To say Thank you

Many times a day Get used to lifting your heart to God, in acts of thanksgiving, many times a day. Because he gives you this and that. Because you have been despised. Because you haven't what you need or because you have. Because he made his [...]
Tags: Gratitude, Optimism, Prayer, Presence of God

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A secret for times of crisis

A secret, an open secret: these world crises are crises of saints. God wants a handful of men 'of his own' in every human activity. And then... 'pax Christi in regno Christi — the peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ'. The Way, 301 What is needed [...]
Tags: Optimism, Holiness, difficulties

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What I like about St Josemaria

Mary Wanjiku, from Kenya, finds the source of St Josemaria's optimism in his understanding of God's love for each individual.
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Testimony

Bishop Anthony Muheria of Kitui, (Kenya)

The teachings of the founder of Opus Dei help me in my work. As he inspired so many social projects, he challenges me and helps me to practise justice with charity. And his optimism encourages me to avoid escapism and fatalism. For example, although my [...]
Tags: Divine sonship, Optimism

Testimony

Lebanon, a country in continual reconstruction

My grandparents emigrated from Kfour El Arabi in Lebanon to Colombia at the beginning of the twentieth century. My parents taught us to love their former homeland, and I decided to return to the country of my forefathers in 1997. I studied architecture in Bogota, Colombia, [...]
Tags: Hope, Optimism, Peace, Supernatural outlook, numerary

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Good humor

“Happy?” The question made me think. Words have not yet been invented to express all that we feel — in the heart and in the will — when we know ourselves to be children of God. Furrow, 61 We will never achieve true supernatural and human [...]
Tags: Joy, Charity, Optimism, Interior life

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Harambee in Rome

ROME, NOV. 16, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Harambee Project awarded its 2nd "Communicate Africa" Prize to a Nigerian and an Irishman, both producers of documentaries that show the wealth of the African continent. The Harambee Project -- born on the occasion of the canonization of Opus [...]
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Overcoming the difficulties

For a son of God each day should be an opportunity for renewal, knowing for sure that with the help of grace he will reach the end of the road, which is Love. That is why if you begin and begin again, you are doing [...]
Tags: Abandonment to God, Defects, Divine sonship, Ascetical struggle, Optimism, Supernatural outlook, difficulties

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Christian Hope

Heaven is the final destination of our path on earth. Jesus has gone ahead of us and awaits us there, in the company of Our Lady and of St. Joseph, whom I so much revere, and of all the angels and saints. Friends of God, [...]
Tags: Joy, Faith, Divine sonship, Optimism

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Christian optimism

Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism; nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right. It is an optimism that sinks its roots in an awareness of our freedom, and in the sure knowledge of the power of grace. [...]
Tags: Joy, Faith, Divine sonship, Optimism