Letting God work

I have always been struck by the interpretation which Josemaría Escrivá gave of the name Opus Dei—an interpretation which we could call biographical and which allows us to understand the founder in his spiritual dimension. Escrivá knew that he should found something, but he was [...]
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Homily of John Paul II.
May 17, 1992

"Through many tribulations we must enter the Kingdom of God." To the two disciples walking along the road to Emmaus Jesus said: "Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" Moreover, the first reading has enabled us [...]
Tags: Faithfulness, Divine sonship, Pope John Paul II, Holiness, Work, Ordinary life, Beatification

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Divine Filiation

I first met this expression, sounding Greek to me at that time, when I read a book of homilies by Opus Dei founder saint Josemaria Escriva. That was many years ago, when I was still in college. I remember how deeply moved I was when I [...]
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October 16, 1931, in a Madrid streetcar: Abba, Pater!

I learned to call God “Father” as a child in the Our Father. But to feel, to see, to admire God’s desire that we be his children…, that was on the street, in a streetcar, for an hour or an hour and a half, I’m [...]
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It is fitting that they engraved on his tombstone the words: “The Father”

The Way is the fruit of the grace of God, to which the author responded with all of his heart and his entire mind. And yet the book is the natural outgrowth of moving pastoral encounters with many people. From this springs its animated tone, [...]
Tags: Divine sonship, Optimism, Father

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He can put everything right

I think the aspect of Saint Josemaria’s teaching that has the greatest effect on my life is his teaching on divine filiation. The knowledge that I’m a precious daughter of God, and that everything that happens to me is either willed or permitted by God, [...]
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The Personalism and Universalism of Josemaría Escrivá

“The Spirit, sent by the Father through the Son, called Josemaría Escrivá to the profound sense of divine sonship that distinguished not only his teaching, but his character and deeds as well. The perception of God as a loving and compassionate father precludes the possibility [...]
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A prayer-card and its message

I am a doctor in a private hospital in Nairobi. I am married and have four children, aged twenty-four, twenty-three, twenty, and eleven and a half. I was born and brought up in a rural setting in Machakos District in Kenya. My father had a low-grade [...]
Tags: Family and work, Divine sonship, Supernatural outlook, prayer-card

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Without changing anything, it changed everything

The fascinating world of horses has led me to dedicate many years to different equestrian sports, and as time passes I feel more and more that it has been my whole life. I have gone in for dressage, and taken part in national and international [...]
Tags: Sport, Divine sonship, Ascetical struggle, Presence of God

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Pope John Paul II

The tender face of a Father The Lord made him understand deeply the gift of our divine filiation. Saint Josemaria taught how to contemplate the tender face of a Father in God, who speaks to us through the most varied vicissitudes of life. A Father who [...]
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