1975.5.25

In the Council Chamber of Barbastro Town Hall Saint Josemaría received the Barbastro Gold Medal. After the ceremony he said, “With God’s grace I renew my resolve to come to Barbastro with enough time for a heart-to heart talk with each of you individually, to [...] Tags:

1975.5.23

Saint Josemaría at the shrine of Torreciudad with Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo and the architect Heliodoro Dols. His comment on seeing the altarpiece was: “You have made the humble materials of the earth into divine material.” Tags:

1975.4.5

“They will ask you what the Father was like. I can tell you the answer: ‘The Father? A sinner who loves Jesus Christ, and who has never quite managed to learn the lessons God has taught him. A great fool. That’s what the Father was.’ [...] Tags:

1975.3.27

“Increase our faith! That is what I was saying to our Lord. He wants me to ask for this; that he increase our faith. Tomorrow I will not be saying anything to you; even now I am not sure what I would like to say… [...] Tags:

1975.2.27

Saint Josemaría stopped in Spain on his way back to Rome after his last trip to Central and South America. He died in June that same year. “During his last months on earth he repeated more intensely an aspiration which was always on his lips: [...] Tags:

1975.2.23

Saint Josemaría blessed hundreds of people who had gone to the airport in Guatemala to see him off, just before his departure. Many had been unable to meet him during his stay because he had been ill. He said, “I was really sorry not to [...] Tags: