To Become a Saint
"If we struggle daily to become Saints, each of us in his own situation in the world... I assure you that God will make us into instruments that can work miracles.."
---Saint Josemaria Escriva
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and that ordinary life can result in sanctity. Wikipedia
Born: January 9, 1902, Barbastro, Spain
Died: June 26, 1975, Rome, Italy
Patronage: Opus Dei; People with diabetes
Feast: 26 June
Siblings: Santiago Escriva
Parents: María de los Dolores Albás y Blanc, José Escrivá y Corzán
Prayer for the Intercession of St. Josemaria Escriva
O God, through the mediation of Mary our Mother,
you granted your priest Saint Josemaria countless graces,
choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Dei,
a way of sanctification in daily work and in the fulfillment
of the Christian’s ordinary duties.
Grant that I too may learn to turn all the circumstances
and events of my life into occasions of loving you
and serving the Church, the Pope and all souls
with joy and simplicity, lighting up the pathways
of this earth with faith and love.
Deign to grant me, through the intercession of Saint Josemaria,
the favor of … (make your request). Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
