On October 6, 2004, second anniversary of the canonization of St. Josemaría Escrivá, the Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, sent a long pastoral letter to the Prelature’s faithful. The letter seeks to second the Pope’s decision to declare a Year of the Eucharist, helping people to draw greater spiritual fruit from these months through the reflections it offers.
We are making available here an ample extract from this letter, in which Opus Dei’s Prelate, besides recalling the principle truths of Catholic teaching on the Eucharist, offers a meditation on the Eucharistic hymn Adoro te devote, enriched with quotes from St. Josemaría.
Since the Prelate’s pastoral letter had already been completed when Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter “Mane nobiscum Domine,” dated October 7, 2004, was published, Bishop Echevarría makes no mention of this document.
The letter may be read or downloaded in the following formats:
b) Download Microsoft Word document
c) Download ready-to-print PDF file
d) Download to PDA (pdb format)