A close-up portrait

February 22, 2011

Tags: Youth, books, Daring, God

Cardinal Julian Herranz

What was St Josemaria Escriva like? A new book, Dios y Audacia (“God and Daring”) by Cardinal Julian Herranz, offers a fresh, close look at the man that many people call the “patron saint of ordinary life”, or the “patron saint of work”.

Cardinal Herranz says, “Most of the things I’ve written here are things I made a note of on the very day they happened. So in a way, these pages are a sort of blog for those years of my life.”

The result is a close-up portrait of Josemaria Escriva. Herranz’s lively, readable account, published in Spanish by Ediciones Rialp, reflects St Josemaria’s character and inner struggles, the way he headed Opus Dei, his ideas on justice and freedom. The book is an indispensable help in getting to know St Josemaria, canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

Julian Herranz was born in Baena, Spain, in 1930. He joined Opus Dei in 1950, and met St Josemaria that same year. He lived with him in Rome for 22 years until 1975.

Ordained a priest in 1955, he holds doctorates in canon law and medicine. He was called to the service of the Holy See, and was an expert at the Second Vatican Council. John Paul II ordained him a Bishop in 1991. He was President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts from 1994 to 2007. A member of several Congregations and other organisms of the Holy See, he was made a cardinal in 2003.

SOURCE: Ediciones Rialp

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