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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

The Pathway to Heaven

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

As we commemorate the souls of all the faithful departed this November, Fr. Leo Austin reflects on the Christian meaning of death not as an end but as the great passage into eternal life with God. This meditation helps us face our mortality with peace and gratitude, trusting in Christ’s promise: “I will come back to take you to myself.” Listen now to reflect on: • The Christian meaning of death as a passage, not an end. • The mercy of God that awaits every soul. •...

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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.

0:08.0

I adore you with profound reverence.

0:11.0

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

0:17.0

My immaculate mother, St. Joseph, my father and Lord, my guardian angel intercede for me.

0:27.6

St. John has a meditation in which our Lord explained to the apostles and to the generations to come, to you, to me, his vision of heaven.

0:39.7

He's a chapter 14th of his gospel, and it's an entire meditation in a very special moment

0:45.2

in the life of Jesus because it was the night before his passion and crucifixion and

0:51.3

resurrection.

0:52.8

So you can only imagine how intense that moment can be when you are saying your last words to your apostles before

1:02.0

offering yourself and in your life, in a painful, an excruciating painful death, such the crucifixion and and jesus preparing them

1:14.5

and us to see beyond what everybody sees in that moment and then encouraging us to think about what's

1:22.8

coming and he says do not let your hearts be troubled.

1:29.4

You have faith in God.

1:32.1

You have faith also in me.

1:36.5

In my father's house, there are many dwelling places.

1:40.7

If they were not, would I have told you that I'm going to prepare a place for you?

1:48.2

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself so that where I am you also may be where I am going you know the way and this is what

1:59.5

our Lord is saying to the apostles and to you and to me 2,000 years later.

2:05.8

Do not let your heart be troubled. You have faith in God. Have faith in me also. And I want to

2:12.9

go before you, but not just to say goodbye and to wish you luck, but I'm going to prepare a place for

2:21.2

you. And then I will come back to bring you to myself. I don't know if you can find any other

2:28.4

expression of love more powerful than this one. I want to take you to myself. That's something that not even

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