St. Josemaria Escriva and the Founding of Opus Dei

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

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🗓️ 27 September 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Today on the podcast... In celebration of the anniversary of the founding of Opus Dei (October 2, 1928), we reflect on the early life of St. Josemaria Escriva and the historical circumstances that led him to receive the special light from God to found Opus Dei. This light from God helped St. Josemaria to see:It is possible to create a civilization of love—to bring Jesus Christ in a new way into the very heart of the world amid a culture that is antithetical to the Gospel.God was giving St. J...

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0:00.0	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
0:08.6	My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.
0:15.8	I adore you with profound reverence.
0:18.8	I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time
0:23.6	of prayer fruitful.
0:26.2	My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my Father, and Lord, my guardian angel, and deceitful.
0:47.3	As we place our attention on Jesus truly present in the Blessed Sacrament, we ask him to give us personal lights on this special topic of our prayer.
0:55.0	I will reveal the topic in a moment.
1:00.0	But this topic explains why all of us
1:05.0	are in this particular chapel.
1:09.0	Okay? This topic explains it.
1:13.0	And the topic is an anniversary.
1:18.1	October 2nd marks the anniversary of a miraculous divine intervention
1:26.3	by which St. José Maria Scriva received a light on how to create
1:39.3	a civilization of love. That phrase civilization of love was coined by Pope Paul
1:48.5	the 6th amid tremendous turmoil in the 60s and in the 70s. Why does this anniversary explain why we're here?
2:05.6	Well, this is a means of formation of Opus Day, and it started with this
2:15.6	illumination
2:18.7	St. Jose Maria received.
2:20.7	All right, little history.
2:24.7	What's so special about this illumination?
2:26.7	Well, in order to create a civilization of love,
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