Opus Dei

“I was 26, had God’s grace and good humor and nothing else. And I had to do Opus Dei”. It was October 2, 1928, the feast of the Guardian Angels...

At Benedict XVI's suggestion, more than 1,200 people read the Bible uninterruptedly over the course of a week during the Synod on the Word of God. The Pope began the reading with Genesis. Among the readers was Bishop Javier Echevarría. (Video)

Maylis is an art curator in France. She tries to speak with God as she works, “like someone in love who works and thinks all the time about the person she loves.”

In his Wednesday audience during Holy Week, Benedict XVI urged the students taking part in UNIV to bear witness to Christ with their joy (3:11).

Why am I becoming a priest? Our Lord wants something: what is it? And in Latin — not very elegant Latin — … I kept repeating Domine, ut videam! Ut sit! Ut sit! The thing that you want, and that I don’t know — make it happen!”

Mary Wanjiku, from Kenya, finds the source of St Josemaria's optimism in his understanding of God's love for each individual.

The Prelate expresses his hope that, with the upcoming beatification of John Paul II, "the Holy Spirit will awaken many souls to a deep conversion and bring them close to God once again."

VIDEO: a contractor talks about finding his vocation to be a supernumerary, Opus Dei's influence on his children, and his concerns about Opus Dei.

“As the great saints did,” Benedict XVI asks priests to be generous in dedicating time to hearing confessions. Saints he mentions as an example in this regard include Padre Pio, St. John Bosco, and St. Josemaría Escrivá.

Several young people who receive Christian formation in activities organized by Opus Dei speak about their own experiences (05'14'').