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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

Be Not Afraid: On Friendship with Christ

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this meditation for the feast of St. John Paul II (October 22), Fr. Leo Austin reflects on the gift of friendship with Christ, a friendship that shaped the life and mission of St. John Paul II. Drawing from the interactions of Peter and Christ in the Gospel, Fr. Leo reminds us that Jesus desires not servants but friends, and that holiness begins in this personal relationship of trust, loyalty, and love. Through the witness of St. John Paul II, we are invited to rediscover the strengt...

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

0:08.0

I adore you with profound reverence.

0:11.0

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

0:17.0

My immaculate mother, St. Joseph, my father and Lord, my guardian angel intercede for me.

0:27.0

I really like in the gospel moments that are human, that show your humanity, my Lord, your personality.

0:34.6

Many of them, and that's the treasure, in my opinion, of the gospel. And I think that's

0:40.3

the way the saints have always prayed, looking at your humanity. The revelation of God, the

0:46.5

Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit is wonderful. It is a treasure. We can always go back

0:53.5

there and rest. Today, my time of prayer,

0:58.0

I want to join the multitudes of the saints throughout history, participating in the revelation

1:06.0

of God and of you, my Lord, and learning from them. And one of the things that I think the saints are great teachers is they're friends.

1:17.4

They're really good friends.

1:19.2

They know a lot about friendship.

1:22.1

St. John Paul II is no exception of that.

1:24.5

It's one of those saints that are so inspiring because they just, they

1:30.3

live their life to the fullness of their humanity.

1:33.3

So in the gospel, many times you show us your feelings or your reactions at a human level,

1:43.3

obviously permeated by the supernatural intervention

1:48.5

of God and also your own capacity as God and men combined in the hypostatic union, but

1:56.0

respecting, respecting the humanity, so to speak, which is wonderful.

2:05.5

And I really like the chapter 14 of the Gospel of St. Matthew,

2:11.1

in which you see how our Lord is a good friend,

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