St. Josemaria desired to show an outward expression of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary during the month of May, which the Church traditionally dedicates to her.
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Join the St. Josemaria Institute in praying the Novena to St. Josemaria Escriva from June 17 – 25, 2022.
St. Josemaria Escriva made his First Communion on April 23, 1912, exactly ten years after his Confirmation, and would always observe with unabashed fervor the anniversary of that wonderful day.
“The Collected Letters: Volume 1” by St. Josemaria Escriva is now available in English from Scepter Publishers.
As a teenager, St. Josemaria Escriva followed the normal course of a high school student. He aimed to be a good student, get excellent grades, and dreamed of being an architect. Becoming a priest was not what St. Josemaria had originally thought was for him.
February 14th marks the day of two special anniversaries in the life of St. Josemaria Escriva and the history of Opus Dei.
The parents’ mission to educate their children in the faith stems from the sacraments. When they teach the faith at home, it is the Church that is teaching. Their home is the domestic Church.
St. Josemaria would invite people to take the Holy Family as their model and also to try their best, with daily self-giving, to make their family life into a foretaste of heaven.
By the mid-1940’s, St. Josemaria Escriva had witnessed the apostolate of Opus Dei, which he founded, beginning to spread throughout Spain and abroad.
Grace renews a man from within and converts a sinner and rebel into a good and faithful servant. The source of all grace is God’s love for us, and he has revealed this not just in words but also in deeds.
St Josemaria’s first visit to Fatima was on February 6, 1945, at the request of Sr Lucia, who at that time was living in Tui, Spain. He said that it had been the Blessed Virgin who opened the gates of Portugal to him.
At the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Torreciudad in Spain, to the left of the main altar, is the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament where one is confronted by the Crucifix of Torreciudad— a gift to the shrine from St. Josemaria Escriva.
“Wanting Jesus Alone to Shine” is a biography of St. Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei, illustrated with more than 300 photos, maps, infographics and autograph texts.
Early in the morning on May 15, 1970, St Josemaria arrived in Mexico City. “I’ve come to see Our Lady of Guadalupe…”
“Towards Holiness” is an excerpt from the homily given by St. Josemaria Escriva on November 26, 1967.
Since the fourteenth century, pilgrims have made their way to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto at the Basilica of the Holy House in Loreto, Italy. St. Josemaria Escriva went to Loreto for the first time in January 1948.
“A man open to the presence of God discovers that God is always working and still works today: We should, then, let him enter and let him work.”
On April 15, 1967, in an interview with Peter Forbarth of Time Magazine, St. Josemaria Escriva explained the why and much more about the founding and mission of Opus Dei in the Church and in the world.
Opus Dei was founded in 1928 on October 2nd– the feast day of the Guardian Angels. St Josemaria’s devotion to the Guardian Angels, whom he saw as celestial protectors and messengers, was fostered early on as a young boy. Following is an extract adapted from 40 Years with a Saint in which Blessed Alvaro del […]
“God clearly has his own ways, and each person has their own personal path to the faith.” The Way, one of the twentieth century’s best known spiritual works, had a great impact on me personally and has been part of my life since the day it first came into my hands. Later, I studied it […]