[Day Four] 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 Saint Jose Maria Escriva, Day 4.

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In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. Saint Jose Maria writes in Friends of God. Jesus is not satisfied with a wavering assent. He expects, and has a right to expect, that we advance resolutely and yielding in the face of difficulties. He demands that we make firm, specific steps, because as a rule, general resolutions are just fallacious illusions, created to silence the divine call which sounds within our hearts. They produce a futile flame that neither burns nor gives warmth, but dies out as suddenly as it began. You will convince me that you sincerely want to achieve your goals when I see you go forward and waverantly. Do good and keep reviewing your basic attitudes to the jobs that occupy you each moment. Practice the virtue of justice right where you are, in your normal surroundings, even though you made up exhausted. With your sights set high and longing for the definitive homeland, because there is no other goal worthwhile. 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 Dei, 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 earth with faith and love. Deign to grant me through the intercession of Saint Josemaria the favor of take a few moments 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 are 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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