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Embracing the Light: Celebrating Faith and Family · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Have faith. Let it begin. When it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No? No? Okay. Hi, Noah. Noah! Noah!
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  Happy birthday, Noah. I'm doing amazing. Noah.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of rain, I'm gonna let it shine. Let it shine.
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  Let it shine. Let it shine. Yeah.
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  Daddy, I'm so excited, but I have one question. What's your question?
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  Are you going to be a pastor or a minister?
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands. Good morning.
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  You're listening to Have Faith Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the January 2nd, 2025 edition of Have Faith Let It Begin.
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  I hope that each and every one of you had a beautiful holiday season.
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  And for most of you out there that I know, we are counting down now the Three
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  Kings Day for January 6th.
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  That's right. January 5th will be Three Kings Eve.
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  And then January 6th will be Three Kings Day.
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  We're excited about that. For those of you that don't know what Three Kings
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  is and don't celebrate it, on Three Kings Eve, which will be January 5th,
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  all the kids would go out and they would get food or grass or carrots or lettuce.
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  And they put it in a shoebox. that is for the camels that are coming into town.
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  And it's a story of obviously the three kings and they, you know,
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  follow the star and you able to educate your children about,
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  you know, the birth of Christ.
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  And then what happens is, you know, the kids put the shoebox alongside their
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  bed, underneath their bed, and they await their final present of the holiday season.
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  Typically in Puerto Rico, that is the best gift of all of them.
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  So at the end of the year, you get that one major gift.
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  And when you wake up the next morning.
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  The food is all gone. Sometimes the camels will gnaw off the carrots,
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  maybe leave a little bit of pizzas left if they don't eat at all.
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  And underneath your bed or on the side of your bed, depending on where you left
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  your box, will be your final holiday present.
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  That is Three Kings Day, and we're excited about that.
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  So rest assured, don't think of January 6th as, unfortunately,
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  we've heard it in negative terms.
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  It's really a beautiful day to honor. It is a day that we call Three Kings Day, the epiphany.
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  So guys, I just wanted to start off and say to you that the holiday seasons for some of us is over.
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  And it doesn't mean that we should, you know, go and crawl into a little cave
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  and say, okay, let's ride out the winter.
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  We've got so much to be grateful for in light, of course, of all the tragedies
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  that have happened in the last 24 hours and us praying and keeping our thoughts for New Orleans.
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  And of course, New York City, who I just found out this morning was another
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  mass shooting and the explosion, of course, in Las Vegas.
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  There's been so much craziness in the last 48 hours.
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  We want to still try our very best to think positive about this new year and
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  also, of course, be conscious of our surroundings.
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  So this morning, I want to just bring up the fact that, you know,
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  each and every day is not guaranteed and we can't promise tomorrow.
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  We can't promise the next hour. What we can do is love one another,
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  respect one another, embrace one another, and reach out to one another.
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  Let each other's know that we are thinking about each other.
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  Let each other know that we're praying for someone.
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  And if someone has been call the home to be with the Lord.
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  Maybe we should be honoring that person and celebrating their life and thinking about the good times.
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  Very easier said than done, right? When you're in the opposite way of thinking.
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  For example, I could be sitting here telling you all the good things that are
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  happening in my life right now, while some of you are dealing with struggles,
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  either where it's financial, whether it's loss of life, whether it's mental
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  illness, or just trying to make bills meet.
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  Some of us are working triple and quadruple jobs just to make ends meet and are exhausted.
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  And our health feels as if it's deteriorating and we feel as if we can't do
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  anything to keep our heads above water.
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  You know, watching my nephew and niece and my sister and, you know,
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  and my sister-in-law come up and visit and having our families all together
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  in one room really solidified for me,
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  you know, the importance of family and memories and creating new memories and
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  reminiscing about the past.
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  But also talking about our Lord and Savior and what he has provided us each and every day.
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  My heart breaks for all those out there that are suffering and are upset because
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  someone has taken a family member away from them during this,
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  which should be glorious celebration.
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  But one thing is for sure, God is with all of us.
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  God is keeping us in his arms and we're certainly not alone.
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  So this morning, I just ask you to just hug somebody.
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  Call someone Let them know you care Let them know that you are with them in
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  spirit And that you're thinking of them And don't let anyone feel as if they're
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  alone Remember that today As we pray the words that God taught us Our Father,
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  who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom
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  come Thy will be done On earth
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  as it is in heaven Give us this day our
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  daily bread And forgive us our debts As we
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  forgive our debtors Lead us not into
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  temptation Deliver us from evil For yours
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  is the kingdom The power And the glory forever and ever Amen And finally We
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  pray for all the military personnel Foreign and domestic We pray for these FBI
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  agents And all the local enforcements That are dealing with these tragedies That they find,
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  those who are responsible for committing these cowardly, heinous attacks,
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  and that we pray that the world finds a way to heal and to honor and celebrate
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  the lives that have been lost.
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  We at Have Faith Let It Begin are praying for everyone out there,
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  and we ask the Lord to guide them and to keep them safe.
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  If there is going to be a sugar bowl tonight, we pray, Lord,
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  that that entire venue that I've actually stepped foot in in 2018 while I was
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  in New Orleans, may all of those people remain safe.
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  May the venue and the event go off without any issues or interruptions.
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  We ask this of you, Lord, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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  Amen. May God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and
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  every single one of you peace on earth.
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  And never forget, have faith, let it begin. See you tomorrow, guys.
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  Thank you for listening to another episode of Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  That's right, Ariel. We're done with another show. And it's always great to
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  have this show with you, my love.
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  You know, we're going to encourage each and every person to listen to our show every single weekday.
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  That's right. You and I are going to help change the world.
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  Do you think that you can do that for me? Huh? Yeah, you know you can.
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  Fasten those seatbelts, because Ariel and I and my family are going to bring
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  you a new topic, a new story, each and every day. Right? Isn't that right, Ariel?
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  Yeah. And we...
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  She's smiling at me. Guys, enjoy your day. Thank you for listening to Have Faithful
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  Begin. We'll be back tomorrow.
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  Music.