Opus Dei

Selections from Benedict XVI’s Christmas homilies and addresses that can nourish our prayer at Christmas

Fr. Gendreau is a parish priest in the archdiocese of Montreal and a priest of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. In this video, he talks about how Opus Dei helps him to better serve his parishioners.

As a young priest, St. Josemaría was especially fond of a small statue of the Infant Jesus. He would hold the Child in his arms, sing and even dance with it. “I’m glad to see you as a small Child,” he would say, “because it makes me feel you need me” (02’ 12”).

In this video for November 28, the date the Holy See in 1982 erected Opus Dei as a personal prelature, Bishop Echevarría answers questions from a journalist from the Italian television network RAI (8’24”).

Rete 4, an Italian television station, recently aired an animated program on the early life of St. Josemaría Escrivá. This segment shows how the young boy comes to understand the value of work by seeing a donkey hard at work (02'03'').

The monthly video on the Apostle to the Gentiles focuses on St. Paul's apostolic activity: "Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel" (02'12").

December 10, 2008, marked the sixtieth anniversary of this declaration. We offer some relevant addresses by John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

Mary Hunt, new academic dean, explains the value of a personalized education in Lexington's Hospitality Management degree. Includes recent video with student testimonies.

Agustín Cornejo is the manager of the agricultural school, Las Garzas, in Chile, and a Supernumerary of Opus Dei. The youngest of eleven siblings, orphaned when he was six, he talks about his life and work.

Our Lord’s imminent arrival at Christmas is an opportunity to redouble our effort "to unite the divine and the human in our daily life," the Prelate tells us in his letter this month.