Opus Dei

A student athlete opens up about the pressure to perform and how faith taught her that her worth isn’t determined by the scoreboard.

Why are we here? Science can tell us a great deal about how the universe works, but to understand why it exists in the first place, we need philosophy and theology. In the first few pages of Genesis, we discover not just where we came from, but who made us and what we’re made for.

Jesus’ example shows us how to stay firm in the truth and open to the people in front of us at the exact same time.

How can a blind man teach us to see? Jesus chooses a man whom society has cast aside to teach us to rediscover beauty in simple things and, through it, to reach the Heart of Christ.

Pope Leo XIV invites us not to go through life with our eyes "fixed on the ground." Exams can do exactly that — swallow up the whole horizon and take your peace with them — but it doesn't have to be that way.

You might be tempted to take Mary for granted as a familiar figure in the background of faith, but her love for each of us is anything but background noise.

Did you know that the things already filling your head — your studies, your relationships, the questions you can't quite shake — are exactly the right material for a conversation with God? For many young people, the meditations Opus Dei offers are a way to start that conversation.

When did you last catch yourself staring into the infinite, not quite sure why? That’s what the apostles found themselves doing after the Ascension: eyes up, trying to process what had just happened. Then someone interrupted them with a question they could ask any of us today: “Why do you stand here looking into heaven?”

You already know that your phone and social media accounts affect your life, but how are you affecting the digital world? Are you a force for good?

St. Joseph wasn’t sure where life was taking him, but he trusted and he kept going. On 1 May, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, here’s a reflection on what this patron of the universal Church has to say to anyone figuring out their path.