Reflecting on the beautiful quote I posted below and what I’ve read of and by St. Josemaria Escriva, I’m convinced that the spirituality of Opus Dei is the antidote for the pathologies of modernity: atheism, secularism, hedonism, spiritualism, and whatever other “isms” I’ve neglected to mention. The tendency in the West to remove any mention of the Christian God or religion from public discourse is countered by the Opus Dei, which seeks to sanctify everyday life in a practical manner, thus giving its members a means to answer the universal call to holiness of Lumen Gentium and providing the world with an authentic witness of Christ.
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You are so right! This may be the main reason for the unremitting criticism from the many detractors of the Work. St.JME is the saint of the Counter-Secularization just as St.Ig. of Loyola of the Counter-Reformation.
It is going to be much harder this time around but maybe we wont have to do it again.
If you’re interested in knowing more about St. Josemaria’s writings, start with “The Way,” a little compilation of excerpts from his writings. A few are inscrutable, and a few others seem as if they need to be context, but otherwise they have more spiritual insight packed into fewer words more than any writer I know.
I’ve only looked at “The Way” a couple of times, but it contains my favorite Escriva quote:
“You, humble? About what?”
“Friends of God”, a book of his sermons, is also a good place to start.
You might keep in mind that the little books (The Way, The Forge, The Furrow) were written by St. JME for his own spiritual edification (which is certainly something wonderful to consider in itself). That may explain the inscrutability or contextual difficulties you may have with some of the entries.
If ur interested, most OD centers have great libraries where books can be bought, as well as offering religious formation for any persons interested (individual or in groups), and providing spiritual directors and confessors.