Today is the feast day of one of my favorite saints, St. JoseMaria Escriva. Tonight we will be going to a special mass to celebrate his feast day.
To find a local mass celebrating St. Josemaria's feast day click here.
“Let's not deceive ourselves: in our life we will find vigor and victory and depression and defeat. This has always been true of the earthly pilgrimage of Christians, even of those we venerate on the altars. Do you remember Peter, Augustine, or Francis? I have never liked biographies of saints which naïvely — but also with a lack of sound doctrine — present their deeds as if they had been confirmed in grace from birth. No. The true life stories of Christian heroes resemble our own experience: they fought and won; they fought and lost. And then, repentant, they returned to the fray.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva
To find a local mass celebrating St. Josemaria's feast day click here.
“Let's not deceive ourselves: in our life we will find vigor and victory and depression and defeat. This has always been true of the earthly pilgrimage of Christians, even of those we venerate on the altars. Do you remember Peter, Augustine, or Francis? I have never liked biographies of saints which naïvely — but also with a lack of sound doctrine — present their deeds as if they had been confirmed in grace from birth. No. The true life stories of Christian heroes resemble our own experience: they fought and won; they fought and lost. And then, repentant, they returned to the fray.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva
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I really feel like St. Josemaria is my spiritual father. His prayers and instruction have had a huge impact on my life. He's my favorite Saint ever! (And I love Opus Dei (-: )
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