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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

Apostolic Zeal

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.9645 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2017

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

In this meditation by Fr. Peter Armenio, priest of Opus Dei, we reflect upon “hunger to know the Master” as the source for apostolic zeal and the foundation for fruitfulness in the apostolate. Although Jesus gave the mandate to his followers to bring the Gospel to all the corners of the earth, his Apostles realized that this would not be accomplished through human efforts, but rather by God working through them. As such, it is the love of Christ that motivates us in our desire for conversion ...

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0:00.0

Christian Dukruches, denimiches nospri, Slibernaz deis nozzi.

0:05.0

In no many apathis, Sittphiliats, but as Sanky, amen.

0:08.0

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.

0:20.0

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

0:26.6

My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my Father, and Lord, my guardian angel, and deceitful.

0:33.6

Addressing our Lord, presiding over this time of prayer,

0:40.3

we ask you Lord to help us see

0:44.3

apostolic zeal, which is the topic of our first meditation,

0:50.3

with your mind and with your heart.

0:58.0

It encapsulates our vocation.

1:01.7

It's the driving force of our vocation.

1:08.7

Our vocation is a call to evangelize,

1:14.6

put in the language of St.Hose-Maria, after seeing the work, it is to bring every human activity to the feet of Christ.

1:21.6

Or, as he saw in that preternatural locution,

1:28.7

when I'm lifted up from the earth,

1:30.7

I will draw all things to myself.

1:35.6

And we're called to chip away at that humanly speaking impossible goal

1:41.2

that is not peculiar to the work, but it is the last mandate of Jesus.

1:50.0

Before leaving, he spells out the mission of any follower of his.

1:58.0

And even though they were very local and his first disciples probably never

2:05.6

traveled beyond five miles from their homes or their workplace, Jesus reveals this radical goal

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