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OVER FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD • A meaningful Lenten resource from Saint Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, full of timeless reflections that point the way to a life that is infused with faith.
The inspiration for Hallow's 2025 Lent Pray40 Community Prayer Challenge
The Christian's life in this world is a journey in search of the love of Christ. St. Josemaría's book is an open invitation to set out on that journey, and its final stage speaks to us of the love that comes, as a result of seeking and finding Christ, as the fulfillment of that arduous journey, a love that, in fact, was there all along, seeking us out.-Bishop Javier Echevarría, from theintroduction
Reflecting Saint Josemaría Escrivá's conviction that God can be found in the everyday, The Way blends passages from sacred Scripture with anecdotes drawn from Escrivá's life and work, snatches of conversation, and selections from his personal letters. These short, poignant meditations, totaling 999 "points," together form a guide to a better life and "a more worthy soul." The Way beautifully conveys Escrivá's belief that the human is not foreign to the divine, and that the fully Christian spiritual attitude can be described as unity of life. Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975), a Spanish priest, founded Opus Dei in 1928. John Paul II proclaimed him a saint on October 6, 2002. Character
1 Don't let your life be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and of your love.
With your apostolic life wipe out the slimy and filthy mark left by the impure sowers of hatred. And light up all the ways of the earth with the fire of Christ that you carry in your heart.
2 May your behavior and your conversation be such that everyone who sees or hears you can say: This man reads the life of Jesus Christ.
3 Maturity. Stop making faces and acting up like a child! Your bearing ought to reflect the peace and order in your soul.
4 Don't say, "That's the way I am--it's my character." It's your lack of character. Esto vir!--Be a man!
5 Get used to saying No.
6 Turn your back on the deceiver when he whispers in your ear, "Why complicate your life?"
7 Don't have a "small town" outlook. Enlarge your heart until it becomes universal--"catholic."
Don't fly like a barnyard hen when you can soar like an eagle.
8 Serenity. Why lose your temper if by losing it you offend God, you trouble your neighbor, you give yourself a bad time . . . and in the end you have to set things aright, anyway?
9 What you have just said, say it in another tone, without anger, and what you say will have more force . . . and above all, you won't offend God.
10 Never reprimand anyone while you feel provoked over a fault that has been committed. Wait until the next day, or even longer. Then make your remonstrance calmly and with a purified intention. You'll gain more with an affectionate word than you ever would from three hours of quarreling. Control your temper.
11 Will-power. Energy. Example. What has to be done is done . . . without wavering . . . without worrying about what others think . . .
Otherwise, Cisneros* would not have been Cisneros; nor Teresa of Ahumada, Saint Teresa; nor I–igo of Loyola, Saint Ignatius.
God and daring! Regnare Christum volumus!--"We want Christ to reign!"
12 Let obstacles only make you bigger. The grace of our Lord will not be lacking: Inter medium montium pertransibunt aquae!--"Through the very midst of the mountains the waters shall pass." You will pass through mountains!
What does it matter that you have to curtail your activity for the moment, if later, like a spring which has been compressed, you'll advance much farther than you ever dreamed?
13 Get rid of those useless thoughts which are at best a waste of time.
14 Don't waste your energy and your time--which belong to God--throwing stones at the dogs that bark at you on the way. Ignore them.
15 Don't put off your wo
The inspiration for Hallow's 2025 Lent Pray40 Community Prayer Challenge
The Christian's life in this world is a journey in search of the love of Christ. St. Josemaría's book is an open invitation to set out on that journey, and its final stage speaks to us of the love that comes, as a result of seeking and finding Christ, as the fulfillment of that arduous journey, a love that, in fact, was there all along, seeking us out.-Bishop Javier Echevarría, from theintroduction
Reflecting Saint Josemaría Escrivá's conviction that God can be found in the everyday, The Way blends passages from sacred Scripture with anecdotes drawn from Escrivá's life and work, snatches of conversation, and selections from his personal letters. These short, poignant meditations, totaling 999 "points," together form a guide to a better life and "a more worthy soul." The Way beautifully conveys Escrivá's belief that the human is not foreign to the divine, and that the fully Christian spiritual attitude can be described as unity of life. Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975), a Spanish priest, founded Opus Dei in 1928. John Paul II proclaimed him a saint on October 6, 2002. Character
1 Don't let your life be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and of your love.
With your apostolic life wipe out the slimy and filthy mark left by the impure sowers of hatred. And light up all the ways of the earth with the fire of Christ that you carry in your heart.
2 May your behavior and your conversation be such that everyone who sees or hears you can say: This man reads the life of Jesus Christ.
3 Maturity. Stop making faces and acting up like a child! Your bearing ought to reflect the peace and order in your soul.
4 Don't say, "That's the way I am--it's my character." It's your lack of character. Esto vir!--Be a man!
5 Get used to saying No.
6 Turn your back on the deceiver when he whispers in your ear, "Why complicate your life?"
7 Don't have a "small town" outlook. Enlarge your heart until it becomes universal--"catholic."
Don't fly like a barnyard hen when you can soar like an eagle.
8 Serenity. Why lose your temper if by losing it you offend God, you trouble your neighbor, you give yourself a bad time . . . and in the end you have to set things aright, anyway?
9 What you have just said, say it in another tone, without anger, and what you say will have more force . . . and above all, you won't offend God.
10 Never reprimand anyone while you feel provoked over a fault that has been committed. Wait until the next day, or even longer. Then make your remonstrance calmly and with a purified intention. You'll gain more with an affectionate word than you ever would from three hours of quarreling. Control your temper.
11 Will-power. Energy. Example. What has to be done is done . . . without wavering . . . without worrying about what others think . . .
Otherwise, Cisneros* would not have been Cisneros; nor Teresa of Ahumada, Saint Teresa; nor I–igo of Loyola, Saint Ignatius.
God and daring! Regnare Christum volumus!--"We want Christ to reign!"
12 Let obstacles only make you bigger. The grace of our Lord will not be lacking: Inter medium montium pertransibunt aquae!--"Through the very midst of the mountains the waters shall pass." You will pass through mountains!
What does it matter that you have to curtail your activity for the moment, if later, like a spring which has been compressed, you'll advance much farther than you ever dreamed?
13 Get rid of those useless thoughts which are at best a waste of time.
14 Don't waste your energy and your time--which belong to God--throwing stones at the dogs that bark at you on the way. Ignore them.
15 Don't put off your wo