The intercession of the saints

«When God calls me and takes me to heaven, from there I’ll be able to help you much more, and very effectively.» From the day of his death on June 26, 1975, accounts of favors from all over the world attributed to the intercession of [...]
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I Will Help You More

On June 26, 1975, at 12 noon, St Josemaria died in his office. The news of his death traveled quickly round the world. His body, clothed with priestly vestments, was placed at the foot of the altar in Our Lady of Peace (today the Church of [...]
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“I don’t want to go to Purgatory!”

In her book El Hombre de Villa Tevere, Pilar Urbano tells of the visit St Josemaria made to Sofia Varvaro, a young Italian who died after enduring a very serious sickness. In May 1972 Mercedes Morado told Monsignor Escriva that Sofia Varvaro, a young Italian of [...]
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