EPILOGUE

The discovery of the different Mediterraneans that we have been reviewing in these pages widened the heart of St Josemaría in an ineffable way. As if taking small steps by the hand of the Lord, he understood better the meaning of the Cross, which made him feel like the son of a Father full of Love; he discovered the intimate and close Love of Jesus; he learned to let himself be loved by God, our Comforter, trusting in Him more than in his own strength; and little by little he knew how to let the Holy Spirit take the lead in his spiritual life and in his action on earth. In short, he understood that the fullness of Christian life does not consist in fulfilling a series of tasks, reaching a certain standard or “in carrying out extraordinary enterprises but in being united with Christ, in living his mysteries, in making our own his example, his thoughts, his behaviour. The measure of holiness stems from the stature that Christ achieves in us, in as much as with the power of the Holy Spirit, we model our whole life on his.”1

Following in the footsteps of St. Josemaría, we too can ask God to lead us into those Mediterraneans of the interior life, landscapes so well known... but at the same time immense, which will allow us to “to understand more profoundly the love of God, so that we are able to show that love to other people through what we do and say.”2 There is nothing more urgent … nor more beautiful.

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1 Benedict XVI, General Audience, 13 April 2011.

2 St Josemaría, Christ is Passing By, 97.