A bit gruesome but I liked the story.
The Way, first published in 1934, contains 999 maxims from the founder of Opus Dei: Jose Maria Escriva, (who has since been canonized - October 6, 2002). These 999 points of light "were written with yearnings to help us see the light, so that all the ways of the earth, the ordinary ways of all men, might be ways of holiness open to the hope of the Kingdom which is not of this world".
234 editions to date in approximately 40 languages, this 1991 English edition will provide you with an insight into who Jose Maria Escriva was as well as lead you to ponder who you really are. Espousing the sanctification of work, Escriva (and Opus Dei) taught that 'holiness is not just the province of a few spiritual athletes, but is the universal destiny of every Christian. Holiness is not exclusively, or even principally, for priests and nuns. Further, holiness is not something to be achieved in the first place through prayer and spiritual discipline, but rather through the mundane details of everyday work. Holiness thus doesn't require a change in external circumstances, but a change in attitude'.
234 editions to date in approximately 40 languages, this 1991 English edition will provide you with an insight into who Jose Maria Escriva was as well as lead you to ponder who you really are. Espousing the sanctification of work, Escriva (and Opus Dei) taught that 'holiness is not just the province of a few spiritual athletes, but is the universal destiny of every Christian. Holiness is not exclusively, or even principally, for priests and nuns. Further, holiness is not something to be achieved in the first place through prayer and spiritual discipline, but rather through the mundane details of everyday work. Holiness thus doesn't require a change in external circumstances, but a change in attitude'.
