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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

God Is My Father

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.9645 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2017

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

“My Father — talk to him like that, confidently — who art in heaven, look upon me with compassionate Love, and make me respond to thy love.—Melt and enkindle my heart of bronze, burn and purify my unmortified flesh, fill my mind with supernatural light, make my tongue proclaim the Love and Glory of Christ” (St. Josemaria, The Forge, no. 3). Fr. Peter Armenio, priest of Opus Dei, reflects upon the idea of divine filiation, that we have been made children of God through our Lord’s redemption. ...

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My God

0:04.0

Prussian and crucius didamichis,

0:18.0

Libertoste, is nothsti.

0:20.0

The nomi Apatari said, Philius, for the saq di Amma. My lord and Cruccius deemites, Nostrius, Liberduste, Es Noste. You know, my Apathry, said, feel yeh, spirit of Sākdi, amen.

0:23.6

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here,

0:27.6

that you see me, that you hear me.

0:31.6

I adore you with profound reverence.

0:35.6

I ask your pardon for my sins.

0:41.3

And the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

0:45.5

My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my father, and Lord,

0:50.6

my guardian angel, and deceit for me.

0:55.0

It stands to reason that our first topic of conversation with our Lord

1:02.0

in this gathering on this annual course

1:06.0

is on the fact he loves us so much, divine filiation.

1:13.5

And as we begin, we put this special means of formation in our Lord's hands through our lady

1:24.8

and through St. Jose Maria's intercession, especially since he received a direct

1:34.4

locution. If my dates are correct, on August 5, 1931, on a train in the middle of the world, as it were, that he was

1:51.0

nothing less than a son of God. This is not a new truth. In fact, it's Catholic theology 101. We have been made children of God

2:06.6

by our Lord's redemption. It's interesting to note that the very first Christians heard this very explicitly, and what's never just coincidental,

2:21.6

but providential, that those first ones, those heroic followers of Christ in the middle of the

2:28.7

world, are our immediate role models. And this is what they heard from John's first epistle chapter 3.

2:39.3

See what love the father has given us,

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