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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.
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I adore you with profound reverence.
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I ask your pardon for my sins, and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.
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My Immaculate Mother, Saint Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.
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Saint Josemaria begins his homily getting to know God with a charming personal account.
00:00:59.019 --> 00:01:19.260
He recalls that the previous night he had awakened several times, and had repeated as an aspiration some words from sacred scripture quasi modo geniti infantes, which means as newborn babes.
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That phrase struck him as a perfect image for our condition as children of God, our divine filiation.
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As he put it, it is certainly right that we strive to be strong, solid men and women of metal, who can positively influence our environment.
00:01:45.660 --> 00:01:54.540
And yet, before God, how good it is to see ourselves as little children.
00:01:57.260 --> 00:02:03.020
Saint Osamaria invites us to become like newborn infants before God.
00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:13.259
Saint Teresa of Avola beautifully explains what this means by comparing the soul to a baby at its mother's breast.
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The child does not earn its nourishment, nor does it even know how to ask for it.
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The mother lovingly provides everything.
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And as Teresa notes, an infant does not anxiously wonder whether its mother will feed it the following day.
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So too in prayer, our first task is not to accomplish something, but simply to remain with God, confident that our Father already knows what we need.
00:02:51.740 --> 00:03:01.900
We are called to receive His grace, to drink the milk of the Spirit, and to enjoy its sweetness.
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That phrase that moved Saint Josemaria so much continues Quasi modo geniti infantes ratiolo lac concupicite.
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Like children just born into the world, cry out for the clean, pure milk of the Spirit.
00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:40.060
Let us meditate today on the certainty that we are children of God, and on the consequences this has for our daily lives.
00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:47.099
Saint Josemaria shared from his own deep interior life.
00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:54.620
My life has led me to realize in a special way that I am a son of God.
00:03:56.620 --> 00:04:04.620
I have experienced the joy of getting inside the heart of my Father.
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To enter the heart of our Father God.
00:04:10.219 --> 00:04:15.180
Our own hearts skip a beat at the thought of such a wonderful reality.
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No wonder Saint Osemaria speaks of the joy of climbing inside God's heart.
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We can make this our own prayer right now.
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Lord, I have to tell you what is going on in my heart right now.
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Otherwise, I will burst.
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I just love being your child.
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I just love knowing that I am loved.
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In no way will I ever doubt your love.
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Just as a little child does not calculate whether he deserves his father's love.
00:05:01.419 --> 00:05:11.179
From within God's heart we can borrow his fatherly glasses, so to speak, and see those around us differently.
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This is the interior life.
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To enter the Father's heart and remain there.
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We then begin to love what he loves, rejoice in what pleases him, grieve over what wounds him, and look upon others with his patience.
00:05:36.299 --> 00:05:39.979
But we know from experience that this is not easy.
00:05:41.339 --> 00:05:43.500
Saint Josemaria warns us.
00:05:44.620 --> 00:06:13.259
This is why I want to insist now that you and I need to be made anew, to wake up from the slumber of feebleness by which we are so easily lulled, and to become aware once again, in a deeper, more immediate way, of our condition as children of God, how easily we forget who we are.
00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:25.019
We begin to live as though everything depended entirely upon us, becoming anxious, self-reliant, and burdened.
00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:41.339
That is the existential slumber from which Saint Josemaria wants to awaken us, not merely physical inactivity, but a forgetfulness of our Father's love.
00:06:43.419 --> 00:06:51.899
Laziness, softness, and a false love of comfort threaten our pursuit of sanctity.
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Let us resolve today to shake off this spiritual slumber and awaken to our identity as God's children.
00:07:06.859 --> 00:07:16.379
We often begin the prayers of the faithful at Mass with this petition, with the confidence of our divine filiation.
00:07:18.459 --> 00:07:24.539
This confidence is meant to sustain us, in spite of our defects and limitations.
00:07:25.259 --> 00:07:36.379
As Saint John tells us, see how God has shown his love towards us, that we should be counted as his sons, should be his sons.
