The Blessed Virgin Mary

We pray the daily offering through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, uniting our work, joys, and sufferings to the Mass for mercy, family intentions, and the Holy Father. We then hear Saint Zeno of Verona read Job as a type of Christ and end with a call to endure trials with our eyes fixed on Jesus. 
• opening prayers and the daily offering as a Catholic morning practice 
• Saint Zeno’s question about Job as a type of Christ 
• comparisons that reveal Christ as justice, truth, and true richness 
• parallels between Job’s trials and Jesus’ temptations, poverty, and suffering 
• Job’s restoration as a sign of resurrection and eternal life 
• a closing exhortation to patient endurance and faithful focus on Jesus 
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Transcript

Opening Invocation And Amen

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The Blessed Virgin Mary, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord,

Daily Offering Through Mary

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make haste to help me. O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

Saint Zeno Asks A Bold Question

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From a sermon by Saint Zeno of Verona, Bishop. Is Job a type of Christ? If I am right, he is, and the comparison will reveal the truth of my claim. But while Job was called a just man by God, God himself is the fountain of justice from whom all the saints drink. See what the scripture says the Son of Justice will arise for you. Job was called truthful, but the Lord is, as he says in the gospel, the way, the truth, and the life. And while Job was rich, the Lord is far richer, for the earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who dwell in it. All rich men are his servants, and the whole world, and all of nature as well.

Job And Jesus In Temptation

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But we may compare Job and Christ in many ways. As Job was tempted by the devil three times, so too Christ was tempted three times. The Lord set aside his riches out of love for us and chose poverty, so that we might become rich, while Job lost all that he possessed. A violent wind killed Job's sons, while the sons of God, the prophets, were killed by the Pharisees. Job became ulcerated and disfigured, while the Lord, by becoming man, took on the defilement of the sins committed by all mankind. The wife of Job tempted him to sin, much as the synagogue tried to force the Lord to yield to corrupt leadership. Thus he was insulted by the priests, the servants of his altar, as Job was insulted by his friends. And as Job sat on a dung hill of worms, so all the evil of the world is really a dung hill, which became the Lord's dwelling place, while men that abound in every sort of crime and base desire are really worms.

Suffering, Resurrection, And New Sons

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The restoration of health and riches to Job prefigures the resurrection, which gives health and eternal life to those who believe in Christ. Regaining Lordship over all the world, Christ says, All things have been given to me by my Father. And just as Job fathered other sons, so too did Christ, for the apostles, the sons of the Lord, succeeded the prophets. Job died happily and in peace, but there is no death for the Lord. He is praised forever, just as he was before time began, and as he always will be, as time continues and moves into eternity.

Endurance With Eyes Fixed On Jesus

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Let us throw off every encumbrance and steadily run the race we have started, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the source of our faith and its goal. Let us prove ourselves by patient endurance of trials in times of difficulty and in distress, and when we are flogged or imprisoned, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the source of our faith and its goal. All that I have and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

How To Keep Praying With Cristeros

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If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theChristeros.org.