With the help of Blessed Alvaro: favours small and big
As a token of gratitude, I would like to briefly relate some of the favours that have been granted to me through the intercession of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo in recent years.
I got a raise and could continue my studies
My situation at work was not easy. On one occasion, I needed a raise; on another, I needed to change location in order to continue with my studies.
A nine-month journey. A master's degree. A baby.
Blessed Alvaro del Portillo has brought us more than one joy, one after another. Thank you, Don Alvaro!
The Monthly Intention: Praying All Together
Here is the intention from 2 October 2021 to 2 October 2022, which the Prelate is suggesting to the faithful and friends of Opus Dei.
His name is Álvaro
Life is a gift that comes through the love of parents. But that gift requires efforts, often unexpected and even heroic. Sometimes even the life of the mother and the child on the way hang by a thread.
Devotion to Don Alvaro in a Congo prison
Handing out Don Alvaro’s prayer cards in Kinshasa’s central prison (D. R. of the Congo).
Pope Francis: Address to the Campus Bio-medico University in Rome
"Blessed Alvaro del Portillo encouraged you to place yourselves every day at the service of the human person in his or her entirety. I thank you for this, it is very pleasing to God." Address by Pope Francis on 18 October to respresentatives from the Campus Biomedico University in Rome.
"Saint Joseph, you do it because I don’t know how to"
During the four months his wife was in the hospital, José Ignacio says that “every day I prayed to Saint Joseph because he had to deal with much more complicated problems and was a strong support for the Holy Family.”
Letter from the Prelate (18 October 2021)
On the feast of Saint Luke, the Prelate of Opus Dei invites us to contemplate our Lord in the Gospel in order to let ourselves be transformed by Him.
“There are so many good people everywhere”
In the Year of Saint Joseph and the Family, Erick Díaz, a Peruvian supernumerary in Opus Dei, talks about how he migrated to the United States filled with dreams. There he met his wife, Sandy, and they now have five children.