Today, the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is liturgically commemorated.

We are celebrating this Holy Mass in honor of Saint JosemarГa one day before his liturgical memorial, since tomorrow is Sunday. And we must do so without being discouraged by our own shortcomings, since we can always begin and begin again with GodвЂ™s grace, which comes to us especially in the Eucharist and in the sacrament of Penance.Д¤. We must strive to do so for the glory of God, out of love for God and in service to others. вЂќ It is not very different from one of Saint JosemarГaвЂ™s mottos: Deo omnis gloria вЂ“ вЂњTo God be all the glory.вЂќ It is not enough for us to be diligent in many jobs, in family life, in various apostolic initiatives. Blessed Stefan WyszynskiвЂ™s motto was Soli Deo, that is, Soli Deo honor et gloria вЂ“ вЂњHonor and glory to God alone. A few months ago, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski was beatified in this church. It gives me great joy to celebrate this Holy Mass in honor of Saint JosemarГa in Warsaw, in this church of Divine Providence, built in thanksgiving for GodвЂ™s protection of the Polish people. The mission Jesus entrusts to us вЂ“ seeking our own sanctification and spreading the Gospel вЂ“ is not separate from the obligations of our ordinary life.ДЈ. In our daily life, in our work and family obligations, our Lord addresses to us as he did to the apostles the words we have heard in the Gospel: Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

GodвЂ™s presence with us and in us gives meaning to all our efforts: We need to be imbued, to be saturated, with the knowledge that God, who is close beside us and in heaven, is our Father and very much our Father ( The Way, no. When we work like good sons and daughters вЂ“ it is Jesus who teaches us to work in this way вЂ“sanctifying our work means working with Him and finding Him in our daily tasks. This is what Saint Paul tells us in the second reading. All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. We transform work into prayer, into an offering to God, and in order to do so, as Saint JosemarГa taught, вЂњthe first condition is to work and to work well.вЂќДў.

This holiness is sought in ordinary life and through ordinary life, especially work. That work of art in our own lives is the holiness to which God is calling all of us, as Saint JosemarГa, whose feast we celebrate today, tirelessly preached. And he added: all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece. The beginning of Saint John Paul IIвЂ™s вЂњLetter to ArtistsвЂќ comes to mind here: With loving regard, the divine Artist passes on to the human artist a spark of his own surpassing wisdom, calling him to share in his creative power. The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And he gives him a mission: to share in caring for creation. He also prepares a suitable home for him to dwell in: The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east and there he put the man whom he had formed. In the first reading, we have heard the account of creation.

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