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Beloved, we are sons of God even now.
00:07:42.859 --> 00:07:46.379
This is not a pious metaphor.
00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:53.739
It is the fundamental reality from which the whole Christian life flows.
00:07:55.259 --> 00:08:05.339
Saint Josemaria reflected, Over the years I have sought to rely unfalteringly for my support on this joyous reality.
00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:09.979
I have said to him, Lord, you put me here.
00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:17.259
You entrusted me with this or that, and I put my trust in you.
00:08:18.620 --> 00:08:28.299
I know that you are my father, and I have seen that tiny children are always absolutely sure of their parents.
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Such trust transforms our prayer.
00:08:38.060 --> 00:08:41.899
Instead of trying to persuade God, we begin to rest in Him.
00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:49.340
Instead of carrying every burden ourselves, we place it squarely in the hands of our Father.
00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:59.899
After all, children ask for seemingly impossible things simply because they know they are speaking to their Father.
00:09:23.819 --> 00:09:41.659
What confidence, what rest, and what optimism it will give you in the midst of difficulties, to know you are a child, the child of a Father who knows everything and who can do everything.
00:09:44.939 --> 00:09:54.699
When we pray as children, our will becomes identified with the will of our Father, who always wants the best for us.
00:09:56.860 --> 00:10:04.939
This trust dissipates the anxiety that comes from depending solely on our own strength.
00:10:06.939 --> 00:10:14.059
As the founder wrote in The Way, draw strength from your divine filiation.
00:10:14.939 --> 00:10:21.419
God is a Father, your Father, full of warmth and infinite love.
00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:26.699
Call him Father frequently throughout the day.
00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:36.699
Tell him when you are alone, that you love him, and that you feel proud and strong because you are his child.
00:10:42.699 --> 00:10:48.299
Quasi modo geniti infantes, like newborn babes.
00:10:49.579 --> 00:11:00.299
This attitude of spiritual childhood enables us to savor those other words from Saint John All that is born of God overcomes the world.
00:11:01.179 --> 00:11:08.860
It conquers difficulties and achieves victory in the great battle for peace in our souls and in society.
00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:20.699
Our wisdom and our strength lie precisely in being convinced of our littleness in the eyes of God.
00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:33.740
Yet at the same moment, He prompts us to get moving, to confidently proclaim His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:44.459
He calls us to action despite our errors and miseries, provided that we are actively fighting to overcome our weakness.
00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:49.659
Let us begin with ourselves.
00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:57.179
Striving to discover the good we can do for our families, our friends, and everyone we meet.
00:11:58.539 --> 00:12:07.019
There is no better way to contemplate the greatness of God than to start from this simple, inexpressible fact.
00:12:07.579 --> 00:12:12.620
He is our Father, and we are His children.
00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:21.019
Today, perhaps the Lord is asking only one thing of us.
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Call him Father.
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Say it slowly, say it often.
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Let those words sink from your lips into your heart.
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The child who knows he has a father is never truly alone, never without hope, never without strength.
00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:49.819
Everything changes once we remember whose children we are.
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I thank you, my God, for the good resolutions, affections, and inspirations that you have communicated to me in this meditation.
00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:05.579
I ask your help in putting them into effect.
00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:16.459
My Immaculate Mother, Saint Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.
00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:20.939
In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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God bless you.
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
00:00:14.620 --> 00:00:15.260
Amen.
00:00:17.179 --> 00:00:24.219
My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.
00:00:25.420 --> 00:00:28.140
I adore you with profound reverence.
00:00:30.380 --> 00:00:36.299
I ask your pardon for my sins, and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.
00:00:37.579 --> 00:00:46.859
My Immaculate Mother, Saint Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.
00:00:50.059 --> 00:00:57.899
Saint Josemaria begins his homily getting to know God with a charming personal account.
00:00:59.019 --> 00:01:19.260
He recalls that the previous night he had awakened several times, and had repeated as an aspiration some words from sacred scripture quasi modo geniti infantes, which means as newborn babes.
