By: Jose Carlos Martin de la Hoz
BookNo.: r038
Asunto: highlights
Fecha: 16/03/12
- Very brief biography.
- Madrid 1913- Barcelona 1972
- Joined Opus Dei in 1934 or 35, few days after Don Alvaro.
- Civil war: prisoner, suffering, condemned to death, saved by a whisker.
- Days of darkness in San Sebastian. (vocation, fidelity)
- Fully given to Opus Dei.
- 40's: director, Engineering studies, trips, priestly studies.
- Ordained in 1944.
- The work with women of Opus Dei in Spain, then France, Rome, Germany, throughout Europe.
- Capacity and eagerness to adapt himself. (self-giving, generosity)
- Never gave up looking at the difficulties of apostolic task... God would put the rest. (apostolate , fortitude)
- "Secret of Christian life is that the more you give, the more you have" (self-giving, generosity)
- Utter fidelity to St Josemaria's spirit... He would dissappear next to him.
- Respect for freedom... Long hair people.
- Suffering due to illness, especiallywhen no more celebrating the Holy Mass... Increased intensity of norms of piety...
- He would complain of the expenses and say he was a bad investment... But would allow others to take care of him. (docility, poverty)
- Tags: Garnica, Chiqui, Fidelity, Opus Dei, Suffering, Fortitude, Apostolic expansion, cheerfulness
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