16/6/1950: Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Holy See granted the definitive approval to Opus Dei as a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right. St. Josemaria requested all centres of the Work - by then more than a hundred already - to have Solemn Benediction and the Te Deum sung. St. Josemaria gave the benediction at Villa delle Rose, a centre for women. One of those present wrote: "Today, just like on that 2nd day of February 1947 when at Citta Leonina we heard the news of Provida Mater Ecclesia, the father was very happy, but tired: as if every step of the Work into the Church was leaving in him a footprint, a scar... When he took the Monstrance to give the blessing with the Blessed Sacrament, his hands were shaking. He was not nervous - everything in his face denoted serenity. He was excited. In fact, while singing the Te Deum, his voice was less clear, not as strong as other times. It seemed as if his throat was going to break..."
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