How did Father Josemaria exercise his priesthood during the Spanish Civil War?

Throughout the three years the Spanish Civil War lasted, Father Josemaria exercised his priestly ministry in different ways according to the different circumstances in which he found himself. Tags: Spanish Civil War, History, Priesthood

How and why did Father Josemaria decide to escape across the Pyrenees Mountains?

Spain was divided into two conflicting zones by the Spanish Civil War. Tags: Spanish Civil War, History, Opus Dei, Crossing the Pyrenees, Josemaria Escriva

Why Burgos?

After getting through the Pyrenees mountains and arriving in Andorra at the end of 1937, Father Josemaria went via France to Pamplona, in the opposite zone of Spain. Tags: Spanish Civil War, History, Freedom, Opus Dei, Politics

Which side were Opus Dei members on in the Spanish Civil War?

Out of the few people who belonged to Opus Dei at that time, a number were imprisoned in the course of the Spanish Civil War. Tags: Spanish Civil War, History, Opus Dei, Franco, Josemaria Escriva

What did Father Josemaria think of Franco and his activities during the Spanish Civil War?

None of the people who lived with Father Josemaria during the Spanish Civil War could recall ever hearing him saying anything about Franco, not even a passing comment on his military or political actions. Tags: Spanish Civil War, Burgos

What contact did Father Josemaria have with the Franco regime?

While he was in Burgos, Father Josemaría had no contact of any kind with Franco. Tags: Burgos

What did Father Josemaria say about the reprisals carried out by Franco’s followers during the Spanish Civil War?

Whenever the subject of war and war-related violence and atrocities came up, he always talked about forgiveness, and advised people to avoid revenge and seek reconciliation instead. Tags: Opus Dei, Politics

What did Father Josemaria think of Hitler and the Nazis?

José Orlandis recalls that in September 1939 (…), “I was alone with the Father in his office and without my asking him anything, he confided to me, ‘This morning I offered Mass for Poland, a Catholic country, which is suffering terribly under the Nazi invasion’.” Tags: Opus Dei, Politics, Franco

Homily by Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph

Most Reverend Robert W. Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph

What is God’s plan for the spiritual transformation of the world? It is for all of us to live a way, a path, a ‘plan of life’ which constantly reminds us of God’s presence, steeps us in prayer, many small mortifications and loving sacrifices, interior conversion, sound direction, growth in virtue, life of the Sacraments, good reading of Sacred Scripture and other holy books. Tags: June 26, Holy Mass

Homily by the Prelate of Opus Dei, June 26, 2010

Bishop Javier Echevarria

Following the teaching of St Josemaria, all honest human activities can be offered to God, sanctified, and turned into a means and opportunity for apostolate. Work, ... but also rest, which we need in order to renew our strength so that we can support our families and serve society. Tags: Rest, Opus Dei prelate, Work, June 26