A Holiness that Exceeds that of the Pharisees

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

St. Josemaria Escriva, Opus Dei, Christianity, Spirituality, Catholic, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Gospel

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🗓️ 25 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Today on the podcast… The Lord asks that our holiness exceed that of the Pharisees (Matthew 23:1-36). We recall that the Pharisees were a virtuous people who lived the moral law, prayed many times throughout the day along with fasting and almsgiving. But the Lord wants us also to love as He has loved—a love that reveals through our actions that we are His disciples. Desiring union with the love of Christ requires that we prioritize the formation of our heart's mission: to be humble, ch...

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0:00.0	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
0:10.1	My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.
0:16.0	I adore you with profound reverence.
0:19.0	I ask your pardon for my sins
0:21.3	and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.
0:25.9	My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my father and Lord,
0:30.1	my guardian angel, and to seed form.
0:36.0	With your permission, Lord Jesus Christ, truly present with us in the Blessed Sacral.
0:46.3	Our topic of conversation with Jesus is on a very generic topic, formation.
0:55.0	So how?
0:57.0	Here we are, Thursday evening,
1:01.0	trying to make heads or tails out of formation.
1:09.0	Why this topic?
1:12.1	What is the goal?
1:13.1	What are we heading towards?
1:16.8	When we contemplate this theme, formation.
1:22.7	Formation, you're formed into something.
1:26.9	What is it?
1:35.3	In fact, the entire gospel is a handbook on formation.
1:40.3	The whole gospel, every word of the gospel,
1:45.0	establishes the goal we're supposed to approach. Now let's begin with a disconcerting phrase of Jesus that he unveiled at the Sermon of the Mount.
1:58.0	And he says this, for I tell you, unless your righteousness
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