Opus Dei

A recollection is a “mini-retreat,” a few hours of quiet prayer when we look at our lives in God's presence. This guide can help us spend an hour or two in loving conversation with God, right where we are.

On 1 October, we began to publish daily Gospel commentaries as food for prayer about Jesus’s life and words.

A meditation given by Saint Josemaria in Rome on 2 October 1962, on the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels and an anniversary of the founding of Opus Dei in 1928.

The vocation to Opus Dei as a numerary: enlarging the heart to transmit God's life to the members of the Work and to those who share a stretch of the journey towards heaven with them.

St. Josemaria's writings provide insight for people seeking God in ordinary life. The first book, "The Way," was published in 1939. The launch of escriva.org allows for easy access to many of the founder of Opus Dei's writings.

On 29 September, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. An account of how St. Josemaria came to choose them as patrons of Opus Dei and other resources for this feast.

In his 27 September general audience, Pope Francis spoke about his recent apostolic journey to Marseille for the “Rencontres Méditerranéennes.”

Links to Pope Francis' homilies and addresses on his apostolic journey to Marseille, France from 22 to 23 September 2023.

They were "ordinary men, with defects, with weaknesses. And yet Jesus called them to be stewards of God's grace," St. Josemaría reminds us. Answers to some of the most common questions about Jesus’s twelve apostles.

In his 20 September general audience, Pope Francis continued his catechetical cycle on apostolic zeal, speaking about Saint Daniel Comboni.