The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder [Paperback]

Reflecting Josemaría Escrivá’s belief that God can be found in professional and everyday settings,The Wayblends passages from sacred Scripture with anecdotes drawn from Escrivá’s life and work, snatches of conversation, and selections from his personal letters. The direct, conversational writing style and its deeply felt humanity are among the book’s main attractions and beautifully convey the belief that the human is not foreign to the divine and that the fully Christian spiritual attitude can be described as unity of life.

Since it was first published in 1939, more than four and a half million copies ofThe Wayhave been sold in forty-three different languages. This handsome paperback edition will take its place alongside such seminal works as John of the Cross'sDark Night of the Soul, Thomas à Kempis’sImitation of Christ,and Teresa of Ávila’sThe Interior Castle.

Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975), a Spanish priest, founded Opus Dei in 1928.
John Paul II proclaimed him a saint on October 6, 2002.

Character


1 Don't let your life be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and of your love.

With your apostolic life wipe out the slimy and filthy mark left by the impure sowers of hatred. And light up all the ways of the earth with the fire of Christ that you carry in your heart.

2 May your behavior and your conversation be such that everyone who sees or hears you can say: This man reads the life of Jesus Christ.

3 Maturity. Stop making faces and acting up like a child! Your bearing ought to reflect the peace and order in your soul.

4 Don't say, "That's the way I am--it's my character." It's yourlackof character.Esto vir!--Be a man!

5 Get used to saying No.

6 Turn your back on the deceiver when he whispers in your ear, "Why complicate l#K