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...year-old Spanish priest named Josemar??a Escriv was visited by a new vision of Catholic spirituality: a movement of pious laypeople who would, by prayerful contemplation and the dedication of their labor to Christ, extend the holiness of church on Sunday into their everyday work life. Escriv's title for the movement was a literal description--Opus Dei means "the work of God"--and his ambition was correspondingly large. He saw Opus eventually acting as "an intravenous injection [of holiness] in the bloodstream of society...
This is part of the faith of Opus Dei, a Catholic lay group founded in 1928 by Josemar??a Escriva, now a canonized saint. Escriva’s purpose was to promote what Opus Dei terms a “universal call to holiness” that would allow for the “sanctification of work” in everyday life—essentially, to make saintliness more accessible to ordinary people...
From within the frame, the smiling face of a young St. Josemar??a Escriva, whom Elmbrook residents call simply “the Founder” or just “Father,” peers out, watching over the room. Further back in the house is a Spartan chapel, dully lit, with only a low glow of sunlight creeping in softly through stained glass windows...
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