Gold, silver, jewels: dust, heaps of manure. Gratification, sensual pleasures, satisfaction of the appetites: like a beast, like a mule, like a cock,… - Josemaría Escrivá

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Gold, silver, jewels: dust, heaps of manure. Gratification, sensual pleasures, satisfaction of the appetites: like a beast, like a mule, like a cock, like a pig, like a bull. Honours, distinctions, titles: things of air, puffs of pride, lies, nothingness.

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About Josemaría Escrivá

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (9 January 1902– 26 June 1975), was a Spanish priest and founder of Opus Dei.

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Alternative Names: Josemaria Escriva Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer
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