The Founder Of Opus Dei

St Josemaría Escrivá

Yesterday was the Feast day of St Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei. Opus Dei is a Catholic institution whose mission is to spread the news that work and all of the circumstances of our everyday life, are occasions to enable us to grow closer to God, to serve others, and of course improve society.

Anyone who wishes to know more about the founder of Opus Dei will find these three books about the founder of great value. They provide a factual and sincere insight into the founder and the organisation. Anyone with any desire to know the truth, rather than the utter nonsense that many others have published on this subject, will take the time to read these before drawing any conclusions.

Founder of Opus Dei: Early Years (Book)

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The Early Years This is the first volume of three about the life of Saint Josemaría Escrivá. He has been hailed as a pioneer in helping ordinary Christians find God in their daily lives. Moved as a teenager by footprints of a barefoot Carmelite priest in the snow, Josemaría felt called to greater generosity in the priesthood and in his struggles to build up Opus Dei during the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. This latest biography is the most extensively researched work on his family history, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Accompanying them are excerpts from his correspondence, spiritual writings and testimonials from dozens of friends and acquaintances. The remarkable story continues in volumes II and III.

Founder of Opus Dei: God and Daring (Book)

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This second volume of a new three-volume biography of St. Josemaría covers one of the most remarkable periods of his life: from the outbreak of the civil war in 1936 to his departure for Rome in 1946. In Republican Spain fierce anti-Catholic persecution led St. Josemaría to do his priestly work in secret, fully aware that if caught, he would be executed - as were 6000 other priests. This book recounts the saint's dangerous journey across the Pyrenees to the Nationalist zone, where he could exercise his priestly ministry more freely, and his tireless labours to counter (with both heroic charity and determination) the slanders that threatened to overwhelm Opus Dei, and more. Here is an unforgettable picture of the saint’s activity during the years of crisis that threatened to obliterate his great gift to the church: Opus Dei.

Founder of Opus Dei: Divine Ways On Earth (Book)

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"Dream, and your dreams will fall short," Saint Josemaría Escrivá told early members of Opus Dei. This third and final volume of the most extensively researched work on the founder of Opus Dei covers his years in Rome, from 1946 until his death there in 1975. It describes how Opus Dei overcame major obstacles and blossomed from a handful of members in Spain into a worldwide institution, with more than 60,000 members of 80 nationalities. Andres Vazquez de Prada, a Spanish diplomat, writer, and historian who knew Saint Josemaría personally, narrates the story, using previously unpublished letters, diaries, and other sources from the archives of the Prelature of Opus Dei.