"Each day be conscious of your duty to be a saint. A saint! And that doesn't mean doing strange things. It means a daily struggle in the interior life and in heroically fulfilling your duty right through to the end.” Saint Josemaría
"Each day be conscious of your duty to be a saint. A saint! And that doesn't mean doing strange things. It means a daily struggle in the interior life and in heroically fulfilling your duty right through to the end.”
Robin is a musician, married with three children. In this interview, we ask him about his experience of evenings of recollection and the retreats he’s attended at Zonnewende (Netherlands).
Fr. Roustaveg is a Haitian priest who studied in Rome at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. In this interview, he talks about his vocation and the formation of young people in his country.
To explain how God purifies souls, look at Moses. He was a holy man. He spent forty days with God on Mount Sinai. Even so, he had failings. He was supposed to call forth water from the rock. Instead, he began beating the rock in anger, cursing. The Book of Numbers concludes (20:12): “The Lord then said to Moses and Aaron, ‘Because you did not believe that I could assert my holiness in the eyes of the Israelites, you will not lead this assembly into the country which I am giving them.’”
Ruth Pakaluk was an extraordinarily warm and talented woman. She entered Harvard University as a pro-choice atheist. After her conversion to Catholicism, she dedicated herself to raising her family and to pro-life activism. At age 33, Ruth was diagnosed with cancer. Shortly before dying peacefully at age 41, she wrote to a friend: "I have loved the life God gave me. There is no other life I would rather have lived.”
Álvaro Anguísola is a volunteer at the Diocese of Bilbao. When it was time for him to retire, a friend invited him to help out in his diocese with the economic and transparency areas. He agreed right away, and now he dedicates his days to collaborating with his local church in this way.
Malina learned to get along with Muslims, atheists and Christians in her own family. "My family is an example of the mix of cultures and religions that exist in my country, Malaysia," she says. Her father is an atheist, her mother is Catholic, and her sisters converted to Islam. She decided to be baptised at the age of 16. That was the beginning of a search that would eventually lead her to Opus Dei as an assistant numerary.
Anna studied nursing and is currently working in the Clinical Directorate of the Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital (Rome): “In a way, my ‘patients’ now include the doctors, nurses, and administrative staff working with me.”
Chiamaka, in her last year as undergraduate in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, shares her fond memories of the Mass in Campus in honour of St. Josemaría.
Carlos Martinez, raised in extreme poverty, was an active member of the Communist Youth before the Spanish Civil War. He worked in a fish shop. After converting to Catholicism and joining Opus Dei, he dedicated much of his energy to improving the lives of local Romani (gypsies) and coal miners.
It is indeed with great might and joy that I can testify that I have witnessed and obtained financial favours through invoking Blessed Alvaro. Through his intercession, I never lack!
Cecilia was born into a Catholic family in Ontario, Canada. The faith she received in her childhood is, to some extent, from her great-grandfather (the English intellectual Malcolm Muggeridge) and his tireless search for truth. The legacy Malcolm and his wife Kitty left their family was this spirit of inquiry and dedication. In her vocation to Opus Dei as an assistant numerary, Cecilia seeks to make people loved and valued through her professional work and to bring them closer to God.
In August 2023, what started as a setback transformed into an extraordinary pilgrimage. Our original plan was to attend the 2023 World Youth Day, but faced with visa issues that scuttled our plans for Lisbon we turned our gaze to Southeast Asia.
Sophia shares her first impressions of the University of Piura, and what it means for students and faculty to broaden their focus from academic success to holistic growth.
I would like to write about a favor I received from Isidoro recently.
I would like to write about a favor of Tomas and Paquita to my cousin and his wife. They had been married for more than five years without having a child.
Miguel González is a 66-year-old coffee grower whose dedication and hard work have made the quality of his coffee world-famous.
Aníbal was educated at Valle Grande, an Opus Dei initiative aimed at providing young people in Peru with the skills needed for social and professional integration. In this video, he shares his story and explains how this educational center has helped him succeed.
They met friends who frequent centers of Opus Dei in Korea, and were attracted to the faith little by little. At the Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday night, they will be received into the Catholic Church. These are their stories.
