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Prayer for the Intercession of St. Josemaria Escriva (Founder of Opus Dei) https://stjosemaria.org/prayer-for-th... *** Please remember to SUBSCRIBE & LIKE this video. Thank you. O God, through the mediation of Mary our Mother, you granted your priest, Saint Josemaria, countless graces, choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Dei, a way of sanctification in daily work and in the fulfillment of the Christian’s ordinary duties. Grant that I too may learn to turn all the circumstances and events of my life into occasions of loving you and serving the Church, the Pope, and all souls with joy and simplicity, lighting up the pathways of this earth with faith and love. Deign to grant me, through the intercession of Saint Josemaria, the favor of … (make your request). Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. ************************************************************************ St. Josemaría Escrivá: The Saint of Ordinary Life JEFF MORROW https://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/s... June 26 is the Feast of St. Josemaría Escrivá. In his own life this saint was admired by Popes Pius XII, St. John XXIII, and St. Paul VI. Since his death, he has been admired by Popes John Paul I, St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, as well as our current Holy Father, Pope Francis, who beatified St. Josemaría’s first successor Blessed Alvaro del Portillo. St. Josemaría was also admired by Blessed Oscar Romero, who petitioned for his canonization. Prior to the canonization of John Paul II, Escrivá was the canonized saint most available to view on video, and many short video clips are available online of his many get-togethers. Numerous favors—most very ordinary, but many quite extraordinary—have been answered in all corners of the globe through praying the famous prayer card to St. Josemaría, or through going to his intercession with more spontaneous prayers. Just who was this saint? Born in Barbastro, Spain in 1902, Josemaría Escrivá was raised in a Catholic home that was filled with a living faith and joy. Like many a young teenager, Josemaría planned on a future life that involved getting married and raising a family of his own. He had no interest whatsoever in becoming a priest but was rather intent on a career as an architect. When he was sixteen, God used a very simple event to call Josemaría to give himself completely to God. Josemaría saw in the cold snow the footprints of a barefoot Carmelite. This caused him to question what God might be calling him to do. He very quickly realized that whatever God was calling him to, it was not religious life. He soon decided that he needed to become a secular priest in order to have the availability to do whatever it was God was asking of him. He was ordained a priest of the diocese of Zaragoza in 1925. Throughout this time, God was granting Escrivá a number of special graces, including specific insights into the special task God was calling him to accomplish. On October 2, 1928, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, Opus Dei (“The Work of God”) was founded. It’s not entirely clear what happened on that day, but St. Josemaría consistently related that while he was on retreat prayerfully organizing his notes he “saw” Opus Dei, the entirety of the Work, as Opus Dei is affectionately called. What would happen over the next several years would be the unfolding of the details of that vision. He eventually understood that Opus Dei would be composed of men and women, married and celibate, priests and laity, all with the same spirit and complete dedication to Opus Dei, by living the spirit of the Work in all of the concrete circumstances of their ordinary lives. The mission of Opus Dei was to be a great catechesis, a means of formation. Opus Dei existed to help everyone recognize that God is calling all of us to become saints. The spirit of Opus Dei is founded on the joyful sense that we are all children of God. Those who have a vocation to Opus Dei are committed to spreading this message by faithfully living out the spirit of Opus Dei in their lives. For members of Opus Dei, this involves a specific spiritual plan of life that is meant to facilitate their immersion in God as they are immersed in the world. These spiritual norms include a yearly retreat, a monthly day of recollection, a weekly class on doctrinal, ascetical, or apostolic formation, weekly confession, daily Mass, time each day dedicated to mental prayer, daily rosary, daily spiritual reading, daily visit to the blessed Sacrament, examination of conscience at night, etc. Full article: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/s...