St Josemaria on Twitter and Facebook

The official St Josemaria website now has a Facebook page: StJosemariaEscriva and a Twitter account: @St_Josemaria. The aim: spreading to more people the message that ordinary life is a path to holiness. Through videos, audios and texts, the life and teachings of the founder of [...]
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How did St Josemaria imagine St Joseph?

I see him as a strong young man, perhaps a few years older than our Lady, but in the prime of his life and work. We know that he was not well-to-do: he was just a worker, like so many millions of people throughout the [...]
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10 Questions about the St. Josemaria Institute

The St. Josemaria Institute was founded in the United States in 2006 to help people discover and explore the life and teachings of St. Josemaria, the “patron saint of ordinary life”, who has become a spiritual guide for thousands of people around the world. Elia [...]
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Carols with a story

Christmas 1947 was approaching. In a students’ hall of residence in Madrid, Spain, St Josemaria suggested to some young men in Opus Dei to compose or choose some popular carols they could sing in family get-togethers. Some of the carols that arose out of that [...]
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Novena to the Immaculate Conception

Novena to prepare for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, "full of grace" through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as [...]
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To fight for love

Msgr Jaime Fuentes was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, studied journalism at the University of Navarra, and obtained a doctorate in theology at the same university. In 1967, when he was very young, he moved to Rome, where he lived in the same house as St [...]
Tags: Love of God, Ascetical struggle, Holiness, Josemaria Escriva

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Magnanimity, faith, and “madness”

For nine centuries Torreciudad has been a meeting-point for devotion to the Virgin Mary. St. Josemaria joined in with this story: his love for our Blessed Lady led him to initiate the building of a shrine. At the time, carrying out this project seemed like [...]
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Madrid and St Josemaria

For St Josemaria, Madrid was the place where he found God’s will for his life. Below are the summaries of four suggested tours, which focus on significant episodes in his life and message, including divine sonship, the sanctification of work, and apostolate. Finally there is [...]
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Contemplating the Misteries of the Holy Rosary

Joyful Mysteries - 1st Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation - 2nd Joyful Mystery: The Visitation - 3rd Joyful Mystery: The birth of Jesus - 4th Joyful Mystery: The presentation - 5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding of the Child Jesus in the temple Luminous Mysteries - 1st Luminous Mystery: The Baptism of Jesus in [...]
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Christopher Columbus and Escriva

Josemaria and his first followers remind me of the conquistadors. They were young; they were enthusiastic, fresh, tireless, and enamored of spiritual adventure. Eager for a voyage of discovery, they gathered around a leader they called simply "the Father". There would be dangers in the [...]
Tags: Jesus Christ, Early Christians, Holiness, Josemaria Escriva