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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Christian unity

The Church asks the faithful for more intense prayer for unity in the week of January 18 to 25, culminating on the feast of St Paul. 8 days = 8 prayers Please say a prayer each day for the following intention: that all of us Catholics may [...]
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Loving priests deeply

Filmed encounter of St Josemaria with other priests, Pamplona, Spain, 1972
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To launch out into great undertakings

Fr Cesar Ortiz-Echague was born in Madrid in 1927. He started work as an architect in 1952. He had met St Josemaria in January 1945, and in October of that same year he asked to be admitted to Opus Dei. As from 1959, he provided [...]
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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 [...]
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More Downloads

Further documents relating to St Josemaria’s life and teachings can be downloaded from the web as follows. Homilies Text (PDF) "Loyalty to the Church", published in the book In Love with the Church "A Priest Forever", published in the book In Love with the Church "The Christian Vocation", a homily [...]
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Prayer of St Josemaria in Scottish Gaelic

The prayer-card of St Josemaria in Scottish Gaelic can now be downloaded from this website, as well as the many other languages in which it is already available. To see it click here.
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Prayer and the Lumads of the Philippines

A group of Lumad women in Marilog, Davao City in South Philippines are learning how to lift their hearts and minds to God in daily prayer through a prayer card in the local dialect to St. Josemaria Escriva and some brightly colored beads. Most of them [...]
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God’s Word is a treasure of infinite value

When you open the Holy Gospel, think that what is written there — the words and deeds of Christ — is something that you should not only know, but live. Everything, every point that is told there, has been gathered, detail by detail, for you to [...]
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Novenas for Saint Josemaria's intercession

Three special novenas have been composed asking for Saint Josemaria's intercession and meditating on his teachings. The Novena for Work is for people who are looking for a job, and also for those who wish to work well and sanctify their daily work. The Novena [...]
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