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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Josemaria Escriva - Episode One: Dreams Fall Short Spain, 1936. A country on the brink of civil war. As sectarianism rips Spain apart, no one can escape its murderous grip. But in the midst of bitter partisanship, hatred and mistrust, one young priest holds hope for unity, and proposes a different way. This is the story of Josemaria Escriva. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming stories to inspire their children. The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage provides thrilling and inspiring stories to ignite your family’s pursuit of virtue and holiness. Join us for a new 5-Episode adventure every week! 🚦 Rating: 7+ Saint Josemaria Escriva lived a heroic life of trust, love, and gift of self, dedicating himself totally to his mission of sanctifying ordinary work. Though he had to overcome tremendous obstacles in the form of government persecution and even physical mountains, he passed over them, trusting completely in the grace of God in all his trials and bringing a joyful spirit to every moment of his life. This episode contains moments of intensity and fear, including arguments and raised voices. Scenes of intensity throughout as characters attempt to hide from a government that is persecuting the church and killing priests. A character is shot outside-of-scene, and his death is discussed. A character mocks a priest. Characters are shot at as they flee from a patrol. A character passes out from exhaustion and another character tries to leave him. The St. Josemaria Institute is a proud sponsor of The Merry Beggars’ Josemaria Escriva series. For St. Josemaria, the path to holiness is found when we welcome God into the ordinary moments of our lives - in traffic, doing laundry, working, studying, or playing. The mission of the St. Josemaria Institute is to help people discover the beauty and power of this spirituality, deepening their relationship with Christ and helping them to live the power of the Gospel in their ordinary lives. Visit the St. Josemaria Institute website to discover resources and learn more about St. Josemaria today: https://stjosemaria.org/ 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars