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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

The Beatitudes: Pathway to Happiness

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.9645 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

In our meditation of the week; Fr. Peter Armenio reflects on the call to be “salt of the earth” and “light of the world,” as described in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 5:1-16). He explains that these images capture the transformative role of Christ’s disciples in the world. Drawing from the Beatitudes, Fr. Peter emphasizes that they are a blueprint for shaping a heart to be like Christ’s, and they are a pathway to happiness in the world. Through a practical examples of ...

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0:00.0

The name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

0:03.5

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

0:09.8

I adore you with profound reverence.

0:12.9

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

0:19.9

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

0:22.7

my guardian angel, and to seed for me. Well, as we put ourselves in the presence of Jesus,

0:28.7

I'm going to ask him. So, Lord, what do you want us to talk to you about? Well, let's look at the gospel.

0:38.0

We always go to the gospel,

0:40.1

and the gospel of St. Matthew

0:42.0

begins with the beatitudes.

0:47.2

I mean, it begins with the...

0:49.3

Jesus' public life begins with the eight beatitudes,

0:55.0

and the Lord is telling his listeners,

0:58.0

okay, this is where my formation should lead.

1:02.0

This is the end product.

1:04.0

I want you to have a humble spirit, poor in spirit.

1:09.0

I want you to be detached from everything, not in the Eastern

1:14.8

mysticism sense, in order to be very attached to Jesus and very attached to people in the right

1:20.3

sense. So poor in spirit, put me first. That's basically what that is saying. And he wants us to have a meek heart. Yeah, but I'm a caloric. What can I tell you? He says, have a meek heart, right? That's what he said. I'm just an employee. So he says, you have to have a me cart. And it doesn't make a distinction. Well, you know, if you're phlegmatic, it'll come easier to you.

1:46.6

It doesn't say that.

1:47.3

She says, you've got to do it, you know, whether you're sanguine or caloric or your mixture

1:50.6

thereof.

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