"Mary is the Surest Path to Contrition"
Our Lady "is the surest path to a cleansing contrition that presses us to Christ’s heart," writes Alvaro del Portillo in a 1992 letter.
Leisure and Free Time (2)
"In hallowing the Sabbath, in 'creating' the festive day, God has wanted to associate all men and women with his loving gaze upon the world." A new article in the series on the family and raising children.
Interview with Susana Wilson, mother of Jose Ignacio Ureta Wilson
Susana's prayers to Bishop Alvaro for the recovery of her son have been cited by the Holy See in Bishop Alvaro's beatification process, since Jose Ignacio's recovery has been declared medically inexplicable.
The Central Place of Home and Family in Human Life
For the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Cultural Center Harmica, an Opus Dei center in Zagreb, Croatia, a conference was organized on the topic “The Family in the Teaching of Saint Josemaria”.
Marriage: Icon of God's Love
In his Wednesday general audience on April 2, Pope Francis stressed the beauty of the sacrament of Marriage, and said that God's Love is "mirrored" in the union between husband and wife.
Faith and Freedom in Vietnam
Four decades after the Communist suppression of the Catholic Church, Xavier Symons travelled with 14 high school boys to Vietnam on a service project. The boys all attend Nairana Study Centre, a centre of Opus Dei in Sydney.
Letter from the Prelate (April 2014)
The Prelate urges us to prepare ourselves very well for Holy Week, also by having devout recourse to the sacrament of Confession and helping others to do so.
Lent: a deep sense of reparation
"Let us give our mortification and penance (which have to be more intense during this time of Lent) a deep sense of reparation," Bishop Alvaro del Portillo advised us in a 1990 Letter.
Beatification will be in Valdebebas Park, northeast of Madrid
Valdebebas, a new urban development site near the Spanish capital, will host the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo in September. The website www.alvaro14.org has details about the program, transport, etc.
Sowers of peace and joy
Christians should take the peace of Christ to all peoples, says Bishop Alvaro.