Family Life: The School of Virtue | Meditation One

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

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🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In this podcast, Msgr. Fred Dolan looks to the example of the Holy Family as a model of living out authentic virtue in every area of our lives. He reflects on the importance of being a witness to the love of Christ and shares practical examples of how we can create an environment at home that strengthens children in the fundamental areas of virtue: authentic piety, the use of technology, the need for silence, holy purity, and generosity. St. Josemaria explains: “If a man fosters and cultivat...

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0:00.0	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:08.0	My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.
0:18.0	I adore you with profound reverence.
0:21.6	I ask your pardon for my sins, and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.
0:29.6	My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.
0:43.3	During these blessed days of Advent, all eyes are on the Holy Family, on Mary, Joseph, as they make that long journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
0:58.0	All eyes are especially on the one
1:05.0	who lies beneath the heart of Mary, Jesus Christ.
1:16.9	We want to learn from this Holy Family.
1:25.0	It is so easy for us to imagine the peace, the joy, that reigned in the household of Nazareth, that reigned between those two,
1:29.3	Mary and Joseph as they journeyed to Bethlehem,
1:32.3	and then afterwards, wherever they were with the child Jesus.
1:40.3	Our topic is a very thrilling one, a very challenging one,
1:45.0	because it has to do with turning the family into a school of virtues.
1:53.0	It's very challenging because there are no shortcuts, there are no techniques.
1:59.0	Really it comes down to this ongoing, painstaking effort
2:05.6	day after day, of passing on to the young ones in the household, above all the power of our example.
2:15.6	There are no shortcuts to giving formation. of our example.
2:20.0	There are no shortcuts to giving formation.
2:25.1	Formation takes place in a practically invisible way,
2:28.8	day after day as the months, as the years go by.
2:39.0	It's important that we see this, the formation as, on the one hand, absolutely invaluable, and on the other hand, so important for the future of our society, of our church.
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