Confirmations at St. Peter's Square: Pope urges youth to hold steadfast in Faith

Nearly 100,000 people packed St. Peter's Square for the Mass where Pope Francis confirmed 44 young people from all across the world. St. Peter's Square overflowed with youth, that have undergone or about to do their Confirmation in their respective diocese, as well as their [...]
Tags: Youth, Pope, Sacraments, Pope Francis

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It's God who "invents" religion

Brazil, June 1, 1974. A student says there are people who "make up" their own religion and asks how to help them discover the truth.
Tags: Sacraments, Holy Mass, Brasil, Josemaria Escriva

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The Sacraments. Reconciliation and the Blessed Eucharist

In a gathering in Peru, July 13, 1974, St Josemaria speaks about receiving the Sacraments, especially Reconciliation and the Eucharist, to strengthen our relationship with God.
Tags: Sacrament of Reconciliation, Eucharist, Sacraments, Holy Communion, Josemaria Escriva, Peru

Testimony

Janitor in Buenos Aires

What I’m going to write about began six years ago. I used to walk to work – it was just 300 meters from home. I went past the same buildings every day, saying “Good morning” or “Good evening” to the janitors working at the entrances [...]
Tags: Friendship, Apostolate, Priesthood, Sacraments, Devotion

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Did St Josemaria really hear confessions during the Spanish Civil War, risking arrest? Even in a zoo?

During the early months of the Spanish Civil War St Josemaria was living in Madrid. He heard confessions, celebrated Mass, administered Baptisms, even at the risk of his life, if he knew that someone was in need of his priestly ministry. He did his pastoral work [...]
Tags: Spanish Civil War, Sacraments, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Priesthood

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How Many Conversions ... Began in a Confessional

Dear Friends, I am very glad to address to each one of you my most cordial welcome. I greet Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli, Major Penitentiary, and I thank him for his courteous words. I greet Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, Regent of the Penitentiary, the personnel, the co-workers and [...]
Tags: Sacrament of Reconciliation, Pope, Sacraments, Pope Benedict XVI, Penance

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March 28, 1925: Priest of Jesus Christ

In the fifth week of Lent, on the Saturday before Passion Sunday, March 28, 1925, Bishop Miguel de los Santos Diaz Gómara, Bishop of Tagora, conferred priestly ordination on Josemaria Escriva in the Church of the Royal Seminary of San Carlos, Saragossa. Another nine deacons [...]
Tags: Priesthood, Sacraments, Holy Mass, calling

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Priesthood

In the homily “A Priest Forever” St Josemaria reflects on the Holy Mass; the nature of the Catholic priesthood, its dignity and necessity; and the relationship between priests and lay-people in the Church. The following are some excerpts from it. The full text can be downloaded [...]
Tags: Order, Priesthood, Sacraments, Priestly Society of the Holy Cross

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5th Luminous Mystery: The Institution of the Eucharist

And when the hour had come, he reclined at table, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said to them, ‘I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you that I will eat of it [...]
Tags: Eucharist, Generosity, Grace, Sacraments, Holy Rosary

Testimony

Preparing dinner acquires infinite value

I was impressed by Josemaria Escriva’s love for the Sacraments. The Mass “the center and root of the Christian life,” is more and more for me, as it was for Josemaria Escriva, the center of my days. Since the beginning, I was amazed by the [...]
Tags: Love of God, Sacraments, Work