Like Salt and Like Light: Anthology of texts compiled by Jose Antonio Loarte

Alvaro del Portillo
was the head of the Opus Dei Prelature for almost twenty years, from 1975 to 1994. In that period he gave numerous homilies and addresses; he wrote 176 pastoral letters and had hundreds of conversations with thousands of people in Rome and on his pastoral journeys across the globe. His reputation for holiness is well-known throughout the world, with his beatification in 2014 approved by Pope Francis.

Like Salt and like Light
is a selection, from this vast output, celebrating the centenary of his birth. These texts are good material for prayer or spiritual reading and enable the reader to become more familiar with the spiritual writings of Alvaro del Portillo.