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2010.7.16

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. St Josemaría wrote in The Way about the devotion of the Scapular:“Wear on your breast the holy scapular of Carmel. There are many excellent Marian devotions, but few are so deep-rooted among the faithful, and have received so [...] Tags:

2010.7.3

Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle. St Josemaría said of him in one of his homilies:“Let us take another look at the Master. You too may find yourself now hearing his gentle reproach to Thomas: ‘Let me have your finger; see, here are my hands. Let [...] Tags:

2010.6.30

Commemoration of the first martyrs of Rome.“To follow in Christ’s footsteps, today’s apostle does not need to reform anything, but even less has he to take no part in the contemporary affairs going on around him. He has only to act as the first Christians [...] Tags:

2010.6.29

Feast of Sts Peter and Paul, Apostles.“With all my strength I venerate the Rome of Peter and Paul, bathed in the blood of martyrs, the center from which so many have set out to spread Christ’s saving word throughout the world. Being Roman does not [...] Tags:

2010.5.31

The Church celebrates the feast of the Visitation of our Lady. Saint Josemaría wrote of this mystery in his book Holy Rosary: “We walk in haste towards the mountains, to a town of the tribe of Judah (Luke 1:39). We arrive. It is the house [...] Tags:

22-7-1932

“Have confidence in your guardian Angel,” wrote St Josemaría. “Treat him as a lifelong friend — that is what he is — and he will render you a thousand services in the ordinary affairs of each day.” Tags: