St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

Today on St. Josemaria Escriva’s Feast Day (June 26th), Fr. Javier del Castillo reflects in this new meditation on the patron saint of ordinary life and his 40 years of intercession from heaven.What you’ll hear:- Why St. Josemaria said that he would be more useful after his death- St. Josemaria’s favorite Gospel passage- How God used footprints in the snow to call St. Josemaria to his vocation- How St. Josemaria discerned the will of God- Why St. Josemaria initially became discouraged when he went to London- How St. Josemaria saw himself as a little child for GodSupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

In celebration of Father's Day, Fr. Javier del Castillo, Vice President of the St. Josemaria Institute, reflects in this new meditation on the important role of fatherhood in the family and modern society.Support the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

On the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fr. Javier del Castillo (Vicar of Opus Dei in the Midwest) reflects on three ways in which we can draw closer to the Heart of Christ.What You’ll Hear:- How the Sacraments of the Church are “born” from the Sacred Heart of Jesus- How God gives us a renewed heart- The three ways that we can identify ourselves with the Heart of Christ- Living the “Heroic Minute”- How the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Christ are closely connectedSupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

On this Feast of Corpus Christi, Fr. Javier del Castillo reflects on the mystery of the Eucharist, the memorial of Christ's sacrifice of infinite love.Support the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

On the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Fr. Javier del Castillo reflects on what we know (by Faith), and what we cannot comprehend, about the three divine Persons of the blessed Trinity.What you’ll hear:- Why God created us- How the three Persons of the Trinity are distinguished from one another and how they are not- Our desire (and inability) to comprehend the great mystery of the Holy Trinity- How St. Athanasius fought to keep the mystery of the Trinity whole- The heresy that Arius taught about the Trinity- What the First Council of Nicaea and the First Council of Constantinople reaffirmed about the Trinity- How Jesus Christ is the “gateway” to the Holy Trinity- How St. Josemaria used the number 103 to explain the Trinity- Why studying the Trinity takes intellectual humilitySupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

In this week’s podcast, Fr. Javier del Castillo shows how the Apostles were changed after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and how we too can be docile to the promptings of the Spirit.What you’ll hear:- How the Church was truly universal at the very beginning- Why the Acts of the Apostles is sometimes referred to as the “Gospel of the Holy Spirit”- How the Apostles were different after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost- The gifts of the Holy Spirit that the Apostles received at Pentecost- The Holy Spirit’s central role in evangelization- Why St. Josemaria referred to the Holy Spirit as “the Great Unknown”- How we can get to know the Holy SpiritSupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

In this homily from Blessed Alvaro’s Feast Day, Fr. Peter Armenio, priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, shares some personal stories of his encounters with Blessed Alvaro del Portillo.What you’ll hear:-About Blessed Alvaro’s pilgrimage to St. Mary’s of the Angels Church in Chicago, IL-Fr. Peter Armenio’s encounters with, and stories of, Blessed Alvaro-About Blessed Alvaro’s personality-Blessed Alvaro’s recipe for happiness-How Blessed Alvaro helped Pope Saint John Paul IISupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

Following the beatification of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo in 2014, the Church designated May 12th (the anniversary of his First Communion) as his feast day and it was celebrated for the first time in 2015. To mark the occasion, Fr. Javier del Castillo prepared a special meditation for listeners of the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast.Meditating on the nickname given to him by St. Josemaria, “Saxum,” which means “rock” in Latin, we reflect on Blessed Alvaro’s fortitude and how God sends us this gift of the Holy Spirit to help us overcome all obstacles, to become “rocks”— “a better building block for the Church wherever God has placed you.”Blessed Alvaro del Portillo was a close collaborator of St. Josemaria Escriva and his first successor as Prelate of Opus Dei. To learn more about his life and for the prayer through his intercession visit: www.alvarodelportillo.orgSupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

In this podcast, Fr. Javier del Castillo celebrates Mother’s Day by meditating on our Mother Mary, and why we should turn to her powerful intercession, especially in the Holy Rosary. He also reflects on the theology behind repetitive and intercessory prayer, and St. Josemaria’s suggestions for how to honor Mary in the month of May.What you will hear:- How Mary anticipates the needs of others in the Gospels- How becoming children of Mary leads to becoming children of God- Why we should turn to our Mother Mary’s powerful intercession, especially in the Holy Rosary- How we are missing out on graces from our Lord when we don’t ask for them- The theology behind repetitive and intercessory prayer- St. Josemaria’s suggestions for how to honor Mary in MaySupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!

On this Feast of St. Joseph the Worker (May 1st), Fr. Peter Armenio explores how we can live like St. Joseph, following Christ amid the most mundane and ordinary circumstances of life.What you’ll hear:- How Joseph was central in the intellectual and social formation of Jesus- What Sacred Scripture and Tradition teaches about St. Joseph- How the lay vocation is perfectly illustrated by the life of Mary and JosephSupport the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Let us know that our podcast is important to you: Share your favorite episodes with others and leave us a rating or review. Stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: www.stjosemaria.org Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please consider helping us keep our episodes free and accessible for all our listeners: Give today!