Janitor in Buenos Aires

What I’m going to write about began six years ago. I used to walk to work – it was just 300 meters from home. I went past the same buildings every day, saying “Good morning” or “Good evening” to the janitors working at the entrances [...]
Tags: Friendship, Apostolate, Priesthood, Sacraments, Devotion

Testimony

Devotion to St Josemaria in Hong Kong

During the past year, the machines in our laundry had been needing repair quite frequently. The repair man, who is mature and rather loud-voiced, would come punctually to our house to fix the machines. Each time he comes, he would ask for some prayer [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, Devotion, prayer-card, Work of God

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Saint Josemaria Escriva in Macau

This is the 22nd year for Opus Dei in Macau. It was good to meet old friends and new acquaintances at the Solemn Mass in honor of St. Josemaria, held on June 28 (Tuesday) at 6:30 PM in the Cathedral of Macau. The main celebrant [...]
Tags: June 26, Devotion, China

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New composition dedicated to St Josemaria

News from Canada: The organist and composer Edith Beaulieu has presented a new organ composition of her own at the Church of the Canadian Martyrs, Quebec. She played the Missa Brevis no. 3, opus 6, for a Mass celebrated in honour of St Josemaria Escriva. [...]
Tags: June 26, Devotion, mp3

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He became one of the family

After being married for two years we had a little girl, Maria Paz, who suffered from cerebral palsy. She lived just four years. During that time our business began to go under because of all we had to spend on our daughter’s health needs. We [...]
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St Josemaria in Russia

By Alexandre Havard | For Eastern Christians, icons are themselves contemplation, praer. An icon speaks to the soul, brings it to God. Icons are not painted, they are “written”. When an artist writes an icon, he first contemplates and then gives form to what he [...]
Tags: Devotion, Iconography, Russia

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Triple favor: lost keys, competitive exam, and... the bugbear

Hi, I’m Juan Godoy, 54, raised in Barcelona and have lived nearly 20 years in Malaga, Spain. I have to say that I have known about St Josemaria for over 35 years. When I was quite young I saw some talks about him on TV [...]
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St Josemaria Rugby Club

I spent most of my time in El Roble School, Guatemala. Ever since I was little it’s been like my second home, I grew up there and I currently work there. Some time ago, seeing how popular rugby was becoming in Guatemala, we decided to [...]
Tags: Sport, Youth, Devotion

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Was it a miracle?

Dagmar is Lutheran. Her mother was at the point of death, but against all expectations she came through a risky operation and was cured.
Tags: Sickness, Faith, Prayer, Devotion

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Accounts of favours obtained on 2010

Every day I thank God and St Josemaria that I am alive When I was four I lost my mother. I was left alone with my father and older sister. My father married again and had seven more children. When I was sixteen a [...]
Tags: Prayer, Devotion, prayer-card, novena