Opus Dei

Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri was one of the first women of Opus Dei to come to Mexico. She was only in Mexico for six years, but it gave her enough time to start a student residence in Mexico City, a retreat center in Montefalco, and a school in Culiacán. Guadalupe will be declared blessed on May 18, 2019, in Madrid, Spain.

In the week before Holy Week, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz invites us, when contemplating Christ on the Cross, to reflect on our personal availability to carry out God's will.

Let us pray for doctors and their humanitarian collaborators in war-torn areas, who risk their lives to save the lives of others.

Some reflections on the Palm Sunday liturgy and the donkey's role in carrying Christ to Jerusalem, and how Saint Josemaria made use of this scene to develop a true "theology of the donkey."

A brief biograpahy of Guadalupe Ortiz, who will be beatified on May 18, has just been published in English.

"This is the secret of a celibate heart: leaving behind a love on this earth in order to fill the whole world with the light of God's Love."

The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Christus vivit" of Pope Francis, with the results of the Synod of Bishops last October on the topic "Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment."

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz spent March 29 - 31 making a brief pastoral visit to Saragossa, Spain. With a translation of the homily he gave in the church of San Carlos, where Saint Josemaria was ordained in 1925.

The following texts are an unofficial English translation for participants in the beatification ceremony of the Servant of God Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri.

Franciscan Peter Tabichi was awarded the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2019. In Kenya, he dedicates his life to being a science and math teacher.