1974.6.8

“The whole of the Work is a great catechetical project, and what does catechesis aim to do? Make God known, so that people can practice the true religion. ‘Religion’ comes from religare or religere, which means binding the soul to God, or God choosing souls [...] Tags:

1974.6.7

St Josemaría arrived at Buenos Aires airport, Argentina, where he was to carry out a three-week catechesis. That day he wrote: “Fiat, adimpleatur, laudetur et in aeternum superexaltetur iustissima atque amabilissima voluntas Dei super omnia. Amen. Amen. (May the most just and most lovable Will [...] Tags:

1974.6.3

“Smiling constantly, which is often very difficult; serving the Lord with joy and serving other people, for his sake, with joy too; these are two specific areas I want to stress. It’s like a bunch of flowers which a little child picks as he trots [...] Tags:

1974.5.30

“We have to feel the desire that God, who is Love, should be loved. We have to thank him for giving himself to us, because people in general don’t thank him, and we – you and I – will never be able to thank him [...] Tags:

1974.5.28

In 1974 Saint Josemaría went to pray at the shrine of Our Lady Aparecida in Brazil. He said: “How happy I was to go to Aparecida! You were all praying with such faith! I said to the Mother of God, who is your mother and [...] Tags:

1974.5.24

“Our Lord wants us to be in the world and to love the world, but without being worldly. Our Lord wants us to remain in this world – which is now all topsy-turvy, and where the clamour of lust and disobedience and purposeless rebellion can [...] Tags: