April 22nd, 1941: Death of St. Josemaria's mother

Dolores Albas, mother of st. Josemaria, died on this date, in Madrid. (Doña Dolores was/is also known as "La abuela" ("grandma/grandmother") by members of Opus Dei. In Spain this would be a very caring, loving and familiar way to refer to her).
St. Josemaria was preaching a retreat for priests in Lerida when he received the news. After listening to don Alvaro on the phone saying “father, grandmother has died”, he returned to the chapel to cry and repeat: “Fiat, adimpleatur, laudetur...” ('May the most just and most lovable will of God be done, be fulfilled be praised and eternally exalted above all things. Amen, Amen.' The way, 691). 
Then he spoke with the governor of Lerida (Juan Antonio Cremades): “Juan Antonio, my mother has died. How can I get quickly to Madrid?” and Juan Antonio lent him his car with his driver. He arrived in Madrid at 2:00am and before the remains of his mother, in the Oratory of Diego de Leon he cried: “My God, my God, what have you done? You’re taking everything away, everything. Here I thought my mother was needed by these daughters of mine, and you leave me with nothing, nothing”.
Doña Dolores had been the one who, from the beginnings of Opus Dei, supported st. Josemaria in all his plans, and afterwards was the one responsible for setting that family environment so characteristic of centres of the Work, which is found in all centres of the Work in the world to this date.
St. Josemaria once remembered: Before leaving for Lerida, when I went to say goodbye to her, I asked my mother, 'Offer up your sufferings for this apostolate I'm going to do". She assented, but could not help adding under her breath, with love, "Oh, this son of mine!"