Our Calling to Remain in Him

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

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🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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On this podcast, we listen to the words of Jesus in the Gospel of St. John and reflect on what it means to our calling in life (vocation): "Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing" (Jn 15:4-5). Jesus tells us that our vocation is to be an apostle - ...

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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.
0:11.0	I adore you with profound reverence. I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.
0:22.6	My Immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, and deceitful.
0:32.6	With your permission, Lord Jesus Christ, truly present with us in the Blessed Sacrament.
0:40.8	As we begin this workshop, we take to heart Jesus' virtual last words addressed to his closest collaborators that we call apostles.
0:57.2	And he does not give a self-help course.
1:04.6	He doesn't speak about gimmicks and methods,
1:09.6	which have their validity of how to succeed in this outlandish
1:15.4	task of bringing this pagan world to the feet of the master Jesus Christ who is
1:26.1	the fulfillment of every person.
1:28.3	Most don't know that.
1:30.3	It's one of the best kept secrets.
1:32.3	We want to unveil that best kept secret.
1:35.3	He makes it crystal clear.
1:38.3	Never said it that way.
1:40.3	Never said it to the crowds.
1:43.3	Only set it to maybe 11 men, Judas may have left already.
1:52.0	He said, without me, you could do nothing.
1:58.0	In terms of conversion and transformation into Christ,
2:05.6	in terms of being a light of the world,
2:08.6	Jesus says that's your vocation, you're a light of the world.
2:12.6	And so we muster up the humility to entrust ourselves
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