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1-7-1974

“Your soul catches fire when you take special care to be recollected in your prayer; and when you receive our Lord in Communion and say over and over again in your thanksgiving, ‘I know that it is You, I believe it with all my soul; [...] Tags:

1974.6.24

Father Javier Echevarria helps St Josemaría to adjust a microphone before a large gathering in Argentina. At a similar gathering the next day St Josemaría said, “Sow peace and joy everywhere. Don’t speak badly of anyone, but learn to walk arm-in-arm with people who don’t [...] Tags:

1974.6.16

On June 16, 1974 thousands of people gathered in the San Martin congress hall in Buenos Aires. St Josemaría said a few words at the outset of the gathering: “You will not be surprised - because you will think it quite natural - if I [...] Tags:

1974.6.12

St Josemaría prayed at the shrine of Our Lady of Lujan, Argentina. He said later, “I went there out of love, and I told her, ‘Lady, here I am for love of you,’ and I presented to her the faith of all you who were [...] Tags:

1974.6.11

“I thank God our Lord. Now I don’t need to have faith: I only have to look at you,” St Josemaría admitted in a gathering with his children in Argentina. He also said, “I’m so happy! Can you imagine what it’s like to be [...] Tags:

1974.6.9

St Josemaría says in Buenos Aires: “My children, you and I will fight just because we are rebels, because we don’t want to live like animals, and we choose to live like children of God. Having religion, fighting to practice the commandments of Christ our [...] Tags: