February 11th, 1933 José María González Barredo asks to be admitted. (without having dealt with him much, st. Josemaría had asked him on 25/03/1931 to pray for an intention of his: St. Josemaría’s intention was for God to give him the vocation. Jose María didn’t know what the intention was). On March 25th, 1931, st. Josemaría had written on his annotations: “Today, 25th, feast of the Annunciation of our Lady, with my apostolic coolness (daring!), I’ve approached a young man, who receives daily Communion in my Church (at the Foundation for the sick) with such a piety and recollection, -and he had just received the good Jesus- “listen -I said, would you be so kind of asking for a spiritual intention of glory to God?” “Yes, father” -he answered- and he even thanked me! My intention was that he, so fervorous, be chosen by God to be an Apostle, in his Work. Other times now, seeing him from mi confessional (in the Church of the foundation of the sick), I’ve asked the same to his Guardian Angel”.
They saw each other every morning, they greeted each other, but they would never get to have a conversation. Two years after making that petition, St. Josemaría would write down on today’s date: “The Lord, through the guardian angel, brought us on the day of the Immaculate of Lourdes, this young man. He is José María González Barredo. 1933". José María was already a lecturer at the Linares Institute, a town in Andalucía. Years after, he moved to USA two years prior to st. Josemaría sending there don José Luis Múzquiz to formally start the apostolic work. He lived in USA until one year before his death (he died in Pamplona in 1983).
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