'end': '934.519', 'text': 'dawn arrived without any sign of'}, {'start': '932.120', 'end': '936.440', 'text': 'sadness, like so many others that'}, {'start': '934.519', 'end': '938.880', 'text': 'pass silently through the streets of'}, {'start': '936.440', 'end': '941.240', 'text': 'Rome.  The windows were still'}, {'start': '938.880', 'end': '944.639', 'text': 'asleep and the bells had not yet'}, {'start': '941.240', 'end': '947.480', 'text': 'rang their sound.  On Monday,'}, {'start': '944.639', 'end': '949.959', 'text': 'April 21, at 7:35 a.m., the'}, {'start': '947.480', 'end': '951.759', 'text': 'Vatican announced with a faltering voice what was'}, {'start': '949.959', 'end': '954.160', 'text': 'already feared in the deepest'}, {'start': '951.759', 'end': '957.199', 'text': 'hearts of those who loved him.  Pope'}, {'start': '954.160', 'end': '959.279', 'text': 'Francis had left office.  The'}, {'start': '957.199', 'end': '962.240', 'text': 'information spread around the world like'}, {'start': '959.279', 'end': '964.000', 'text': 'a cold wind.  In Buenos Aires,'}, {'start': '962.240', 'end': '966.600', 'text': 'churches were inaugurated before the'}, {'start': '964.000', 'end': '968.759', 'text': 'scheduled time.  In Minomes,'}, {'start': '966.600', 'end': '971.880', 'text': 'Jerusalem, they set themselves on fire without'}, {'start': '968.759', 'end': '973.839', 'text': 'saying a word.  In Rome, the'}, {'start': '971.880', 'end': '976.440', 'text': "day began with St. Peter's Square"}, {'start': '973.839', 'end': '979.079', 'text': 'filled with flowers, rosaries, and'}, {'start': '976.440', 'end': '981.680', 'text': 'silent faces.  However, of all the'}, {'start': '979.079', 'end': '984.040', 'text': 'images that began to spread, one'}, {'start': '981.680', 'end': '986.399', 'text': 'stood out.  A short video'}, {'start': '984.040', 'end': '988.560', 'text': 'captured on a cell phone showed the pope'}, {'start': '986.399', 'end': '991.000', 'text': 'holding a yellow bouquet and smiling'}, {'start': '988.560', 'end': '993.199', 'text': 'at a white-haired lady.  It was a'}, {'start': '991.000', 'end': '994.759', 'text': 'simple moment, but different from'}, {'start': '993.199', 'end': '997.480', 'text': 'all the images that had been'}, {'start': '994.759', 'end': '1000.399', 'text': 'seen that Easter morning.  No one'}, {'start': '997.480', 'end': '1002.759', 'text': 'knew her identity, only'}, {'start': '1000.399', 'end': '1005.079', 'text': 'the woman with the'}, {'start': '1002.759', 'end': '1007.079', 'text': 'yellow flowers was discussed.  Newspapers began'}, {'start': '1005.079', 'end': '1009.399', 'text': 'asking questions, radio stations'}, {'start': '1007.079', 'end': '1012.079', 'text': 'debated, and social media platforms were'}, {'start': '1009.399', 'end': '1014.360', 'text': 'flooded with emotional expressions.'}, {'start': '1012.079', 'end': '1017.000', 'text': 'That representation, the Pope with his'}, {'start': '1014.360', 'end': '1019.399', 'text': 'exhausted face, the flowers in his hands,'}, {'start': '1017.000', 'end': '1021.920', 'text': 'the delicate smile, seemed to encompass'}, {'start': '1019.399', 'end': '1024.000', 'text': 'all the symbolism of the deus.  It seemed as'}, {'start': '1021.920', 'end': '1026.919', 'text': 'if that act had been his last'}, {'start': '1024.000', 'end': '1029.839', 'text': 'lesson.  Love continues to be'}, {'start': '1026.919', 'end': '1032.480', 'text': 'greater than suffering.  However,'}, {'start': '1029.839', 'end': '1035.120', 'text': 'Carmela, meanwhile, remained'}, {'start': '1032.480', 'end': '1038.240', 'text': 'silent.  He returned home at his'}, {'start': '1035.120', 'end': '1040.160', 'text': 'usual pace.  He kept washing his hands,'}, {'start': '1038.240', 'end': '1042.600', 'text': 'heated the kettle, and settled into his'}, {'start': '1040.160', 'end': '1044.720', 'text': 'armchair by the window.  The world'}, {'start': '1042.600', 'end': '1048.079', 'text': 'revolved around his figure, which was now'}, {'start': '1044.720', 'end': '1051.120', 'text': 'being discussed.  However, inside her there'}, {'start': '1048.079', 'end': '1053.400', 'text': "was only an intense serenity.  He didn't"}, {'start': '1051.120', 'end': '1054.760', 'text': 'turn on the television or notice'}, {'start': '1053.400', 'end': '1058.280', 'text': 'the newspapers.   He'}, {'start': '1054.760', 'end': '1060.080', 'text': "didn't answer his cell phone.  I had it clear.   I"}, {'start': '1058.280', 'end': '1062.760', 'text': 'had it clear without having heard the'}, {'start': '1060.080', 'end': '1065.360', 'text': 'announcement.  Something inside had already sensed'}, {'start': '1062.760', 'end': '1067.360', 'text': 'the lack, like when the scent'}, {'start': '1065.360', 'end': '1070.320', 'text': 'of a flower dissipates before the'}, {'start': '1067.360', 'end': '1073.480', 'text': 'petal falls.  For days he did'}, {'start': '1070.320', 'end': '1075.919', 'text': 'not leave his house, not out of sadness,'}, {'start': '1073.480', 'end': '1078.120', 'text': 'but out of consideration.  The faith that'}, {'start': '1075.919', 'end': '1080.840', 'text': 'resided in her instructed her that there are'}, {'start': '1078.120', 'end': '1083.400', 'text': 'things that should not be rushed.'}, {'start': '1080.840', 'end': '1085.480', 'text': 'Sometimes silence is the most'}, {'start': '1083.400', 'end': '1088.039', 'text': 'dignified way to appreciate the majesty of'}, {'start': '1085.480', 'end': '1091.039', 'text': 'a moment.  On Wednesday of the'}, {'start': '1088.039', 'end': '1093.120', 'text': 'following week they showed up at his door.'}, {'start': '1091.039', 'end': '1096.320', 'text': 'He was a reporter for a modest'}, {'start': '1093.120', 'end': '1098.880', 'text': 'local newspaper along with a photographer.  They were'}, {'start': '1096.320', 'end': '1101.679', 'text': "cordial.  They said they didn't want to violate"}, {'start': '1098.880', 'end': '1103.880', 'text': 'his privacy, they just understood.  The'}, {'start': '1101.679', 'end': '1106.760', 'text': 'portrait of the meeting with the Pope had'}, {'start': '1103.880', 'end': '1108.640', 'text': 'moved everyone.  Many people wanted to'}, {'start': '1106.760', 'end': '1111.280', 'text': 'know what he told her, what'}, {'start': '1108.640', 'end': '1113.240', 'text': 'feelings she experienced.  He called them'}, {'start': '1113.240', 'end': '1119.360', 'text': 'in and slowly placed his hands'}, {'start': '1116.400', 'end': '1121.760', 'text': 'on his chest.  So he respectfully questioned'}, {'start': '1119.360', 'end': '1124.039', 'text': ', how did she understand that he would'}, {'start': '1121.760', 'end': '1126.039', 'text': 'identify her?  Carmela smiled,'}, {'start': '1124.039', 'end': '1127.799', 'text': 'leaning down, as if'}, {'start': '1126.039', 'end': '1130.520', 'text': 'she were searching the interior of the'}, {'start': '1127.799', 'end': '1134.480', 'text': "soul with simple words.  I wasn't"}, {'start': '1130.520', 'end': '1135.320', 'text': 'sure.  I only went to ama.  He did not reveal'}, {'start': '1134.480', 'end': '1137.760', 'text': 'more.'}, {'start': '1135.320', 'end': '1140.520', 'text': 'And the reporter understood that that was'}, {'start': '1137.760', 'end': '1143.159', 'text': 'enough.  The photographer did not capture any'}, {'start': '1140.520', 'end': '1146.600', 'text': 'images.  He chose to preserve the moment'}, {'start': '1143.159', 'end': '1148.520', 'text': 'without reflections.  