Opus Dei - Finding God in daily life

A Whisper in the Soul: the Silence of God

Light of Faith12/13/2018

"With his silences, God makes the faith and hope of his own people grow. He makes them new, and with them He makes all things new." A new article in...

A Whole New Dimension to Life

Personal testimonies12/10/2018

Liz married at fifty, after thirty years working at the highest levels of state government and at one of the largest technology companies in the...

"Lord, teach me to pray"

From the Pope12/05/2018

In his December 5 general audience, Pope Francis began a new cycle of catechesis on the Lord's prayer. "Jesus’ prayer, his intimacy with the Father,...

Don Javier's Final Days

Personal testimonies12/12/2018

Rafaella is a faithful of Opus Dei in Italy who, thanks to her work, witnessed the final days of Bishop Javier Echevarría. He died on December 12,...

Sensitivity in Dealing with Others

Biography12/10/2018

A recent newsletter about the life of Toni Zweifel, a Swiss engineer whose cause of canonization was opened on February 22, 2001, in the presence of...

Something Great That Is Love (III): Our true name

Vocation12/03/2018

Responding to God's plan for our life reveals our true name to us. A new article in the series on vocation.

"Show us you are a mother!"

Recent News12/11/2018

December 12 is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. An account of Saint Josemaria's pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, in May 1970, where...

"I have come to cast fire on the earth"

Stories from his life12/06/2018

An article about Saint Josemaria's ardent efforts to bring young people closer to Christ back in the 1930s: "Set [young people] ablaze with the fire...

Advent: Preparing the Way for the Lord

Recent News11/30/2018

This Sunday is the beginning of Advent, a time to prepare for our Lord's arrival on Christmas. Some resources for drawing as much fruit as possible...

60 years ago in East Africa, Part 4

Recent News12/10/2018

D. Pedro Casciaro and Fr. Gabiola arrived in Nairobi, by plane, on 24th October 1958; Ed Hernandez , Kevin O’Byrne and a some other members of Opus...

“To live in my parents’ house was to experience constant joy”

News11/23/2018

The launch of the biography of Tomas and Paquita Alvira, ‘Our lives in His Hands: An Ordinary Couple’s Path to Holiness, took place at Strathmore...

Every day with new enthusiasm

News11/07/2018

On 17th January 1906 Tomás Alvira was born in Villanueva de Gállego, the village of his father and grandfather, a few kilometres from Saragossa. His...

Pope's Prayer Intention for December 2018

From the Pope12/09/2018

Let us pray that people, who are involved in the service and transmission of faith, may find, in their dialogue with culture, a language suited to the...

Tekeleza Leadership Program: Creating Teen Leaders

Social initiatives11/23/2018

Tekeleza is a Kiswahili word that means ‘to achieve’. The program, under Kianda Foundation, has been running for two years and has seen over 200...

My divine vocation to marry

Personal testimonies11/02/2018

Berita is a young wife and mother-to-be who discovered her vocation to marriage and to Opus Dei as a supernumerary in her workplace. Here's a bit of...

Getting document from Government Office

Favors obtained12/09/2018

I was helping an elderly friend to apply for an official document in a government office. Since I had applied the week before, it should not have been...

Pope's prayer intention for November 2018

From the Pope11/12/2018

Let us pray together that the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

Holidays, family culture and prudent use of internet

home11/02/2018

November and December are the holiday months for many primary and secondary students in Kenya. Keeping the young ones constructively occupied in this...

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“Let Him make demands on you”

God loves us infinitely more than you love yourself. So let him make demands on you. (The Forge, 813)

Our Lord knows our limitations, our individualism and our ambition. He knows it is difficult for us to forget ourselves and give ourselves to others. He knows very well what it feels like not to find love and to discover that those who say they follow him only do so in a half-hearted way. Just think of those striking scenes ...

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