Research Paper On St Josemaria Escriva De Balaguer

Saint Josemaria Escriva de balaguer was born in Barbastro spain, on january 9 1902. He was the second of six children born in his devout catholic family. He had a firm standing in the catholic beliefs as well as virtues he loved receiving communion and going to confession often. He also had a trusting resource to prayer and was devoted to our lady. He grew up as a fun loving and straightforward child. He was good at school and very intelligent. He had great love for his mother and a close friendship with his father, who encouraged him to feel free and tell him his worries and his father was always ready to answer his questions. ("Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica)
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His father's suggested that he also study law at the university of saragossa and with permission from his superiors he was able to study law. In 1922 when he was twenty years old he was appointed a prefect in the seminary by the archbishop of saragossa. During this time he spent many hours praying before the blessed sacrament. His spiritual life became deeply rooted in the eucharist. Each day he would also visit the basilica of our lady of pilar asking mary to request God to show what he wanted him to do. As he recalled on october 2 1968 ( vatican website, josemaria biography) “ Since I felt those inklings of God's love, I sought to carry out, within the limits of my smallness, what he expected from this poor instrument. And, with those yearnings, I prayed and prayed and prayed, in constant prayer. I kept on repeating: Domine, ut sit!, Domine, ut videam!, like the poor fellow in the Gospel, who shouted out because God can do everything. Lord, that I may see! Lord, that it may come to be! And I also repeated filled with confidence in my heavenly Mother: Domina, ut sit!, Domina, ut videam! The Blessed Virgin has always helped me to discover her Son's desires.” ( vatican website, josemaria Biography) on november 27th 1924 his father died suddenly and unexpectedly. On march 28th 1925 he was ordained a priest by bishop Diaz Gomora in the church of …show more content…
A few months later on feburary 14 1930, God made him understand that the Opus Dei was to spread among women also. In 1933 he started a university centre, the DYA Academy, because he grasped that the world of human knowledge is a key in the evangelization of society. While Opus Dei was taking its first steps the spanish civil war broke out in 1936. There was a serious outbreak of religious violence in madrid. It was a time of suffering for the whole church but also a time of spiritual and apostolic growth and for strengthening hope. By 1939 the war was over and he was able to return to his work with the Opus Dei. he would then do his apostolic work all over the spanish peninsula. In 1941 while he was preaching to priests at a retreat in lerida in the north of spain his mother died who had been a great help to him in the apostolates of Opus dei. As soon as the end of the world war was in sight he began to prepare apostolic work in other countries and in 1946 he moved to rome in order to obtain papal recognition for opus dei. On february 24 1947 pope pius XII granted Opus Dei the decree of praise. The headquarters of opus dei was fixed in rome to emphasize their aspirations. On june 26th 1975 Blessed Josemaria died of cardiac arrest before a picture of our