They left silently,'}, {'start': '1146.600', 'end': '1151.120', 'text': 'expressing their gratitude with a'}, {'start': '1148.520', 'end': '1153.360', 'text': 'gesture.  The next day, the'}, {'start': '1151.120', 'end': '1155.720', 'text': 'published note showed only an'}, {'start': '1153.360', 'end': '1158.720', 'text': 'empty chair by the window and a piece of'}, {'start': '1155.720', 'end': '1160.600', 'text': 'mythology.  Dona Carmela, the woman'}, {'start': '1158.720', 'end': '1162.799', 'text': 'carrying the yellow flowers, who'}, {'start': '1160.600', 'end': '1164.960', 'text': 'gave Pope Francis his last smile'}, {'start': '1162.799', 'end': '1167.640', 'text': '.  The representation of the'}, {'start': '1164.960', 'end': '1169.799', 'text': 'meeting became a symbol.'}, {'start': '1167.640', 'end': '1171.679', 'text': 'In educational institutions,'}, {'start': '1169.799', 'end': '1174.080', 'text': 'religious figures showed the video as a'}, {'start': '1171.679', 'end': '1176.039', 'text': 'sign of humility.'}, {'start': '1174.080', 'end': '1177.760', 'text': 'Stories proliferated online from individuals'}, {'start': '1176.039', 'end': '1180.480', 'text': 'claiming to have changed their'}, {'start': '1177.760', 'end': '1182.880', 'text': 'behavior after observing this gesture.   It'}, {'start': '1180.480', 'end': '1185.640', 'text': 'was no longer a question of the Pope himself,'}, {'start': '1182.880', 'end': '1187.640', 'text': 'but of what he symbolized at that moment.'}, {'start': '1185.640', 'end': '1190.280', 'text': 'Someone who chose to look into the eyes of'}, {'start': '1187.640', 'end': '1192.799', 'text': 'an invisible woman and smile.  With a'}, {'start': '1190.280', 'end': '1195.720', 'text': 'discreet note, the Vatican confirmed the'}, {'start': '1192.799', 'end': '1198.000', 'text': 'death.  The camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin'}, {'start': '1195.720', 'end': '1200.840', 'text': 'Farrell, expressed that his entire life has been'}, {'start': '1198.000', 'end': '1203.400', 'text': 'a service.  His last action was'}, {'start': '1200.840', 'end': '1205.679', 'text': 'affectionate.  The expression was repeated in'}, {'start': '1203.400', 'end': '1208.799', 'text': 'all languages, in all areas'}, {'start': '1205.679', 'end': '1211.440', 'text': 'of the planet.  Meanwhile, Dona Carmela was'}, {'start': '1208.799', 'end': '1213.799', 'text': 'gradually returning to her routine.  His'}, {'start': '1211.440', 'end': '1215.559', 'text': 'belief was not alarmed by death,'}, {'start': '1213.799', 'end': '1217.919', 'text': 'since he understood that love does not'}, {'start': '1215.559', 'end': '1220.400', 'text': 'die with death.  He continued'}, {'start': '1217.919', 'end': '1223.159', 'text': 'visiting his parish, sitting in the'}, {'start': '1220.400', 'end': '1226.120', 'text': 'same pew.  He never mentioned that day'}, {'start': '1223.159', 'end': '1227.919', 'text': 'with pride or vanity.  However,'}, {'start': '1226.120', 'end': '1230.520', 'text': 'whenever someone asked, he'}, {'start': '1227.919', 'end': '1233.320', 'text': 'simply answered.  It was just a gift'}, {'start': '1230.520', 'end': '1235.640', 'text': '.  And he remained silent.  Perhaps'}, {'start': '1233.320', 'end': '1237.919', 'text': 'that was the most beautiful thing.  The act was'}, {'start': '1235.640', 'end': '1239.480', 'text': 'hers, but she returned it to the world'}, {'start': '1237.919', 'end': '1242.400', 'text': 'with the same modesty with which she'}, {'start': '1239.480', 'end': '1245.080', 'text': "offered it.  He didn't appropriate the narrative, he"}, {'start': '1242.400', 'end': '1246.799', 'text': "didn't transform it into an achievement.  