The intercession of the saints

Saints spend their lives in this world loving God and other people, imitating Jesus Christ who “went about doing good.” And when they get to heaven, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church says (no. 2683), they “constantly care for those whom they have left on earth... Tags: Heaven, Holiness

Readers write

With the consent of the people who wrote them, we reproduce accounts of favours obtained through Saint Josemaría's intercession, and messages of gratitude for having learned about his holy life and teachings Tags: Devotion, prayer-card

Pictures and statues of St Josemaria Escriva

Gallery of pictures and statues of St Josemaria Tags: Iconography, Pictures and statues of St Josemaria Escriva

Iconography

Pictures and statues of St Josemaria in different countries Tags: Devotion, places dedicated to St Josemaria, Iconography, Pictures and statues of St Josemaria Escriva

A much-needed award

I want to thank St Josemaria for a favor received. Two months ago my husband died. At that point I was coming to the end of the semester at university, and I wasn’t able to concentrate properly on the end-of-year exams. I prayed to St Josemaria to intercede for me because now that my husband is dead, I am going to have to fend for myself Tags: Devotion

No sooner said than done

At the beginning of 2007, when I had almost finished my thesis for a PhD in Industrial Engineering, I decided to start looking for my first job. Six months before, among a set of very interesting booklets, I had found the Novena for Work to St Josemaria Tags: Work

Help to study for my degree

During the time leading up to my university selection exam I asked St Josemaría with great faith and devotion to intercede for me before God our Father that He might grant me serenity when I was doing the exam[...] Tags: Study

Without serious consequences

This testimony is really my husband’s. When he was about 9, in 1977, just two years after St Josemaría’s death, he contracted meningitis. His mother took him straight to hospital[...] Tags: Sickness

I have not drunk since that day

As a sixty year old person who had never been honest about his drinking nor his drunkenness, I wanted to change but hardly believed it possible[...] Tags: Conversion

A Personal Story

Ever since someone got into my life to bring me face to face with God through the teachings of Saint Josemaría I have had a clear way to follow and clear aims in life, I’ve been happy, and what’s more, I hope to gain eternal life. Tags: Faith