Monday, March 26, 2012

Abriendo Horizontes. Semblanza de Jose Maria Hernandez Garnica

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
  • Listen to audio file.

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