She was"}, {'start': '1245.080', 'end': '1249.200', 'text': 'aware that everything was bigger'}, {'start': '1246.799', 'end': '1251.240', 'text': "than her, that the Pope's smile was not"}, {'start': '1249.200', 'end': '1252.679', 'text': 'exclusive to her, but to all'}, {'start': '1251.240', 'end': '1254.799', 'text': 'those who can appreciate the'}, {'start': '1252.679', 'end': '1257.080', 'text': 'beauty of simple things, of'}, {'start': '1254.799', 'end': '1259.520', 'text': 'discreet flowers, of'}, {'start': '1257.080', 'end': '1261.640', 'text': "unexpected encounters.  Carmela's silence did not"}, {'start': '1259.520', 'end': '1263.679', 'text': 'represent a lack; it was a'}, {'start': '1261.640', 'end': '1266.520', 'text': 'singular presence that does not require a'}, {'start': '1263.679', 'end': '1268.480', 'text': "voice to play.  The Pope's words in"}, {'start': '1266.520', 'end': '1270.400', 'text': 'his most recent homily continued to'}, {'start': '1268.480', 'end': '1272.840', 'text': 'resonate everywhere.'}, {'start': '1270.400', 'end': '1275.480', 'text': 'We run even crying, because'}, {'start': '1272.840', 'end': '1277.919', 'text': 'hope is still possible.  And in'}, {'start': '1275.480', 'end': '1280.240', 'text': 'that last action, in that farewell without'}, {'start': '1277.919', 'end': '1283.000', 'text': 'warning, Francisco had'}, {'start': '1280.240', 'end': '1285.640', 'text': 'disappeared, not through his feet,'}, {'start': '1283.000', 'end': '1287.799', 'text': 'but through his heart.  He fled to'}, {'start': '1285.640', 'end': '1289.840', 'text': 'that woman, to those'}, {'start': '1287.799', 'end': '1292.440', 'text': 'yellow flowers, to that moment that would'}, {'start': '1289.840', 'end': '1295.080', 'text': 'become eternal.'}, {'start': '1292.440', 'end': '1297.840', 'text': 'The funeral was already being organized in Rome.  In the'}, {'start': '1295.080', 'end': '1300.520', 'text': 'churches the candles were gathered, the'}, {'start': '1297.840', 'end': '1302.880', 'text': 'bells rang in unison.'}, {'start': '1300.520', 'end': '1305.080', 'text': 'Yet, at the core of many lay'}, {'start': '1302.880', 'end': '1307.159', 'text': 'a calm certainty that'}, {'start': '1305.080', 'end': '1309.200', 'text': "Pope Francis's final declaration to the world had"}, {'start': '1307.159', 'end': '1311.559', 'text': 'not been delivered verbally,'}, {'start': '1309.200', 'end': '1314.279', 'text': 'but with a look.  It was a simple'}, {'start': '1311.559', 'end': '1317.480', 'text': 'look that said, "Thank you, and maybe'}, {'start': '1314.279', 'end': '1319.240', 'text': 'I\'m calm too."  Dona Carmela,'}, {'start': '1317.480', 'end': '1321.240', 'text': 'standing in front of the same window that'}, {'start': '1319.240', 'end': '1324.000', 'text': 'saw the sun every day, breathed'}, {'start': '1321.240', 'end': '1326.279', 'text': 'deeply and silently gave thanks,'}, {'start': '1324.000', 'end': '1329.320', 'text': 'not because she was seen, but because she was'}, {'start': '1326.279', 'end': '1332.039', 'text': 'loved.  Ultimately, that was'}, {'start': '1329.320', 'end': '1334.440', 'text': 'all he had accomplished.  I had only'}, {'start': '1332.039', 'end': '1336.679', 'text': 'felt love.'}, {'start': '1334.440', 'end': '1339.240', 'text': 'Yellow flowers began to appear in places'}, {'start': '1336.679', 'end': '1341.039', 'text': 'where no one had previously placed them.   It'}, {'start': '1339.240', 'end': '1343.200', 'text': 'first occurred at a'}, {'start': '1341.039', 'end': '1345.440', 'text': 'parish school in Trastevere,'}, {'start': '1343.200', 'end': '1347.480', 'text': 'where children, without any guidance,'}, {'start': '1345.440', 'end': '1350.000', 'text': 'painted daisies and sunflowers on a'}, {'start': '1347.480', 'end': '1351.960', 'text': 'brick wall in the courtyard.'