If we want to be Christians, there is just one life, made of flesh and spirit. And it is this life that has to become, in both body and soul, holy and filled with God. We discover the invisible God in the most visible and material things. Josemaria also placed a strong emphasis on the worth of human freedom as a God-given gift, abhorring both totalitarian regimes in government and any and all efforts to coerce the conscience of individual people. John Paul II has also insisted on the importance of freedom and responsibility, always in the context of prudential action, respecting both the natural law and divine revelation.
True freedom consists in a furthering of the dignity of the human person inside of the family.
It creates and strengthens the notion of duty. If men are not kept straight by duty, they must be by fear. The more they are kept by fear, the less they are free. The greater the strength of duty, the greater the liberty. Escriva's greatest work is the reality of the prelature Opus Dei itself, which reaches millions of people in all five continents through its program of personal formation.