Ordinary Life and Holiness, Volume 2 St. John of the Cross and a devoted friend and

and a devoted friend and daughter

the 21st remains onerous for those who face minority status in many places

statesman and martyr—are now available in this newly edited volume for the contemporary reader

the Holy Eucharist

Philip Neri

Ordinary Life and Holiness, Volume 2 St. John of the Cross and a devoted friend andOn May 17, 1992, Pope John Paul II beatified Josemara Escriv de Balaguer. Ten years later, on October 6, 2002, he was proclaimed a saint. He was chosen by God, affirmed the Roman pontiff, to announce the universal call to holiness and to indicate that daily life, common activities, are a path of sanctification. It could be said that he was the Saint of the Ordinary. On September 14, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a statue of St. Josemara placed on