00:01:21.580 --> 00:01:30.540
That phrase struck him as a perfect image for our condition as children of God, our divine filiation.
00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:44.620
As he put it, it is certainly right that we strive to be strong, solid men and women of metal, who can positively influence our environment.
00:01:45.660 --> 00:01:54.540
And yet, before God, how good it is to see ourselves as little children.
00:01:57.260 --> 00:02:03.020
Saint Osamaria invites us to become like newborn infants before God.
00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:13.259
Saint Teresa of Avola beautifully explains what this means by comparing the soul to a baby at its mother's breast.
00:02:14.620 --> 00:02:20.620
The child does not earn its nourishment, nor does it even know how to ask for it.
00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:24.300
The mother lovingly provides everything.
00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:33.980
And as Teresa notes, an infant does not anxiously wonder whether its mother will feed it the following day.
00:02:35.020 --> 00:02:50.060
So too in prayer, our first task is not to accomplish something, but simply to remain with God, confident that our Father already knows what we need.
00:02:51.740 --> 00:03:01.900
We are called to receive His grace, to drink the milk of the Spirit, and to enjoy its sweetness.
00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:20.140
That phrase that moved Saint Josemaria so much continues Quasi modo geniti infantes ratiolo lac concupicite.
00:03:21.420 --> 00:03:28.379
Like children just born into the world, cry out for the clean, pure milk of the Spirit.
00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:40.060
Let us meditate today on the certainty that we are children of God, and on the consequences this has for our daily lives.
00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:47.099
Saint Josemaria shared from his own deep interior life.
00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:54.620
My life has led me to realize in a special way that I am a son of God.
00:03:56.620 --> 00:04:04.620
I have experienced the joy of getting inside the heart of my Father.
00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:09.340
To enter the heart of our Father God.
00:04:10.219 --> 00:04:15.180
Our own hearts skip a beat at the thought of such a wonderful reality.
00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:22.379
No wonder Saint Osemaria speaks of the joy of climbing inside God's heart.
00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:27.259
We can make this our own prayer right now.
00:04:28.459 --> 00:04:34.459
Lord, I have to tell you what is going on in my heart right now.
00:04:34.779 --> 00:04:37.500
Otherwise, I will burst.
00:04:38.539 --> 00:04:41.739
I just love being your child.
00:04:42.539 --> 00:04:45.419
I just love knowing that I am loved.
00:04:47.019 --> 00:04:49.819
In no way will I ever doubt your love.
00:04:51.019 --> 00:04:57.019
Just as a little child does not calculate whether he deserves his father's love.
00:05:01.419 --> 00:05:11.179
From within God's heart we can borrow his fatherly glasses, so to speak, and see those around us differently.
00:05:11.979 --> 00:05:14.699
This is the interior life.
00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:18.779
To enter the Father's heart and remain there.
00:05:19.979 --> 00:05:33.099
We then begin to love what he loves, rejoice in what pleases him, grieve over what wounds him, and look upon others with his patience.
00:05:36.299 --> 00:05:39.979
But we know from experience that this is not easy.
00:05:41.339 --> 00:05:43.500
Saint Josemaria warns us.
00:05:44.620 --> 00:06:13.259
This is why I want to insist now that you and I need to be made anew, to wake up from the slumber of feebleness by which we are so easily lulled, and to become aware once again, in a deeper, more immediate way, of our condition as children of God, how easily we forget who we are.
00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:25.019
We begin to live as though everything depended entirely upon us, becoming anxious, self-reliant, and burdened.
00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:41.339
That is the existential slumber from which Saint Josemaria wants to awaken us, not merely physical inactivity, but a forgetfulness of our Father's love.
00:06:43.419 --> 00:06:51.899
Laziness, softness, and a false love of comfort threaten our pursuit of sanctity.
00:06:53.419 --> 00:07:03.659
Let us resolve today to shake off this spiritual slumber and awaken to our identity as God's children.