}, {'start': '1350.000', 'end': '1353.799', 'text': 'Later, on a corner near the'}, {'start': '1351.960', 'end': '1356.039', 'text': 'hospital where the'}, {'start': '1353.799', 'end': '1358.320', 'text': 'Pope had been admitted, someone left a bouquet covered in'}, {'start': '1356.039', 'end': '1361.679', 'text': 'newspaper with a small white ribbon'}, {'start': '1358.320', 'end': '1363.919', 'text': 'and a small sign.  We regret'}, {'start': '1361.679', 'end': '1366.159', 'text': 'Francisco'}, {'start': '1363.919', 'end': '1369.320', 'text': "Thank you.  It wasn't just a"}, {'start': '1366.159', 'end': '1372.080', 'text': 'plant, it was a movement, it was faith'}, {'start': '1369.320', 'end': '1374.039', 'text': 'transformed into representation, it was'}, {'start': '1372.080', 'end': '1376.039', 'text': 'tenderness discovering ways to'}, {'start': '1374.039', 'end': '1378.600', 'text': 'sustain itself.  In the parish where'}, {'start': '1376.039', 'end': '1380.600', 'text': 'Dona Carmela attended every Sunday,'}, {'start': '1378.600', 'end': '1383.360', 'text': 'yellow flowers began to arrive in'}, {'start': '1380.600', 'end': '1385.320', 'text': 'large quantities.  Now individuals who'}, {'start': '1383.360', 'end': '1388.480', 'text': 'had never noticed his presence'}, {'start': '1385.320', 'end': '1390.200', 'text': 'smiled at him.  They approached her, shocked'}, {'start': '1388.480', 'end': '1392.440', 'text': 'by a story that had crossed'}, {'start': '1390.200', 'end': '1394.880', 'text': 'borders, but she persisted in the'}, {'start': '1392.440', 'end': '1397.000', 'text': 'same thing.  He would sit in the'}, {'start': '1394.880', 'end': '1399.240', 'text': 'appropriate pew, light his candle before'}, {'start': '1397.000', 'end': '1402.240', 'text': 'Mass, and remain silent during the'}, {'start': '1399.240', 'end': '1404.400', 'text': 'homily.  The enthusiastic priest'}, {'start': '1402.240', 'end': '1406.159', 'text': 'invited her to give a brief testimony to'}, {'start': '1404.400', 'end': '1409.559', 'text': 'a group of young people preparing'}, {'start': '1406.159', 'end': '1411.360', 'text': 'for confirmation.  She was afraid.  He stated'}, {'start': '1409.559', 'end': '1414.279', 'text': 'that he had nothing relevant to'}, {'start': '1411.360', 'end': '1417.159', 'text': 'reveal.  However, under the'}, {'start': '1414.279', 'end': '1419.279', 'text': "clergyman's persistent gaze, he agreed.  With"}, {'start': '1417.159', 'end': '1422.120', 'text': 'gentle steps, she ascended to the tiny'}, {'start': '1419.279', 'end': '1423.840', 'text': 'altar, examined the young people, and with the'}, {'start': '1422.120', 'end': '1426.000', 'text': 'same tenderness with which she tended her'}, {'start': '1423.840', 'end': '1428.480', 'text': 'flowers, expressed that faith is not what we'}, {'start': '1426.000', 'end': '1430.880', 'text': 'proclaim, but what we practice,'}, {'start': '1428.480', 'end': '1433.000', 'text': 'even when no one is watching.  and'}, {'start': '1430.880', 'end': '1435.559', 'text': 'then recounted his actions during those'}, {'start': '1433.000', 'end': '1437.960', 'text': '38 days, not as someone claiming'}, {'start': '1435.559', 'end': '1440.760', 'text': 'triumph, but as someone offering a'}, {'start': '1437.960', 'end': '1443.080', 'text': 'memory.  He discussed the flowers, the'}, {'start': '1440.760', 'end': '1446.760', 'text': 'silent prayer, the hope that'}, {'start': '1443.080', 'end': '1449.080', 'text': 'makes no sound.  And finally he affirmed,'}, {'start': '1446.760', 'end': '1451.440', 'text': 'there are gestures that God perceives even'}, {'start': '1449.080', 'end': '1454.000', 'text': 'though no one else perceives them and that is'}, {'start': '1451.440', 'end': '1456.720', 'text': 'enough.  It was prayed not for its'}, {'start': '1454.000', 'end': '1458.600', 'text': 'precision, but for its sincerity.'