Homily beatification alvaro del portillo biography
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Who is Blessed Álvaro del Portillo?
Life of don Álvaro del Portillo
His life is a great lesson for men today. St. Josemaría called him very early on "rock", saxuman appellation that defined him from a young age. Alvaro del Portillo was a faithful man, a tireless worker in the service of the Church and Opus Dei. He was a close collaborator of St. Josemaría and became his first successor at the head of Opus Dei in 1975, after the founder's death. He is an example that is close to everyone, despite living in circumstances different from his own.
He was born in Madrid into a large and devout family on March 11, 1914. He was a Doctor of Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Canon Law.
1935: joined Opus Dei
While studying engineering, he joined Opus Dei, an institution that had been founded seven years earlier. He received directly from St. Josemaría Escrivá the formation and spirit proper to that new path of the Church.. He developed an extensive work of evangelization among his fellow students and co-workers.
During the Spanish Civil War, he suffered greatly and nearly lost his life, but Don Alvaro rarely spoke of that period. One of those few occasions was in Cebu, at the end of 1987. And he did so to stress the need for love and promote peacei
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Memory of Favored Álvaro describe Portillo
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HOMILY FOR MASS OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF BLESSED ALVARO DEL PORTILLO
OUR LADY’S SHRINE, KNOCK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2015.
Welcome and Introduction
I welcome you all on this special occasion, this Mass of thanksgiving for Blessed Alvaro del Portillo. Blessed Alvaro came as a pilgrim here to Our Lady’s Shrine 35 years ago, on the 4th August, 1980. I am reliably informed that it was a very wet day when he came to visit, so perhaps he might have some sympathy with us in Ireland this year with the wet Summer we are having!
Blessed Alvaro on the Apparition at Knock
Reflecting on the Apparition he said “this Marian Apparition, though a silent one, has a clear theological message: it speaks to us of the Eucharist, with the Lamb, the Altar and the Cross and of the home of Mary, since St. Joseph and later St. John both looked after that home. St. John is also the High Priest, centred on the Eucharist and on Mary”
Pilgrims to Knock – Renewal of Consecration to Our Lady
Having prayed the Rosary in the Apparition Chapel, Blessed Alvaro said “this has been a pilgrimage; and the most important thing has been to renew in the name of all the members of Opus Dei consecration of Opus Dei to the most sweet heart of Mary, which our founder carried out for the first time in