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Blessed Josemaria Escriva and Our Lady
by Father John McCloskey
On May 17, 1992, the Holy Father beatified Msgr. Josemaria Escriva in a ceremony at St. Peter's Square. The beatification was an endorsement of the spirituality of Opus Dei (The Work of God), founded by Blessed Escriva, as an exemplary way for the ordinary layperson to pursue holiness in the world.
The beatification process began six years after his death in 1975. This ended with a declaration of heroic virtue in April 1990 and approval by the Congregation of the Saints in 1991 of the miraculous cure of a Spanish Carmelite nun from a fatal illness through Monsignor Escriva's intercession.
Blessed Escriva was a spiritual giant in love with Mary and who had a particular devotion to Our Lady Of Fatima. He was born in 1902 in Barbastro, Spain, ordained a priest in 1925, and founded Opus Dei on October 2, 1928, the feast of the Guardian Angels, while he was making his yearly retreat in Madrid.
Monsignor Escriva lived in Rome from 1946 until his death on June 26, 1975, watching over the growth of Opus Dei. During these years, the Work spread to five continents and counted over sixty thousand members and a thousand priests. After the founder's death, Opus Dei became the Church's first personal prelature under his
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