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Holy Thursday Homily of the Prelate

Homilies18/04/2019

Homily given by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz on 18 April 2019 in the prelatic church of Our Lady of Peace, in Rome. "We need Christ to definitively heal...

UNIV 2019: Holy Week in Rome

Recent News16/04/2019

In his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis had words of encouragement for the 2,000 students in Rome from April 14 - 21 to grasp more deeply the...

"To succeed you need not act like a man"

Recent News15/04/2019

UNIV Kenya Women’s Congress 2019 took place on Saturday 23rd February at Strathmore University, on the topic "The Transformative Power of Work." UNIV...

Letter from the Prelate (9 April 2019)

Pastoral Letters and Messages09/04/2019

In the week before Holy Week, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz invites us, when contemplating Christ on the Cross, to reflect on our personal availability to...

New Mediterraneans (III): "From the Wound of the right hand"

Spiritual life19/04/2019

A "new discovery" in Saint Josemaria's spiritual life. Contemplating our Lord’s Sacred Humanity, wounded for our sins and now risen back to life,...

Lumen Christi broadcast of a documentary on Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri.

Venerable Guadalupe Ortiz18/04/2019

A documentary of Venerable Guadalupe Ortiz, to be beatified on May 18th, will be shown in Lumen Christi TV on Holy Thursday at 16:00 and on Easter...

Guadalupe's Impact in Mexico

Venerable Guadalupe Ortiz10/04/2019

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...

Sons' Faith Inspires Parents To Convert

Recent News09/04/2019

Zayd and Rayn Patel, both students at The Heights School and raised as Muslims, will be received into the Catholic faith this Easter with their...

Commentary on the Gospel: "Christ is alive"

Getting to know our Lord Jesus Christ19/04/2019

Gospel for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord (Cycle C) and commentary.

Christian Witness in Nigeria

Venerable Guadalupe Ortiz17/04/2019

In preparation for the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri, we recently organised a seminar for our friends and co-operators. The theme was...

Saint Josemaria's "Theology of the Donkey"

Sanctifying ordinary life08/04/2019

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...

"Guadalupe: The Freedom of Loving"

News08/04/2019

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

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Beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri

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Message of the day

Good Friday: “It is accomplished”

Marvel at Mary's courage: at the foot of the Cross, with the greatest of human sorrows--there is no sorrow like her sorrow--filled with fortitude. And ask her for that same strength, so that you too can remain beside the Cross. (The Way, 508)

On the uppermost part of the Cross the reason for the sentence is written: Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews (John 19:19). And all who pass by insult him and jeer at him.

If he is the king of Israel, let him come down here and now from the cross (Matt 27:42).

One of the thieves comes ...

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