Quotes by Josemaría Escrivá

About Josemaría Escrivá:

Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. He was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, who declared Saint Josemaría should be "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity."
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God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.

Josemaría Escrivá

Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence.

Josemaría Escrivá

If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others?

Josemaría Escrivá

Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.

Josemaría Escrivá

Author Bio

  • NameJosemaría Escrivá
  • DescriptionSpanish theologian
  • BornJanuary 9, 1902
  • DiedJune 26, 1975
  • CountrySpain
  • ProfessionPresbyter; Writer
  • AwardsOrder Of Isabella The Catholic