}, {'start': '1456.720', 'end': '1460.840', 'text': 'That woman had experienced the'}, {'start': '1458.600', 'end': '1463.480', 'text': 'gospel with her hands and now with'}, {'start': '1460.840', 'end': '1466.240', 'text': 'her presence alone she touched hearts.  The'}, {'start': '1463.480', 'end': '1468.399', 'text': 'information reached the Vatican.  One of'}, {'start': '1466.240', 'end': '1470.279', 'text': "the Pope's personal advisors, who"}, {'start': '1468.399', 'end': '1473.399', 'text': 'had closely followed the events in the'}, {'start': '1470.279', 'end': '1475.640', 'text': 'square, presented a petition.  They wanted to'}, {'start': '1473.399', 'end': '1479.039', 'text': 'know if Carmela still had the'}, {'start': '1475.640', 'end': '1481.520', 'text': 'bouquet.  She answered yes.  The flowers'}, {'start': '1479.039', 'end': '1483.640', 'text': 'were dried but not damaged,'}, {'start': '1481.520', 'end': '1487.240', 'text': 'stored in a white linen cloth on'}, {'start': '1483.640', 'end': '1489.240', 'text': 'a chair.  He never considered throwing them away.'}, {'start': '1487.240', 'end': '1491.360', 'text': 'Some details in it indicated that'}, {'start': '1489.240', 'end': '1494.279', 'text': 'those flowers still had a mission'}, {'start': '1491.360', 'end': '1497.600', 'text': 'to accomplish.  An emissary was sent to'}, {'start': '1494.279', 'end': '1499.559', 'text': 'his home.  He was a young seminarian.'}, {'start': '1497.600', 'end': '1501.760', 'text': 'Referring to the door, he made his'}, {'start': '1499.559', 'end': '1504.120', 'text': 'presence felt and received the bouquet'}, {'start': '1501.760', 'end': '1506.520', 'text': 'as if he were touching an urn.'}, {'start': '1504.120', 'end': '1508.520', 'text': "Carmela didn't ask for anything, she just"}, {'start': '1506.520', 'end': '1511.919', 'text': 'smiled and said, "Take him where he'}, {'start': '1508.520', 'end': '1514.279', 'text': 'rests."  It was his most recent happiness.'}, {'start': '1511.919', 'end': '1516.640', 'text': 'Later, the world discovered that'}, {'start': '1514.279', 'end': '1518.880', 'text': "next to Pope Francis's tomb,"}, {'start': '1516.640', 'end': '1520.640', 'text': "inside St. Peter's Basilica, there"}, {'start': '1518.880', 'end': '1523.440', 'text': 'was a tiny bouquet of'}, {'start': '1520.640', 'end': '1525.960', 'text': 'yellow flowers, without distinction, without name,'}, {'start': '1523.440', 'end': '1528.559', 'text': 'simply an emblem.  That signal'}, {'start': '1525.960', 'end': '1530.840', 'text': 'spoke more than 1000 speeches.   It'}, {'start': '1528.559', 'end': '1533.679', 'text': 'had been the simplest, most'}, {'start': '1530.840', 'end': '1535.640', 'text': 'modest, and perhaps most intimate act.  From'}, {'start': '1533.679', 'end': '1538.360', 'text': 'that moment on,'}, {'start': '1535.640', 'end': '1540.399', 'text': 'yellow flowers became a language.'}, {'start': '1538.360', 'end': '1542.919', 'text': 'Some people deposited them in'}, {'start': '1540.399', 'end': '1545.200', 'text': 'vacant pews in the church.'}, {'start': '1542.919', 'end': '1547.200', 'text': 'Some used them for hospitals,'}, {'start': '1545.200', 'end': '1549.520', 'text': 'senior housing, and'}, {'start': '1547.200', 'end': '1551.360', 'text': 'schools.  There were people who'}, {'start': '1549.520', 'end': '1553.520', 'text': 'planted them in community gardens'}, {'start': '1551.360', 'end': '1556.000', 'text': 'with small plaques indicating'}, {'start': '1553.520', 'end': '1558.559', 'text': 'hope.  On social media platforms'}, {'start': '1556.000', 'end': '1560.760', 'text': ', the story was told'}, {'start': '1558.559', 'end': '1562.440', 'text': 'repeatedly.  