Junipero Serra

We pray together and sit with Saint Teresa of Avila’s challenge to ask God for what is truly good, not just what we want in the moment. We reflect on “Hallowed be your name” and “Your kingdom come” as a real request for God’s reign within us and a deeper trust in his gifts. 
• opening prayers and the Daily Offering through the Immaculate Heart of Mary 
• Saint Teresa on preparing our hearts before we ask for favours 
• why God does not need many words but we often do 
• what we mean by praying for the kingdom to come in us 
• the peace of heaven as freedom from earthly anxieties 
• ask seek knock as a call to deeper belief hope and desire 
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Transcript

Opening Sign Of The Cross

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Saint Juniper of Sarah, priest, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Daily Offering Through Mary

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O my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

Saint Teresa On Asking Well

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From the book Way of Perfection by Saint Teresa of Avila, Virgin. When asking a favor of some person of importance, would anyone be so ill-mannered and thoughtless as not first to consider how best to address him in order to make a good impression and give him no cause for offense? Surely he would think over his petition carefully and his reason for making it, especially if it were something specific and important as our good Jesus tells us our petitions should be. It seems to me that this point deserves serious attention. My Lord, could you not have included all in one word, saying, Father, give us whatever is good for us? After all, to one who understands everything so perfectly, what need is

What “Your Kingdom Come” Means

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there to say more? O eternal wisdom, between you and your father that was enough. That was how you prayed in the garden. You expressed your desire and fear, but surrendered yourself to his will. But as for us, my Lord, you know that we are less submissive to the will of your father, and need to mention each thing separately in order to stop and think whether it would be good for us, and otherwise not ask for it. You see, the gift our Lord intends for us may be by far the best, but if it is not what we wanted, we are quite capable of flinging it back in his face. That is the kind of people we are. Ready cash is the only wealth we understand. Therefore, the good Jesus bids us repeat these words this prayer for his kingdom to come in us. Hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. See how wise our master is, but what do we mean when we pray for this kingdom? That is what I am going to consider now, for it is important that we should understand it. Our good Jesus placed these two petitions side by side because he realized that in our inadequacy, we could never fittingly hallow, praise, exalt, or glorify this holy name of the Eternal Father, unless he enabled us to do so by giving us his kingdom here on earth. But since we must know what we are asking for and how important it is to pray for it without ceasing, and to do everything in our power to please him who is to give it to us, I should now like to give you my own thoughts on the

The Joy And Peace Of Heaven

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matter. Of the many joys that are found in the kingdom of heaven, the greatest seems to me to be the sense of tranquility and well-being that we shall experience when we are free from all concern for earthly things. Glad because others are glad and forever at peace, we shall have the deep satisfaction of seeing that by all creatures the Lord is honored and praised, and his name blessed. No one ever offends him, for there everyone loves him. Loving him is the soul's one concern. Indeed, it cannot help but love him, for it knows him. Here below our love must necessarily fall short of that perfection and constancy, but even so, how different it would be, how much more like that of heaven if we really knew our Lord.

Ask Seek Knock With Real Desire

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He who knows what good things to give to his children exhorts us to ask, to seek, and to knock. The more truly we believe, the more strongly we hope, and the more ardently we desire, the more generously we will receive. In our petitions we will receive more by size than by speech, more by tears than by words. The more truly we believe, the more strongly we hope, and the more ardently we desire, the more generously we will receive.

Closing Prayer And Final Blessing

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O God, who through the grace of adoption chose us to be children of light, grant we pray that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error, but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth, through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen. All that I have and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Invitation To Christuros Resources

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If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Christuros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Christeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Christuros can be found at theCristeros.org.