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“Christ should reign first and foremost in our soul. But how would we reply if he asked us: “How do you go about letting me reign in you?” I would reply that I need lots of his grace. Only that way can my every heartbeat and breath, my least intense look, my most ordinary word, my most basic feeling be transformed into a hosanna to Christ my king.”
St. Josemaria Escriva | Christ is Passing By, 181
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Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.Jacob’s well was there.Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well.It was about noon. A woman of Samaria came to draw water.Jesus said to...
“It all just feels so pointless.” A few days into Lent, a good friend shared these words with me about the practices she decided to adopt for the season. This friend, enduring a time of trial in her life, felt incapable of doing anything grand for the penitential...
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Surely one of the most perplexing verses in the New Testament is one of Jesus’ “Seven Last Words” from the Cross: “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46). For centuries, scholars and laymen alike have wondered:...
Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to...
Significant changes mark this season of my life. The biggest being my transition from college to post-college. I like to use the actual seasons to help describe the kind of season I’m in: rest reminds me of lying out and feeling the summer heat. I feel the crisp...
Saint Josemaría Escrivá (January 9th 1902 – June 26th 1975) was a Roman Catholic priest from Spain who initiated Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and that ordinary life can result in sanctity. He was canonized during 2002 by Pope John Paul II, who declared Saint Josemaría should be “counted among the great witnesses of Christianity.
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Feast: June 26th
Patronage: Opus Dei
