St Josemaría Escrivá

Tell us: Are you a fan of Saint Josemaria's writings? What is your favorite piece of advice from him? Why?

On June 26th, the Opus Dei website will broadcast the solemn Mass for the Feast of Saint Josemaria celebrated by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz in the Prelatic Church of Our Lady of Peace in Rome at 7:00 pm (Rome time: GMT+2). opusdei.org/en/article/str…

A brief history of the months Saint Josemaria spent in forced confinement amid the Spanish Civil War, with excerpts from the meditations he preached during those days. opusdei.org/en/article/sno…

“Charity does not consist so much in 'giving' as in 'understanding'. Therefore, seek an excuse for your neighbour — there is always one be found, — if it is your duty to judge.” The Way, 463

This time of Advent is a time for hope. These great horizons of our Christian vocation, this unity of life built on the presence of God our Father, can and ought to be a daily reality.

Our Mother went up to Heaven, body and soul. Tell her often that we, her children, do not want to be separated from her... She will hear you!

I always advise parents to try to be friends with their children. The parental authority, which the rearing of children requires, can be perfectly harmonized with friendship, which means putting themselves in some way on the same level as their children.

The Holy Spirit is my Consoler, who guides my every step along the road.

Jesus is my intimate Friend (another re-discovery) who loves me with all the divine madness of his Heart.

Sweet Lady Mary, may Love not be in us a flash in the pan... May it be a true devouring fire, which sets alight and burns everything it touches.

God is my Father! If you meditate on it, you will never let go of this consoling consideration.

The Lord uses us as torches, to make that light shine out... It depends on us that many should not remain in darkness, but walk instead along paths that lead to eternal life.

We are children of God. Bearers of the only flame that can light up the paths of the earth for souls, of the only brightness which can never be darkened, dimmed or overshadowed.

Surely God's Love is worth any love.

Thanks to everyone who shared their favorite quotes from Saint Josemaria! You can access most of his writings at Escrivaworks.org.

"Get rid of that 'small-town' outlook. Enlarge your heart till it becomes universal, 'catholic'. Don't flutter about like a hen, when you can soar to the heights of an eagle." - The Way, 7

God has decided to stay in the tabernacle to nourish us, strengthen us, make us divine and give effectiveness to our work and efforts. Jesus is at one and the same time the sower, the seed and the final result of the sowing: the bread of eternal life

He invites us to spread the divine message, by both teaching and example, to the farthest corners of the earth.

The work of salvation is still going on, and our Lord wants us to share that work. He wants Christians to open to his love all the paths of the earth.

You have started to visit the Blessed Sacrament every day... I am not surprised to hear you say, “I have come to love the sanctuary light madly.”