December Recollection Kit (2022)
A recollection is a “mini-retreat,” a few hours of quiet prayer when we look at our lives in God's presence. This guide can help us spend an hour or two in loving conversation with God, right where we are.
Meditations: Sunday of the Second Week of Advent (Year A)
Some reflections that can enrich our prayer as we begin the second week in Advent.
“It is Worthwhile!” (V): In its Original Purity and Radiant Newness
Our Lord promised that the Holy Spirit would accompany his Church and help her be faithful, that is, attentive to transmitting what was received, in a permanent dialogue with each age. That is also Opus Dei’s path throughout history.
Immaculate Conception: Magisterium, Fathers, Saints
Many Catholics have the pious custom of praying a novena from 30 November to 8 December, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. As the novena begins, here are a selection of texts from the Magisterium, Fathers of the Church and saints.
What is Advent?
Advent is the liturgical season before Christmas, in which the Church prepares to celebrate Christ's birth. This article responds to some common questions about the origin, meaning, and customs of Advent.
Meditations: Sunday of the Fourth Week of Lent (Year C)
Some reflections that can assist our prayer during these days of Lent.
Life of Mary (III): Presentation of Our Lady
On 21 November, we celebrate the Presentation of Our Lady. According to Christian tradition, Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary, offered their daughter to God in the Temple at Jerusalem when she was a young girl.
“It is worthwhile!” (IV): From Generation to Generation
As the years and generations go by, the family of Opus Dei is called to be faithful to the gift that God gave the world on October 2nd, 1928, a charism “as old as the Gospel, and like the Gospel new.”
Meditations: Sunday of the First Week of Lent
Some reflections that can assist our prayer during this time of Lent.
A Home That Reaches the Whole World
The vocation of a numerary assistant is a specific calling to care for and strengthen family ties in Opus Dei.