Number of articles: 142

Young Jewish girl asks St. Josemaria about converting

In a 1974 get-together in Chile with hundreds of people, a young Jewish girl asked St. Josemaria for his advice about becoming a Catholic (2:11).

Pray with Saint Josemaría

St. Josemaría: Teaching Children Temperance

Teaching children Christian virtues such as temperance requires tact, affection, patience and a lot of personal piety. That is what the Founder of Opus Dei tells a mother in this video (01’14”).

Pray with Saint Josemaría

God: with a mother’s love

Since our baptism, God has lived in our soul. Without our noticing it, he cares for us, protects us, demands of us, like a mother with her children. This is how St. Josemaría explains it (Weekly Video 01’31”).

Pray with Saint Josemaría

Seek God’s glory in everything

Opus Dei’s Founder advises us to take advantage of life’s daily events to draw closer to God and give him glory (Weekly Video: 00’48”).

Pray with Saint Josemaría

If we understood God, he would be very small

The mystery of the Trinity is the principal mystery of our Christian faith. A young woman asks St. Josemaria how to grasp it better (01’41”).

Pray with Saint Josemaría

God and our Children

A woman asks St. Josemaría how she can help her children once they have found their life’s vocation.

Pray with Saint Josemaría

When Men Cry

In 1972 a man lost his wife and son in an automobile accident. St. Josemaría wished to help him with some consoling words. Faced with such pain, St. Josemaría would ask God, “Why”? (Weekly Video 1’48’’).

Pray with Saint Josemaría

Christmas Carols

St Josemaría had very fond memories connected with the family’s Christmas celebrations. Together with his sister Carmen, he would help his father put up the Nativity scene. And the whole family sang Christmas carols together. Here there are mp3 versions of some of the songs used by St Josemaria for his prayer.

Pray with Saint Josemaría

Looking at the Crucifix

It is not always easy to think of God while we are working. A small crucifix on our desk can help us. This is what St. Josemaría did (Weekly video: 00’ 38”).

Pray with Saint Josemaría

Video: Finding God in daily life

God is a Father, St. Josemaría tells us, who is with us both in good and not so good times, when we laugh and when we cry (Weekly Video: 00'39'').

Pray with Saint Josemaría