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Second Day of the Novena

On the second day of the novena, you will meditate upon My youth, when My Heart was facing all the worldly stimuli, all impulses that called Me to be like the other youths of My time -- when I was faced with the rejection, humiliation and incomprehension of My brothers and friends because God called Me to a life of surrender, chastity and silence.

At a period when the human condition was rude and far beyond any spiritual aspiration, My Heart prevailed [overheerste] in the face of the stimuli of the body, and I was able to offer God an instrument in the world through My Life.

When you are faced with worldly stimuli, capital energies, humiliation, rejection and the incomprehension of the world, you shall pray to God in My Name:

Lord,

for the sake [ter wille] of 

the overcoming [het overwinnen] of Saint Joseph

and for His absolute surrender 

that conquered the human condition,

help us to overcome the atavisms, 

the lusts 

and the superficiality 

of this world.

Amen.

[bron]