Videos of Saint Josemaría Escrivá

Some short videos with Saint Josemaría Escrivá (in Spanish). Videos with English subtitles can be found here. (His feast day is June 26.)

Passionately Loving the Word (windows media file)

MESSAGE OF THE DAY

“Try to commit yourself to a plan of life”

This tying of one's life to a plan, to a timetable, you tell me, is so monotonous! And I answer: there is monotony because there is little Love. (The Way, 77)

Try to commit yourself to a plan of life and to keep to it: a few minutes of mental prayer, Holy Mass — daily, if you can manage it — and frequent Communion; regular recourse to the Holy Sacrament of Forgiveness — even though your conscience does not accuse you of mortal sin; visiting Jesus in the Tabernacle; praying and contemplating the mysteries of the Holy Rosary, and so many other marvellous devotions you know or can learn.

You should not let them become rigid rules, or water‑tight compartments. They should be flexible, to help you on your journey you who live in the middle of the world, with a life of hard professional work and social ties and obligations which you should not neglect, because in them your conversation with God still continues. Your plan of life ought to be like a rubber glove which fits the hand perfectly.

Please don’t forget that the important thing does not lie in doing many things; limit yourself, generously, to those you can fulfill each day, whether or not you happen to feel like doing them. These pious practices will lead you, almost without your realizing it, to contemplative prayer. Your soul will pour forth more acts of love, aspirations, acts of thanksgiving, acts of atonement, spiritual communions. And this will happen while you go about your ordinary duties, when you answer the telephone, get on to a bus, open or close a door, pass in front of a church, when you begin a new task, during it and when you have finished it: you will find yourself referring everything you do to your Father God. (Friends of God, 149)

Opus Dei - MULTIMEDIA - Photos: Saint Josemaría Escrivá, 1902-1975

Cardinal Ratzinger on St. Josemaria Escriva

Saint Josemaría Escrivá and the Holy Mother


Opus Dei Links:
Opus Dei; prayer card (pdf)
Saint Josemaría website; writings
Romana
"Grace in the spirituality of St. Josemaria Escriva," by Cardinal Leo Scheffczyk
St. Josemaria Institute
Midwest Theological Forum
Scepter Publishers
University of Navarra. Center of Documentation and Studies on Josemaría Escrivá

Don Álvaro del Portillo:
Google Books:Immersed in God: Blessed Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei by Álvaro del Portillo
Bishop Alvaro del Portillo Talks About St. Josemaria Escriva, part 2
Alvaro del Portillo, prelado del Opus Dei 1975-1994
YouTube - Don Alvaro del Portillo y el trabajo
YouTube - Álvaro del Portillo, Prelado del Opus Dei