On this date, St. Josemaria went to visit the ruins of the house they had before the war. He found among the rubble from the ruins of Ferraz 16 (destroyed during the civil war) the parchment, in good condition, with the text "Mandatum novum...".*
St. Josemaria had arrived in Madrid on the 28th of March and he next day he went to visit Ferraz 16. The visit on April 21st was the 2nd time he visited the remains, and with him were Juan Jimenez Vargas and Santiago Escriva. Our father had great consolation to find that parchment. 6 months later he would find a place for it in the new Opus Dei centre at Jenner street, Madrid. It is now in the Centre of Studies in Milan.
* St. Josemaria used this passage very often in his preaching and conversations. He used to say that "the new commandment" that Jesus gave to his disciples was still new for many. So that others would always be mindful of it, he had it framed and on a wall of the first centre of the Work.
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