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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

Is Christ My Passion?

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.9645 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Fr. Peter Armenio, priest of Opus Dei, reflects on the poverty spirit we should cultivate in order to make Jesus Christ the priority of our lives. Like the rich young man in the Gospel (Mk 10:17-22), Fr. Peter explains how Jesus Christ is also asking us now:- Do you believe that only I (God) can fill you?- Do you keep my (God’s) commandments?- Do you put me (God) first? Am I (Jesus Christ) your passion?“To follow Christ — that is the secret. We must accompany him so closely that we come to li...

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0:00.0

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

0:06.6

I adore you with profound reverence.

0:09.1

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

0:14.5

My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my father, and Lord, my guardian angel, into seed form.

0:21.1

Focusing our attention on Jesus truly present.

0:26.6

We could use that special prayer of Samuel the Prophet.

0:34.0

Why Samuel the Prophet?

0:36.8

Because he says to God, speak, your servant is listening.

0:43.7

St. Jose Maria would come before the tabernacle and tell our Lord, Jesus, tell me something.

0:54.9

And Lord, we make the act of faith in the words of the new father, the new prelate,

1:02.8

using one idea for this meditation anyway, from his pastoral letter written February 14th 2017 this meditation is on poverty of spirit just to give it a title all right backoral letter. He says, I know you want to know

1:29.7

what's priority. What's going to be the emphasis? New father, he'll enjoy special

1:38.8

enlightenment from the Holy Spirit, especially with so many of his daughters and sons praying for him.

1:46.8

And he says that we need to give first priority to the person of Jesus Christ.

1:56.3

He mentions paragraph 8 that we want to make progress

2:02.2

in our

2:04.2

contemplation

2:06.6

in our penetration

2:08.4

of his

2:10.4

life and his words

2:12.3

Jesus tell me

2:14.7

something I know it could be

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