Along the roads of Europe

Along the roads of Europe At the beginning of April 1970, St Josemaria, founder of Opus Dei, said he wanted to visit two shrines of our Lady like a twelfth-century pilgrim: with the same love, the same simplicity and the same joy. He was going there [...]
Tags: Piety, Our Lady, trips, In Love with the Church, UK

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The Holy Rosary

Take the Holy Rosary, one of the most deeply rooted of Christian devotions. The Church encourages us to contemplate its mysteries. She wants to engrave upon our heart and our imagination, together with Mary's joy and sorrow and glory, the spellbinding example of Our Lord's [...]
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Novena for Work to St Josemaria

Fr Francisco Faus, born in Barcelona in 1931, is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei. He graduated in law at the University of Barcelona and did a doctorate in canon law at the University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome. He was ordained in [...]
Tags: Prayer, Piety, Work, novena

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Work on Church of St Josemaria forges ahead in Munyaka

In 2003, the Catholics of Munyaka obtained some land to begin building a church in honor of St Josemaria Escriva. They now have a temporary building which they use for Sunday Mass, and they are hoping that the proper church, with a presbytery, will soon [...]
Tags: Love of God, Piety, Solidarity

Testimony

My daughter, don’t take any more photos of me – pray for me!

Helena Serrano is from Cordoba, Spain. She lived and worked in Rome for over twenty years, very close to St Josemaria. During that time, with his encouragement, she developed a special aptitude for photography, and recorded part of the history of Opus Dei with her [...]
Tags: Joy, Naturalness, Opus Dei, Piety, numerary

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4th Joyful Mystery: The presentation

And when the days of her purification were fulfilled according to the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord–as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called [...]
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May, the Month of Mary

Listen the homily "To Jesus Through Mary" on mp3 format How people like to be reminded of their relationship with distinguished figures in literature, in politics, in the army, in the Church!... Sing to the Immaculate Virgin, reminding her: Hail Mary, daughter of God the Father: [...]
Tags: Piety, Interior life, Our Lady

Testimony

Dedicating your life to the priesthood is a fantastic thing to do

“Thanks to the formative activities I attend, my love for the Church, the Pope and the magisterium grows constantly greater. The Pope’s faithfulness to Jesus Christ is something I find very moving. I have benefited hugely from the example set by the Founder of Opus [...]
Tags: Sacrament of Reconciliation, Jesus Christ, Piety, Priesthood

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Saint Josemaría’s love for the Eucharist

Saint Josemaría often talked about the need for Christian life to be essentially Eucharistic. He summed it up in a classic phrase: having a “Eucharistic soul”. He liked to make explicit acts of faith in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament: “I [...]
Tags: Love of God, Eucharist, Javier Echevarria, Piety, Priesthood

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I shall never forget that Mass

During the Spanish Civil War, when Saint Josemaría could not minister as a priest and was in constant danger of death because of the violent religious persecution, he had no option but to escape from Spain over the Pyrenees and go through Andorra to re-enter [...]
Tags: Eucharist, Spanish Civil War, Piety