"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God"
Pope Francis' message for World Youth Day 2015, which will be celebrated by many dioceses on Palm Sunday, March 29, in preparation for the international World Youth Day in Krakow in 2016.
"The wisdom to reach positive solutions"
Hanada, a Palestinian Arab from Ramallah who now lives in Jerusalem, is grateful for the formation she receives as a Cooperator of Opus Dei.
St. Josemaría: The Mass—because Christ is alive
St. Josemaría is asked how to take greater advantage of the Mass. The saint reminds us that it is Christ who is acting: “Because Christ hasn’t died, Christ is alive.”
One favor after another
My boyfriend, who has great devotion to St Josemaria, advised me to pray to him, find out about him, and learn to love him. And astonishingly, that is what happened.
Source of Joy
Christians should be truly joyful. Christian optimism is based on the fact that a royal way to the greatest good of all has been opened up to us: the way to God.
The Art of Prayer
Prayer is a heart-to-heart dialogue with God, and we have to put our whole heart into it.
The Secret of Opus Dei
"Striving to turn work into prayer, and offering it to God, this is the secret of Opus Dei," Blessed Alvaro del Portillo said in a get-together in Paris in 1988.
Letter from the Prelate (March 2015)
Lent is "a time especially propitious for imitating Christ by our generous dedication to the members of his Mystical Body," the Prelate tells us in his letter this month.
Work and Family
Reconciling work and family obligations is not always easy. We can learn a lot from the Holy Family, as this new article in the series on sanctifying work reminds us.
Archbishop Romero's Last Hours on Earth
With Archbishop Oscar Romero's cause of canonization moving forward, we offer an article by Fernando Saenz, with his memories of March 24, 1980, the day Romero was assassinated.