However, what'}, {'start': '1560.760', 'end': '1564.440', 'text': 'preserved its power was not its'}, {'start': '1562.440', 'end': '1567.200', 'text': 'viralization, but the truth it'}, {'start': '1564.440', 'end': '1570.039', 'text': 'contained, because everything that happened—every'}, {'start': '1567.200', 'end': '1572.440', 'text': 'glance, every flower, every silence—'}, {'start': '1570.039', 'end': '1574.279', 'text': 'was genuine, authentic, faith'}, {'start': '1572.440', 'end': '1577.320', 'text': 'practiced without artifice, without'}, {'start': '1574.279', 'end': '1579.200', 'text': 'exhibition.  Meanwhile, Dona Carmela'}, {'start': '1577.320', 'end': '1581.840', 'text': 'carried on with her life as in the'}, {'start': '1579.200', 'end': '1584.200', 'text': 'past.  Now, every time he left'}, {'start': '1581.840', 'end': '1586.799', 'text': 'his home, someone would give him a smile or'}, {'start': '1584.200', 'end': '1589.440', 'text': 'a wave.  Some gave her'}, {'start': '1586.799', 'end': '1592.000', 'text': 'flowers, others simply asked for a'}, {'start': '1589.440', 'end': '1594.960', 'text': 'hug.  She welcomed them with the same'}, {'start': '1592.000', 'end': '1597.039', 'text': "tenderness, but she didn't express herself much.   It"}, {'start': '1594.960', 'end': '1599.600', 'text': 'indicated that the crucial thing had already been'}, {'start': '1597.039', 'end': '1602.039', 'text': 'expressed with a gesture.  His community'}, {'start': '1599.600', 'end': '1604.640', 'text': 'founded a collective called Faith that'}, {'start': '1602.039', 'end': '1606.559', 'text': 'becomes gesture.  There,'}, {'start': '1604.640', 'end': '1609.320', 'text': 'volunteers gathered to provide'}, {'start': '1606.559', 'end': '1611.640', 'text': 'assistance, pray, and visit those whom'}, {'start': '1609.320', 'end': '1614.159', 'text': 'no one visits.  They carried no'}, {'start': '1611.640', 'end': '1616.600', 'text': 'cameras, they spread no reports,'}, {'start': '1614.159', 'end': '1619.080', 'text': 'only flowers, bread,'}, {'start': '1616.600', 'end': '1621.919', 'text': 'delicate words inspired by both her and'}, {'start': '1619.080', 'end': '1623.440', 'text': 'him.  Francisco had left the world,'}, {'start': '1621.919', 'end': '1625.720', 'text': 'but his legacy continued'}, {'start': '1623.440', 'end': '1628.200', 'text': 'to expand like a valuable seed,'}, {'start': '1625.720', 'end': '1631.039', 'text': 'sown in fertile ground.  And amidst'}, {'start': '1628.200', 'end': '1632.679', 'text': 'so many encyclicals, speeches, and journeys,'}, {'start': '1631.039', 'end': '1634.679', 'text': 'many began to affirm that his'}, {'start': '1632.679', 'end': '1636.880', 'text': 'true testament was not'}, {'start': '1634.679', 'end': '1639.440', 'text': 'written on paper, but in a'}, {'start': '1636.880', 'end': '1641.279', 'text': 'loving moment with an invisible woman.  Perhaps'}, {'start': '1639.440', 'end': '1643.720', 'text': "Pope Francis's most recent prediction"}, {'start': '1641.279', 'end': '1646.360', 'text': "wasn't a sermon,"}, {'start': '1643.720', 'end': '1648.720', 'text': 'but a smile.  Do you think'}, {'start': '1646.360', 'end': '1652.360', 'text': 'Pope Francis has fulfilled his'}, {'start': '1648.720', 'end': '1655.360', 'text': 'calling from God with excellence?  Also, tell us,'}, {'start': '1652.360', 'end': '1658.000', 'text': 'I want to meet you, where on the planet'}, {'start': '1655.360', 'end': '1660.679', 'text': 'are you listening to us from?  Let the comments'}, {'start': '1658.000', 'end': '1663.679', 'text': 'comment on it.  And if this story touched'}, {'start': '1660.679', 'end': '1665.320', 'text': 'your heart, give it a like and subscribe.'}, {'start': '1663.679', 'end': '1668.200', 'text': 'A new plot awaits you on the'}, {'start': '1665.320', 'end': '1668.200', 'text': 'screen.  M.'}]