St jose maria escriva biography of christopher

The following is an appreciation of the life of St.

Josemaria Escriva who has be the inspiration of my adult life for the past 30 years.

He was born in and ordained in the priesthood in Saragossa in In , he founded the Opus Dei organization.

He was born in and ordained in the priesthood in Saragossa in In , he founded the Opus Dei organization.

The Day the Bells Rang Out is the first book of a compelling, three-volume biography of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei.

This booklet on St. Josemaria Escriva's biography traces his journey from childhood and family tragedy, vocational struggle and civil war.

Central to the charism of St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer was his insistence that all Christians are called to aim for holiness in their ordinary lives.

Life.

Today is his feast day.

The bloodthirsty mob had caught the man who looked like Fr. Josemaria Escriva. They hung the poor fellow from a lamppost in front of the apartment building in which Josemaria’s mother, older sister, and younger brother lived.

It was 1936.

Spain was wracked by civil war. Because he was a Catholic priest, the thirty-four year old Escriva was sought by the communist, socialist, and anarchistic militias spreading terror in the capitol.

Wearing civilian clothes and his father’s wedding ring, Escriva hid out wherever he could, usually not staying in any one place more than a night.

He was born in Spain in to a devout family.

Anyone might turn you in. Once, he and a fellow refugee hid in a stifling attic for hours while soldiers searched the home. Sometimes it was safer for Escriva and his handful of followers to wander the stre