Opus Day was founded by Saint-Hose-Maria after over 10 years of incessant clamor to our Lord and to his mother Mary,

bolstered by a heroic spirit of penance.

He received a very special illumination that promptly brought him to his knees on October 2nd,

1928, while being immersed in prayer, going through his notes that comprise reflections on inspirations he received from the Lord,

insights through Jesus' words and actions.

Finally, it was revealed to him what God wanted.

Ever since he was a teenager, over 10 years previous to October 2nd, 1928, St.

Jose Maria perceived with special poignancy that God wanted something special of him.

He then and there, when he received that light occasioned by seeing penitential footprints

in the snow after a snowstorm in that small city in northern Spain

called Lagronio. Right then and there, he knew that the Lord wanted something of him. And so he

decided to become a priest. His parents supported him, but it brought a bit of natural sorrow to his father, since his father had

designs of him supporting the family once he left his earth, and probably like any normal

father, he desired grandchildren,

and this sort of came out of nowhere.

But nevertheless, being a very holy man,

his father supported him and facilitated

that he get the proper guidance

in pursuing this priestly vocation.

I mean, it wasn't priesthood per se he saw.

He realized God wanted something special of him.

So to afford God the availability the Lord needed, he became a priest.

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