I had never been to anything like it in my life

Julius Ogallo, Mechanical Engineer, Nairobi, Kenya

December 1, 2002

Tags: Gospel, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Retreat A friend invited me to go to a morning of recollection. I had never been to anything like that in my whole life… I started to read the Gospel and to pray with The Way. It was a totally different world. One of the ideas that had impressed me is the advice that lay people should read the Gospel. Now I see that the reason that Saint Josemaria gave it has a lot of sense: it is about having a clear image of our Lord, and imagining what He would do in the different circumstances of our life. In the apostolic letter Novo Millennio Ineunte it says, “the paths to holiness are personal and call for a genuine training in holiness adapted to people’s needs”. That is exactly what I have found in the formational activities offered by Opus Dei.