Works by Saint Josemaria Escriva

Account dedicated to the dissemination of the works THE WAY, FURROW, and THE FORGE written by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer.

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Today, June 26, 2024, we celebrate the feast day of St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei. Therefore, we are inaugurating this account to share daily reflections from his works "The Way", "Furrow", and "The Forge". May his words inspire our daily lives!

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...joyfully and in peace. #Forge

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725. All for Love! This is the way of holiness, the way of happiness. Face up to your intellectual tasks, the highest things of the spirit and also those things that are most down to earth, the things we all of necessity have to do, with this in mind; and you will live...

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725. “We are no use.” A pessimistic and false statement. If we want to, with the help of God, which is the first and fundamental requirement, we can become useful, as a good instrument, for many enterprises. #Furrow

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...trying to gain another Judas-like success — despair without repentance. #TheWay

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725. That is nearly always the way the devil tackles souls who are going to resist him: hypocritically, quietly, with motives... of a spiritual nature! Trying not to attract attention. — And then, when there seems to be no way out (though there is), he comes brazenly...

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724. Children of God—like yourself—cannot be afraid of living in the professional or social surroundings which are proper to them. They are never alone! God Our Lord, who always goes with you, grants you the means to be faithful to him, and to bring others to him. #Forge

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724. If you fall, get up with greater hope… Self-love alone is incapable of understanding that an error, when put right, helps us to know and to humble ourselves. #Furrow

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...the Archangel's. #TheWay

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724. You tell me that in your breast you have fire and water, cold and heat, empty passions and God... one candle lit to Saint Michael and another to the devil. Don't worry: as long as you want to fight there are not two candles burning in your breast. There is only one:...

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...They should see your good works and the motive that drives you to do them. #Forge

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723. You are an ordinary citizen. It is precisely because of that secularity of yours, which is the same as, and neither more nor less than, that of your colleagues, that you have to be sufficiently brave—which may sometimes mean being very brave—to make your faith felt....

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723. Do not be disheartened when you become aware of your mistakes. React against them. Sterility is not so much a consequence of one’s faults, especially if one repents, as a consequence of pride. #Furrow

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...own. It's not true that you don't care. It's just that you're not tireless, and that you need more time for yourself: time that will also be for your activities since, after all, you are the instrument. #TheWay

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723. So you couldn't care less? Don't try to fool yourself. This very moment, if I were to ask you about certain people and undertakings in which for God's love you put your soul, I know that you would answer me eagerly, with the interest of one speaking of what is his...

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722. Nowadays our Mother the Church is being attacked in the social field and by the governments of nations. That is why God is sending his children—is sending you!—to struggle, and to spread the truth in those areas. #Forge

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722. Make sure that your good intentions are always accompanied by humility. Because good intentions often go together with harsh judgements, almost amounting to an incapacity to yield, and a certain personal, national or party pride. #Furrow

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722. It has been a long trial this time. Perhaps — and without the perhaps — you haven't borne it well so far, for you were still seeking human consolations. And your Father— God tore them out by the roots so as to leave you nothing to cling to but him. #TheWay

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721. For the sake of the objective truth, and to put a stop to the damage they do, I have to insist that we should give neither publicity nor praise… to the enemies of God; not even after they are dead. #Forge

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721. It is indiscreet, childish and silly to say nice things about others and praise their good qualities in front of them. In this way vanity is encouraged, with the risk of stealing glory from God, to whom everything is due. #Furrow

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721. If everything seems to be fading away, if your spiritual edifice totters, find your support in that filial confidence in Jesus and Mary the sure and steady rock on which you should have built from the beginning. #TheWay