Opus Dei

Christ encouraged us to help others in such a way that only God knows. St. Josemaría repeats that message here (0’37”).

A selection of texts on Christ's birth in Bethlehem.

On November 13, Bishop Javier Echevarría ordained 34 faithful of Opus Dei to the diaconate. They will receive priestly ordination in May. With homily from the Mass and names of those ordained.

In an apostolic exhortation on the Word of God with conclusions from the 2008 Synod, the Pope points, among other saints, to St. Josemaría as "a ray of light streaming forth from the word of God."

Death is hard, St. Josemaría admits, but it is the step that opens the doors of life. And so we Christians can face death with hope (00:52’’).

St. Josemaría Escrivá was canonized on the 6th of October, 2002. From 1928 until his death in 1975, he preached that all men and women are called to holiness. His statue in the Vatican reminds thousands of Catholic faithful of this message (1:40').

This is the second book by Saint Josemaría Escrivá (after “The Way”) to be placed in its full historical context. “It is a book,” some have said, “that the heart grasps immediately.”

At a Mass attended by 4,000 people, the Prelate stressed the close tie between our daily life and the Eucharist. St. Josemaria celebrated Mass on the same site in 1967 and gave a well-known homily.

The Prelate invites us to grasp more deeply the reality of the Communion of Saints, by strengthening our union with the members of the Church in heaven, in purgatory, and on earth.

Why is there evil in the world? What do we mean by "original sin"? What is the Church's teaching on chastity? Forty brief summaries of key points of Catholic teaching written by professors at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.