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Name
Chris Blunt |
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Hometown
Loda, IL population 400 |
Occupation
Husband, father, poultry farmer, political
analyst |
Introduction
Chris and Micki Blunt put their kids first.
And when they discovered that their two oldest
children had a rare condition called Celiac
Disease and required an entirely organic diet,
they promptly left urban Los Angeles for a five-acre
poultry farm in the plains of central Illinois.
Today they live happily on the farm with their
three children, two dogs, and countless ducks,
chickens, and turkeys. Chris met Opus Dei in
college and has found the spirituality of St.
Josemaria to be a great help in his life.
What attracted you to the Spirituality
of St. Josemaria?
It was something that I heard the very first
time I was at a Center of Opus Dei: that all
people are called to be saints. I was really
struck by that. I had thought that the saints
were these other people who are up in the stained
glass windows.
What have you learned from the Spirituality
of St. Josemaria?
That the saints aren’t the people who
never fell. They’re the people who fell
and then got back up again and kept on struggling.
How has the Spirituality of St. Josemaria
helped you?
I don’t think being a husband or a father
comes naturally to most men. I think it’s
a very difficult thing. And, and I’ll
say very honestly like a lot of men, I am not
naturally a kid person, but what the teachings
of Saint Josemaria have helped me do is to see
that, fatherhood and being a husband is my vocation…which
makes life immeasurably happier because I’m
doing it for a larger reason
Are you a happier person now than you
were before you met the Spirituality of St.
Josemaria?
Absolutely. It’s difficult but I can’t
imagine how empty my life would be without it
because it’s what gives meaning to everything
that I do.
