God our Father, who poured out your grace on your servants

The Servants of God
Paquita & Tomás
Alvira
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 us
the strength of your Love
in 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 declare
that there is no intention of anticipating in any way the
judgment of the Church, and that this prayer is not intended
for 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.
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.
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.
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 were Supernumeraries of Opus Dei:
Tomás since February 15, 1947, and Paquita
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 info@opusdei.org.