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THE WAY
There are books, which have to be read with urgency because of the need to be up to date. There are also classic books, which are read more peacefully, and those which are referred to time and again because they deal with solid and permanent references. To that last category belongs "The Way". The intention of the author, St. Josemaria Escriva, was "to encourage and to facilitate personal prayer". In the very own words of the Author: "Read these counsels slowly. Pause to meditate on these thoughts. They are things that I whisper in your ear - confiding them - as a friend, as a brother, as a father. And they are being heard by God. I won’t tell you anything new. I will only stir your memory, so that some thought will arise and strike you; and so you will better your life and set out along ways of prayer and of Love. And in the end you will be a more worthy soul." The spirit behind every page of the book is oriented towards that end. Its formal structure, the division into chapters and the brief points, contribute to the author’s intentions. St. Josemaria Escriva was born in Barbastro, in Northern Spain, on January 9, 1902. He became a priest on March 28, 1925. On October 2, 1928, he founded Opus Dei (in English, the Work Of God). He was Consultor to the Pontifical Commission for the authentic interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, and to the Sacred Congregation for Seminaries and Universities. He was Domestic Prelate and an honorary Academician of the Pontifical Roman Academy of Theology and Chancellor of the Universities of Navarre (Spain) and in Piura (Peru). He died on June 1975 in Rome. In May 17, 1992, Pope John Paul II declared him Blessed. In October 6, 2002 the Pope declared him a saint. Among St. Josemaría’s published writings, apart from the theological and legal study of "La Abadesa de las Huelgas", there are books of spirituality which have been translated into numerous languages: "The Way", "Holy Rosary", "Christ Is Passing By", "Friends Of God", "The Way Of The Cross", "Loving the Church", "Furrow", "The Forge" (the last five titles were published posthumously). - "The Way": Editor’s Note; The Author; Prologue of the Author |
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