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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

At the School of Prayer with St. Josemaria

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.9645 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Fr. Donncha Ó hAodha offers a profound reflection on St. Josemaria Escriva as a great teacher of prayer to help us renew our awareness of the essential nature of prayer and how transformative it is. In society, we tend to measure things by people's doings and achievements. But what ultimately gives value to any life is communion with Christ. Without prayer, nothing! With prayer, everything! Prayer produces the fine wine of Christian holiness in and around us. Prayer fills or...

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0:00.0

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

0:08.3

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

0:22.6

I adore you with profound reverence.

0:26.6

I ask you for pardon of my sins

0:30.6

and grace to make this time of prayer foodful.

0:36.6

My mother Immaculate.

0:40.2

St. Joseph, my father and Lord.

0:45.0

My guardian angel

0:46.5

intercede for me.

0:53.1

Perhaps we could begin this period of prayer by placing ourselves with the aid of our imagination and with God's grace,

1:03.0

by placing ourselves at the last supper, in the Senegal, that large upper room ready and furnished,

1:15.3

which is so much part of your biography, Lord Jesus,

1:19.9

and at the same time so much part of our biography.

1:25.7

In a certain sense, the church, our family is born there. That's why the

1:33.0

upper room is where we feel quite at home. And during the last supper in that upper room,

1:43.4

the dialogue of our Lord with the apostles and vice versa is very intimate.

1:51.0

And one might say that Jesus in the Last Supper opens his heart to us, to to his apostles to his followers of all ages

2:04.6

in an unprecedented way and indeed we could feel grateful to st john the apostle for the detailed

2:15.2

account he gives of our lord's words at the Last Supper.

2:19.3

In a certain sense, we could say the Last Supper is testamentary for our Lord.

2:25.3

He's leaving us his last will and testament.

2:29.3

Although, of course, Lord, you're not dead, you live forever.

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