Opus Dei

An extract from Saint Josemaria's homily “Loyalty to the Church,” published in the book “In Love with the Church.”

St. Josemaria tell us that when we fight to overcome our selfishness we are helping everyone in the Church, through the Communion of Saints.

A former student of the Moncloa students' residence in Madrid, Spain, re-lives his memories from a get-together there in 1972, with St Josemaria and other students.

A medical doctor asks St. Josemaria how to avoid falling into routine at work. The answer is to have a "priestly soul", thereby bringing his patients closer to God.

Saint Josemaria talks about mental prayer, the practice of dialoguing with God and developing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

April 23 is the 100th anniversary of St. Josemaria's First Holy Communion. A brief video about this anniversary, with words from Benedict XVI recalling his own First Holy Communion 69 years ago.

During the recent Holy Week gathering in Rome, a young girl from Brazil who was about to make her First Holy Communion asked the Prelate about St. Josemaria's devotion to the Blessed Eucharist

When asked about the future of Opus Dei, Saint Josemaria says, "Opus Dei has just one thing, the desire to fulfill God's will through our ordinary work...If we're humble and don't stray from our goal, and if we're contemplatives in the street and the market-place, everything will go well."

"You are serving your fellow-men when you work for their spiritual good and their material good... Look for the good, seek life, and struggle."

Besides the Novena for Work that has resulted in numerous favors, two other novenas are now available in English: the Novena for the Sick and the Novena for the Family.