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God yearns for your heart

Everyone is called to participate in God's love. This is the first article in "Called to Love," a series on celibacy.

Saint Raphael

"Nothing lasting is born or grows without love"

Young people who served as volunteers for the papal Mass in Singapore share their hopes before the Pope’s visit and other attendees’ experiences after.

Recent News

Daily Meditations Resume

Daily meditations are texts meant to feed our mental prayer, inviting us to stop and converse with God each day of the liturgical year.

Recent News

"I'm sanctifying the world one donut at a time"

Chelsea (Trinidad & Tobago) talks about how she finds God and brings joy to other people through her work as an entrepreneur.

The World & I

Letter from the Prelate (11 September 2024)

On the occasion of the upcoming feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Prelate of Opus Dei offers reflections on one of Jesus' seven last words on the Cross.

"Greater than your heart": Contrition and Reconciliation

Only God is greater than our heart, and therefore only He can heal it and reconcile it to its depths. The sixth installment in the "Combat, Closeness, Mission" series.

Regional Circumscriptions of Opus Dei

This article lists the current circumscriptions of Opus Dei, which include about seventy countries in which the Prelature is present.

Ruth Pakaluk: Wife, Mother, Friend, Activist

Ruth Pakaluk was an extraordinarily warm and talented woman. She entered Harvard University as a pro-choice atheist. After her conversion to Catholicism, she dedicated herself to raising her family and to pro-life activism. At age 33, Ruth was diagnosed with cancer. Shortly before dying peacefully at age 41, she wrote to a friend: "I have loved the life God gave me. There is no other life I would rather have lived.”

If I get sick… Is it God’s will?

"Why is this happening to me? It's not fair; I haven't done anything wrong." We get upset when we don’t understand the reason for illness, and it’s tough to feel that no one is there to share in our suffering.

The World & I

What if sometimes I want to escape from myself?

The stronger an emotion is, the more permanent it “feels.” That’s why people can feel desperate to escape. Learning to accept and master our emotions is a long process. How does it start?

The World & I