1972.11.15

In Guadaira, Seville, Saint Josemaría told some university students what had happened to him the first time he came to Seville and watched a Holy Week procession. “I forgot what was happening around me. Looking at such a beautiful statue of the Blessed Virgin, I [...] Tags:

1972.11.10

Saint Josemaría went to visit a convent of discalced Carmelites in Cadiz, Spain. “You are the treasure of the Church. Without you the Church would be arid, and we would not be able to say, ‘With joy you will draw water from the wells of [...] Tags:

1972.11.7

Saint Josemaría in Pozoalbero (Spain) with a group of priests. On one occasion he wrote: “People who say that we priests are lonely are either lying or have gotten it all wrong. We are far less lonely than anyone else, for we can count on [...] Tags:

1972.11.6

On this date Saint Josemaría arrived to spend several days in Pozoalbero, a country estate in Spain, where thousands of people came to meet him and hear him talking about God. “How beautifully you are looking after all these plants and flowers,” he said one [...] Tags:

1972.10.19

“Adore him, and don’t be ashamed to let people see you adoring him, and that you adore him with all your love!” During his catechetical journey through Spain he often met with groups of priests. At today’s gathering he demonstrated how he expressed his adoration [...] Tags:

1972.10.5

“I beg you like that, like a poor street beggar, to pray for me, like giving alms: pray for the Father to be good and faithful.” That is how Saint Josemaría explained his gesture of holding out his hand to beg those listening to him [...] Tags: