St. Josemaria's father, don José Escrivá y Corzán, passed away on this date. After breakfast, he was playing with his youngest son Santiago, then 6. Don Jose knelt for a while before an image of our Lady. When he reached the door to go out, he fainted. Two hours later, having received the last rites, he passed away. Manuel Ceniceros, an employee working at the Escriva's house, sent a telegram to St. Josemaria, and went to the train station to pick him up (St. Josemaria was in the Zaragoza seminary, he would be ordained the following March). Manuel told him straight away, and said of the founder: "He took it with such a serenity, that it made an impression on me which is very difficult to explain". St. Josemaria had to borrow money for the funeral to don Daniel Alfaro. Years later, he would recount: "I remember him, never with a hard face; always serene, with a happy face. And he died tired: with only 57 years, but always smiling. I owe my vocation to him".
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