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Interview with Bishop Javier Echevarria, prelate of Opus Dei

10 questions about St Josemaria

Did St Josemaria ever get tired of serving God? How did he react to his failures? And to difficulties? What was his secret for staying faithful and in love with God? These and other questions are answered by Bishop Javier Echevarria, prelate of Opus Dei, who lived and worked with St Josemaria for over 20 years.

Readers write

Life is different now thanks to St Josemaria

An avid Catholic and follower of St Josemaria I myself still find trying times where to have faith and peace is taxing at best. I just turned 40 on Feb 13th...

Dora del Hoyo and St Josemaria

In January 1944, Moncloa students’ residence, Madrid, Spain, was in difficulties. With 100 students to cater for, the cooking, housekeeping and laundry services were not working. Those in charge were inexperienced. Everything was going wrong. “I’m leaving tomorrow,” said Dora when she arrived and saw the situation. The following article describes Dora’s first contact with Opus Dei in 1944.

May 30, 1971

Consecrating Opus Dei to the Holy Spirit

In 1971, St Josemaria decided to consecrate Opus Dei to the Holy Spirit, thinking of how much the Church needed all her members to be holy. He himself composed the prayer of consecration, which is renewed in all Opus Dei centers every year.

June 27, On the feast of Pentecost

Alone! You are not alone

"Alone! You are not alone. We are keeping you close company from afar. Besides..., the Holy Spirit, living in your soul in grace – God with you – is giving a supernatural tone to all your thoughts, desires and actions", wrote Saint Josemaria.
Download here the Homily: "The Great Unknown" in PDF format or MP3

New historical studies on Opus Dei

Sixth volume of Studia et Documenta published

The journal offers source material for all those interested in the story of St Josemaria in Spanish, French, Italian, German and English.

Foreword by Scott Hahn

Is Holiness for Everyone?

A new book by Eric Sammons asks, and answers this question. Read an excerpt from the Foreword by Scott Hahn, and some questions-and-answers with the author. "When Catholics hear mention of St. Josemaría, too many think, “Oh, he’s the Opus Dei saint,” and then relegate his life and teachings as applicable only to Opus Dei members. What a shame. As you will see in Holiness for Everyone, St. Josemaría developed over many years of work and prayer among laypeople a spirituality whose goal is the sanctity of everyone."

Christian customs

Novena to the Holy Spirit

The Novena to the Holy Spirit is a long-standing custom through which the Church encourages the faithful to prepare for the descent of the Holy Spirit in the best possible way. Some prayers to the Holy Spirit, in preparation for Pentecost, are downloadable here in PDF and EPUB format.

Interview

About Personal Prelatures

Personal prelatures are in the news again – a good opportunity for Fr Eduardo Baura, Professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross,to elucidate the nature of personal prelatures in the Catholic Church.