[Day One] Novena to St. Josemaria Escriva

Through the Novena to St. Josemaria, we hope to be reminded of the meaning and importance that God’s will for us is that we be saints. And, we turn to the intercession of St. Josemaria to help us renew and strengthen our personal goal of holiness. 

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You're listening to devotions on the Saint Jose Maria Institute podcast. The Novina to St. Jose Maria is arrivo, day one.

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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. For this is the will of God, your sanctification. Saint José Maria writes in Friends of God. We are deeply moved and our hearts profoundly shaken when we listen attentively to that cry of Saint Paul. This is God's will for you, your sanctification. Today, once again, I set myself this goal, and I also remind you and all mankind, this is God's will for us, that we be saints. In order to bring peace, genuine peace to souls, in order to transform the earth, and to seek God our Lord in the world and throughout the things of the world, personal sanctity is indispensable. In my conversations with people from so many countries and from all kinds of social backgrounds, I am often asked, What do you say to us married folk, to those of us who work on the land, to widows, to young people? I reply systematically that I have only once to impart. I usually go on to point out that our Lord Jesus Christ preached the good news to all without distinction. My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work. He calls each and everyone to holiness. He asks each and everyone to love Him, young and old, single and married, healthy and sick, learned and unlearned, no matter where they work or where they are. There is only one way to become more familiar with God, to increase our trust in Him. We must come to know Him through prayer. We must speak to Him and show Him through a heart to heart conversation that we love Him. Take a few moments now to quietly reflect on this message. O God, through the mediation of Mary, our Mother, you granted your priest Saint Josemaria countless graces, choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Day, a way of sanctification in daily work and in the fulfillment of the Christians' ordinary duties. Grant that I too may learn to turn all the circumstances and events of my life into occasions of loving you and serving the Church, the Pope, and all souls with joy and simplicity. Lighting up the pathways of this world with faith and love. Deign to grant me through the intercession of Saint Josemaria the favor of take a moment to share your intentions with our Lord. Amen. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy well be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. 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. Saint Jose Maria, pray for us.

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