As a young boy, St. Josemaria Escriva learned a prayer for spiritual communion that he cherished and shared with others during his lifetime.
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St. Josemaria made his First Communion on April 23, 1912 and would always observe with unabashed fervor the anniversary of that wonderful day.
Among the Saints, both ancient and modern, it has never seemed excessive to long continually for God’s mercy, and to plead for it on one’s own behalf, as well as for the whole world.
Like every Christian celebration, today’s is one of peace. The palm branches, with their ancient symbolism, recall a scene of the book of Genesis.
A monthly Day of Recollection is a time set aside specifically for a Christian to seriously go deeper into his or her relationship with God.
During this week which Christians traditionally call holy week, we are given another chance to reflect on and to re-live the last hours of Jesus’ life.
“The Seven Last Words” is a beloved devotion of the Church that invites us to recall and meditate on Jesus’ last words as he hung on the cross.
The whole Church recognizes St Joseph as a patron and guardian. For centuries many different features of his life have caught the attention of believers. He was a man ever faithful to the mission God gave him.
A monthly Day of Recollection is a time set aside specifically for a Christian to seriously go deeper into his or her relationship with God.
Lent is a compendium of our whole life, which is a “constant returning to the house of our Father God.”
We are at the beginning of Lent: a time of penance, purification and conversion. It is not an easy program, but then Christianity is not an easy way of life.
“‘Are you ready to drink the cup’ — that cup which means giving yourself fully to the will of the Father — ‘which I am going to drink?’ Possumus!: ‘Yes! We are ready!’ (Mt 20:22) is the reply of John and James. Are you and I really ready to carry out, in everything, the will of our Father God?”
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February 14th marks the day of two special anniversaries in the life of St. Josemaria Escriva and the history of Opus Dei.
“The holy Virgin Mary, Mother of Fair Love, will bring relief to your heart, when it makes you feel that it is of flesh, if you turn to her with confidence.”
The Lord promised Simeon that he would not see death before he had seen the Christ of God. The fulfillment of that promise alone was enough to justify an entire lifetime of waiting and contemplating.
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A monthly Day of Recollection is a time set aside specifically for a Christian to seriously go deeper into his or her relationship with God.
Let us not be afraid. The Church, which is the Body of Christ must indefectibly be the path and the sheepfold of the Good Shepherd, the strong foundation and the way open to all men.
It hardly needs to be said that finding God in daily life is one of the keynotes of Saint Josemaría’s spirituality. But do we ourselves want to be found by God in daily life?
Not too long ago I saw a marble bas-relief representing the adoration of the child Jesus by the Magi. The central figures were surrounded by four angels, each one bearing a symbol: a crown, an orb surmounted by the cross, a sword and a scepter.
A monthly Day of Recollection is a time set aside specifically for a Christian to seriously go deeper into his or her relationship with God.