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December 16, 2011

Tags: books, For younger readers, Video
A book can make a wonderful Christmas present – and why not choose one of the many books by and about Saint Josemaria? The following is a list of books by him, and others about his life and aspects of his message. Plus DVDs about the “Patron saint of ordinary life”.

Books written by Saint Josemaria:
For a basic list of relevant works in diferent languages, click here.

- The Way
This 1939 spiritual classic was his first book. The 999 points cover aspects of Christian life needed in order to really be and to act like a child of God in the middle of the world.
- Holy Rosary
One December morning in 1931, Fr. Josemaría dashed off this small book in one sitting, just after celebrating Mass. He poured into these pages an example of his way of meditating the mysteries of the life of Jesus and Mary, and of reciting the Rosary.
- Christ Is Passing By
Es una recopilación de 18 homilías pronunciadas por Josemaría Escrivá entre 1951 y 1971, ordenadas conforme al año litúrgico.
- The Way of the Cross
The Way of the Cross, just like Holy Rosary is a book for contemplation. The reader accompanies Christ through the fourteen traditional stations, gazing in wonder and contrition at the redemptive love in the sufferings of Christ.
- Furrow
In a note to a 1950 edition of The Way, Saint Josemaría promised readers a new book —Furrow—soon to be published. The material was written and organized into chapter headings; only the numbering of the points of meditation and a stylistic revision remained.
- The Forge
This book, a compilation of spiritual annotations of Josemaría Escrivá appearing in 1987, completes the trilogy aimed at facilitating personal prayer that began with The Way and continued with Furrow
- Friends of God
A canticle to ordinary life, addressed to ordinary Christians, about the extraordinary surprise God has in store for them. This compilation was the first posthumous work of Saint Josemaría
- Conversations with Mons. Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer
In the years immediately after Vatican II, interviews with Saint Josemaría appeared in various newspapers and magazines around the world, such as Time, Le Figaro, and The New York Times.

Books about Saint Josemaria

Where to buy in the internet:
- www.portico.com.au Portico Books, Australia
- www.scepterpublishers.org Scepter Publishers, Inc., USA
- www.mwtf.org Midwest Theological Forum, USA
- www.sinagtala.com Sinagtala Publishers, Inc., Filipinas
- www.familypublications.co.uk Family Publications, UK
- www.four-courts-press.ie Four Courts Press, Ireland
- www.deboog.nl Uitgeverij De Boog, Netherlands
- www.gesedilibros.com Management services to publishers, Spain
- www.catholica.se Bokförlaget Catholica, Sweden
- www.beliykamen.com BELIY KAMEN, Russia

New books:
- The St. Josemaría Escrivá Historical Institute is an academic
center that aims to promote historical studies on Opus Dei and its founder, as well as other research on aspects of the spirit, teachings and apostolate promoted by St. Josemaría.
- Books for younger people

AUDIOS (CD & MP3)
- www.rbmediainc.com. A US website offers CDs and MP3s of St. Josemaria’s works as well as the Gospels and much more.

VIDEOS & DVD
- New releases (Beta Films Foundation).
- Midwest Theological Forum, USA