00:07:06.859 --> 00:07:16.379
We often begin the prayers of the faithful at Mass with this petition, with the confidence of our divine filiation.
00:07:18.459 --> 00:07:24.539
This confidence is meant to sustain us, in spite of our defects and limitations.
00:07:25.259 --> 00:07:36.379
As Saint John tells us, see how God has shown his love towards us, that we should be counted as his sons, should be his sons.
00:07:36.779 --> 00:07:40.299
Beloved, we are sons of God even now.
00:07:42.859 --> 00:07:46.379
This is not a pious metaphor.
00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:53.739
It is the fundamental reality from which the whole Christian life flows.
00:07:55.259 --> 00:08:05.339
Saint Josemaria reflected, Over the years I have sought to rely unfalteringly for my support on this joyous reality.
00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:09.979
I have said to him, Lord, you put me here.
00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:17.259
You entrusted me with this or that, and I put my trust in you.
00:08:18.620 --> 00:08:28.299
I know that you are my father, and I have seen that tiny children are always absolutely sure of their parents.
00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:35.980
Such trust transforms our prayer.
00:08:38.060 --> 00:08:41.899
Instead of trying to persuade God, we begin to rest in Him.
00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:49.340
Instead of carrying every burden ourselves, we place it squarely in the hands of our Father.
00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:59.899
After all, children ask for seemingly impossible things simply because they know they are speaking to their Father.
00:09:23.819 --> 00:09:41.659
What confidence, what rest, and what optimism it will give you in the midst of difficulties, to know you are a child, the child of a Father who knows everything and who can do everything.
00:09:44.939 --> 00:09:54.699
When we pray as children, our will becomes identified with the will of our Father, who always wants the best for us.
00:09:56.860 --> 00:10:04.939
This trust dissipates the anxiety that comes from depending solely on our own strength.
00:10:06.939 --> 00:10:14.059
As the founder wrote in The Way, draw strength from your divine filiation.
00:10:14.939 --> 00:10:21.419
God is a Father, your Father, full of warmth and infinite love.
00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:26.699
Call him Father frequently throughout the day.
00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:36.699
Tell him when you are alone, that you love him, and that you feel proud and strong because you are his child.
00:10:42.699 --> 00:10:48.299
Quasi modo geniti infantes, like newborn babes.
00:10:49.579 --> 00:11:00.299
This attitude of spiritual childhood enables us to savor those other words from Saint John All that is born of God overcomes the world.
00:11:01.179 --> 00:11:08.860
It conquers difficulties and achieves victory in the great battle for peace in our souls and in society.
00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:20.699
Our wisdom and our strength lie precisely in being convinced of our littleness in the eyes of God.
00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:33.740
Yet at the same moment, He prompts us to get moving, to confidently proclaim His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:44.459
He calls us to action despite our errors and miseries, provided that we are actively fighting to overcome our weakness.
00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:49.659
Let us begin with ourselves.
00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:57.179
Striving to discover the good we can do for our families, our friends, and everyone we meet.
00:11:58.539 --> 00:12:07.019
There is no better way to contemplate the greatness of God than to start from this simple, inexpressible fact.
00:12:07.579 --> 00:12:12.620
He is our Father, and we are His children.
00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:21.019
Today, perhaps the Lord is asking only one thing of us.
00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:23.259
Call him Father.
00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:26.939
Say it slowly, say it often.
00:12:27.819 --> 00:12:31.899
Let those words sink from your lips into your heart.
00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:42.379
The child who knows he has a father is never truly alone, never without hope, never without strength.
00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:49.819
Everything changes once we remember whose children we are.
00:12:53.500 --> 00:13:01.579
I thank you, my God, for the good resolutions, affections, and inspirations that you have communicated to me in this meditation.
00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:05.579
I ask your help in putting them into effect.
00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:16.459
My Immaculate Mother, Saint Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.
00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:20.939
In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:21.899
Amen.
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God bless you.
