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WORKING FOR LOVE, A GOSPEL MESSAGE

Letter from the Prelate (14 June 2026)

Pastoral Letters and Messages 06/14/2026

The Prelate of Opus Dei invites us to go deeper into the virtue of poverty, as a path to interior freedom, love for God, and apostolic fruitfulness.

For the Octave of Corpus Christi

The Eucharist and the Holy Mass 06/04/2026

Resources to deepen your love for the Eucharist: articles, meditations, prayers, and the lived experience of Saint Josemaría and the saints.

How Three Days of Service Changed My View of Medical School

Personal testimonies 06/09/2026

Facing academic burnout during his second year at the University of Nigeria, a medical student finds unexpected renewal through a three-day workshop held at the Iwollo Conference Centre.

Resources for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

From the Church and the Pope 06/12/2026
Atelier Cuypers-Stoltzenberg: Design for a Virgin Mary and the Christ Child presenting the Sacred Heart

“The fullness of God is revealed and given to us in Christ, in the love of Christ, in Christ’s heart.” The centre of the solemnity of the Sacred Heart is Christ Himself and the particular kind of love his Heart contains: patient, self-sacrificing, and tender.

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, now in audio and ebook

From the Church and the Pope 06/12/2026

“Magnifica Humanitas,” on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, was published on 25 May 2026. This article contains a downloadable ebook, PDF, and audiobook.

Forty Years of “Romana”

Recent News 06/08/2026

The 81st issue, from June-December 2025, marks the 40th anniversary of “Romana.” The official bulletin of the Prelature of Opus Dei was published for the first time in 1986, reporting on the year 1985.

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For Prayer 06/12/2026
Image: Unsplash, minusculemarie

How can a blind man teach us to see? Jesus chooses a man whom society has cast aside to teach us to rediscover beauty in simple things and, through it, to reach the Heart of Christ.

Pope Leo XIV in Barcelona: “Let us make room for the Lord in our hearts”

From the Church and the Pope 06/10/2026

The theme of Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to Spain from 6-12 June is, “Lift up your eyes!” This article contains text and video excerpts from the journey, with links to the full itinerary and text of each stop along the way. It is updated daily.

Fernando: “What did I learn in my eleven years in Opus Dei?”

One by One 06/07/2026

Fernando was a member of Opus Dei for eleven years. Today, after a difficult departure and a journey back, he reflects on the impact of those years and how true friendship can move mountains.

Inspiration for Your Prayer
  • Daily Gospel Commentary

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  • Message of the Day from St. Josemaria

  • June Recollection Kit (2026)

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  • Isabel Sánchez and Opus Dei: “Deepening in the charism, rectifying, and dreaming of sowing good”

  • “We encourage young people to discover and choose their own path”

  • One by One: Stories of Life in Opus Dei

  • Regional Assemblies 2024: Family, Work, and Formation for Mission

  • Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz: “The most faithful path to serve the Church is not to be indifferent to the vicissitudes of our world”

  • Artisans of Peace (II): Leaven for a Reconciled World

  • Letter of St. Josemaria about charity in the transmission of the faith

  • BeDoCare 2024: “Dream big”

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Message of the day

“Work with cheerfulness”

If you say that you want to imitate Christ|... and yet have time on your hands, then you are on the road to lukewarmness. (The Forge, 701)

Professional work ‑‑ and the work of a housewife is one of the greatest of professions ‑‑ is a witness to the worth of the human creature. It provides a chance to develop one's own personality; it creates a bond of union with others; it constitutes a fund of resources; it is a way of helping in the improvement of the society we live in, and of promoting the progress …

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Weekly texts
  • “Work... is a blessing from God”
  • “The first condition: that of working, and working well”
  • “You should walk at His pace, not at your own”
  • “It is now Christ that lives in me”
  • “The temptation of weariness”
  • “Fall in Love, and you will not leave him”
About "Ad Charisma Tuendum"
  • Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum”

    Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum” by Pope Francis

  • Letter from the Prelate regarding the Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum”

    Monsignor Fernando Ocariz, Prelate of Opus Dei, writes about Pope Francis' Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum” ("To safeguard the charism").

  • Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum”: Questions and Answers

    We offer some questions and answers prepared by the Opus Dei Information Office regarding the Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum.”

  • Letter from the Prelate (6 October 2022)

    The Prelate of Opus Dei informs us that he will convoke an Extraordinary General Congress in the first half of 2023 in order to make the changes to the Statutes indicated in "Ad charisma tuendum."

  • Statutes of Opus Dei

    The Statutes of Opus Dei were promulgated by Pope St John Paul II in 1982. Written in Latin, they define precisely the juridical configuration of the Prelature, its organization, and its aims.

  • Apostolic constitution "Ut sit"

    The English translation of the apostolic constitution, Ut sit, by which Opus Dei was established as the Catholic Church's first personal prelature.

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  • Blessed Alvaro del Portillo website
  • Romana, Bulletin of the Opus Dei Prelature
  • St. Josemaria Institute
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