The Summit of Our Spiritual Life

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

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🗓️ 20 November 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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St. Josemaria Escriva wrote that: “A very important characteristic of the apostolic man is his love for the Mass” (The Way, no. 528). Today on the podcast, we listen and reflect on the Sacrifice of the Mass, the True Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, and how it is the center and summit of our spiritual lives. Our belief in the Eucharistic Sacrifice comes from God. We don’t achieve that belief through technique but through God’s grace. Our task is to correspond to the faith that God gives u...

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0:00.0	My God, my God,
0:03.0	My God,
0:06.0	My God,
0:08.0	My God,
0:10.0	My Lord and my God,
0:13.0	I firmly believe that you are here,
0:16.0	that you see me, that you hear me.
0:19.0	I adore you with profound reverence i ask your pardon for my sins
0:27.0	and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful my immaculate mother st joseph my father and lord and Lord, my guardian angel, and to seat for me.
0:55.7	Lord help us to meditate on the absolute center of our spiritual lives, which is your presence as a sacrament, Jesus' presence as a sacrament.
1:08.7	Jesus' presence as a sacrament is the ongoing dwelling of the resurrected Jesus, complete dwelling, total presence.
1:17.6	Jesus teaches us the tradition the church emphasizes it. Ecumenical councils have solemnly declared it. He is truly present in a total way, both in his humanity
1:26.5	and divinity, body and blood,
1:29.3	underneath the appearances of bread in the tabernacle,
1:35.3	under the appearance of wine after the consecration of the wine.
1:41.3	And he is present as a sacrifice. The Eucharist is all about true presence.
1:52.5	The sacrifice of Calvary and his resurrection becomes present anytime mass is celebrated.
2:01.6	Whether the priest rushes through the mass,
2:05.6	hopefully that's not the case.
2:08.6	Whether he's distracted, whether he's a saint,
2:11.6	whether he's in sin, whether he's lukewarm,
2:14.6	as long as those words are enunciated,
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