the servants of god paquita & tomás alvira prayer...feb 03, 2016 · gallego, near saragossa,...
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The Servants of God
Paquita & TomásAlvira
Prayer for private devotion
God our Father, who poured out your grace on your servants Paquita and Tomás, so that they could live their marriage and professional and social obligations with a Christian spirit, send usthe strength of your Lovein order to spread in the world the marvelous reality of fidelity and holiness in marriage. Deign to glorify your servants and grant me through their intercession the favor that I ask.(Ask for the favor here.) Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
In conformity with the decrees of Pope Urban VIII, we declarethat there is no intention of anticipating in any way thejudgment of the Church, and that this prayer is not intendedfor public use.
Tomás Alvira was born in Villanueva de Gallego, near Saragossa, on January 17, 1906, and died in Madrid on May 7, 1992. After earning a doctorate in chemistry, he taught at the Natural Science Institute in Madrid.
Paquita Dominguez was born in Borau, near Huesca, on April 1, 1912, and died in Madrid on August 29, 1994. She worked as a high school teacher during the Spanish Civil War years. At the end of the war, on June 16, 1939, she and Tomás were married in Saragossa. They had nine children, the first of whom, Jose Maria, died at five years of age. The young family moved to Madrid in November 1941, where Tomás took up his teaching position at the Natural Science Institute.
Both were Supernumeraries of Opus Dei: Tomás since February 15, 1947, and Paquita
since February 1, 1952. Faithful to the spirit of Opus Dei, they passed on to their children and to many other people their example of Christian life and marriage, of a “bright and cheerful home," as St. Josemaria used to say.
They strove for sanctity through the heroic and persevering exercise of the Christian virtues. The Holy Mass was the center and root of their interior life. Assisted by divine grace and living in God's presence, they imbued their ordinary daily activities with supernatural meaning.
Both suffered painful illnesses towards the end of their lives, and offered up their suffering with a deeply supernatural outlook.
Those who obtain favors through the intercession of Paquita and Tomás Alvira are asked to notify the Opus Dei Prelature, Viale Bruno Buozzi 75, Rome, Italy, or email [email protected].