What are Josemaria Escriva’s published works?

His best-known book is The Way, first published in 1934, which has been translated into 45 different languages and has sold more than four and a half million copies worldwide. The website of St Josemaria’s writings (www.escrivaworks.org) gives the full texts of his published works: The [...]
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The Way

“Read these counsels slowly. Pause to meditate on these thoughts. They are things that I whisper in your ear—confiding them—as a friend, as a brother, as a father. And they are being heard by God.” With these words, the best known and most popular of [...]
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God's instrument for the Work

The life of the founder of Opus Dei was the most eloquent application of his message. The lesson of every saint becomes explicit in the coherence between his life, his preaching and his writings. Saint Josemaría spoke of "the mute eloquence" of works: "Love [...]
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‘This donkey will remind you of me,’ he said. I like to think I met a saint

I first met a member of Opus Dei here in Britain over 30 years ago. His name was Juan Galarraga, and at that time he was a layman studying at the University of London. I met him on a number of occasions at the Newman [...]
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A Book of Fire

Before me, as I write, sits an old book that the author of The Way gave as a present to a young architect named Ricardo Fernández Vallespín in 1933. On the title page, one can make out, in St. Josemaría’s unmistakable handwriting, a simple three-line [...]
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"The Way of Escrivá"

“Escrivá refutes the persistent cliché according to which family life and work are mutually exclusive spheres from which we supposedly drop out, exhausted, like a spent shell. Relentlessly optimistic, this author of best-selling books full of useful lessons, reminded us in the 20th century [...]
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A little book I always carry with me

I met Opus Dei in Kibondeni College (Nairobi), where I was happy and studied enthusiastically. While I was there I achieved the National Certificate in Hospitality and Catering. Now I realise that as well as the professional training I received a good dose of cultural [...]
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I had yet to know anything of Christianity

Constancy has never been my strong suit. Many’s the time I’ve regretted not finishing what I’d started. But there is one glowing exception: at college I converted to Catholicism. One day, nothing special, a friend and classmate dropped by my dormitory room. Before leaving he [...]
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Cardinal Paul Shan S. J., Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Since discovering this little book (The Way), I have used it frequently for my prayer. It not only guides one to the heights of Christian spirituality but it also teaches us Christians how we should love our Mother the Church.
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Living out my faith in my work

My life would be meaningless without singing. This art is a gift that enables me to give unique expression to love, goodness, patriotism, and my innermost feelings at their very highest and most unselfish level. What I most enjoy is giving enjoyment to others. Many years [...]
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