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St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

The Transfiguration of the Lord

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

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

4.8610 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On August 6th, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. On today's podcast, we listen and reflect on the “background” and meaning of the Transfiguration, and how contemplating the scene of the Transfiguration continues to transform us today:— The Transfiguration of Jesus encourages us in our commitment to discipleship.— When we commit to protracted prayer—deep, silent, concentrated—we can see God through the eyes of our soul and heart. — The Transfiguration helped t...

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0:00.0

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

0:07.0

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

0:16.0

I adore you with profound reverence.

0:19.0

I ask your pardon for my sins

0:21.3

and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

0:25.3

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

0:29.5

my guardian angel, and deceit for me.

0:36.6

On occasion of this feast of the transfiguration of Jesus,

0:43.0

we focus our attention on the Blessed Sacrament,

0:48.1

asking him to give us the grace to take to heart

0:51.8

the Father's mandate to listen to him, to prayerfully contemplate

1:02.0

and study his life, and to use this singular event that is meant for us personally,

1:10.0

as all the events of the gospel,

1:13.5

to encourage us in our commitment to discipleship.

1:18.6

We invoke the Holy Spirit, whose task it is, to help us penetrate the life of Jesus and his words

1:28.6

and download them in such a way that we glean a personal message

1:36.1

and apply it to our daily lives.

1:39.8

At face value,

2:01.6

recalling this event of this transformation of Jesus on Mount Tabor may not give us much light for practical imitation.

2:10.6

That is why we need to pray and invoke the light of the Holy Spirit so that this event, as is the case with all of them, deliver for us a personal message that can be put into practice.

2:26.8

Let's reconstruct the scene.

2:31.7

First of all, let's recall the background of Jesus' life on earth to that very point in time.

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