Opus Dei & the Sanctification of Work (Rebroadcast)

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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October 2nd marks a special anniversary in the life of St. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei. In this podcast, Fr. Javier del Castillo explains how God showed St. Josemaria his vocation to be the founder of Opus Dei and the prayers and circumstances that led up to that moment. Reflecting on this anniversary will help lead us to ask ourselves: “What does God want of me?” “What does He want me to do?” And, we learn practical ways in which we can answer those questions through our daily l...

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0:00.0	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
0:04.0	My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here.
0:09.0	That you see me, that you hear me.
0:12.0	I adore you with profound reverence.
0:15.0	I beg your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.
0:25.4	My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord,
0:28.6	my guardian angel, intercede for me.
0:34.1	Today we celebrate a great anniversary in the life of St. Jose Maria.
0:38.1	October 2nd, 1928 was the day in which our Lord showed him what he wanted of him.
0:47.6	He showed him his vocation to be the founder of Opus Day.
0:53.4	It was a day that was very important for Saint-O-Mariah
0:57.9	because our Lord answered his prayers.
1:02.2	St. Osama Maria from the time that he was
1:04.3	a teenager, had been praying
1:07.3	these words in Latin, Dominé Udiam, dominate would sit, which are translated as,
1:18.3	Lord that I may see, Lord that it may be.
1:23.5	He didn't know what the it was, but he knew that it was something special, something that he
1:29.5	intuited with inklings of love, as he said. He kind of knew that God wanted him for something,
1:41.2	but he didn't know what. And in fact, that's why he became a priest.
1:45.5	He didn't become a priest because it was something that he
1:49.2	tended to or that he was inclined to doing. In fact, he wanted to be an architect.
1:56.6	He had more talent for that, as he thought. But somehow, after seeing a diskegelsed Carmelite, a barefoot Carmelite, walking in the snow,
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