1975.2.19

Saint Josemaría in Guatemala with Don Alvaro del Portillo, whose saint’s day it was. Someone wished Don Alvaro a happy saint’s day, and Saint Josemaría joined in the applause. Tags:

1975.2.18

“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 many blessings from the Popes. Besides, how maternal this sabbatine privilege is!” The photograph shows a shrine of [...] Tags:

1975.2.17

“I know that this country is very much God’s; you have a great love for the Blessed Eucharist and devotion to the Rosary, right?” said Saint Josemaría in Guatemala, where he stayed from 15 to 23 February. Tags:

1975.2.13

“The best thing is whatever is done with most love, in God’s sight, and results in direct benefits for everyone else,” said Saint Josemaría in Caracas, Venezuela, during his catechetical trip to Central and South America. Tags:

1975.2.11

Our Lady of Lourdes. “You and I, who call ourselves Christians, who are brothers and sisters of Christ and children of our Lady, have to live lives that are as clean as possible, so that we may resemble that elder Brother and that Mother. I [...] Tags:

1975.2.9

“My children, those words ‘I have come to set fire to the earth!’ should enkindle our very souls. And we have to be firmly resolved to tell our Lord, ‘Here I am, because you have called me to be a Christian’,” said Saint Josemaría to [...] Tags: