Opus Dei

“If you put love into each day, each day is different.” This is the advice Opus Dei’s founder gives to those who want to flee from routine and find God in their daily lives (video: 1’53”).

Fr James Chápuli died on 25 September 2007 in Nigeria. He had been in Nigeria for 38 years and had acquired the Nigerian citizenship. We include a transcription of a testimony he wrote during his last stay in Spain last June.

The Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie has disposed that a Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Fr. James Chapuli be celebrated in the Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos, on Wednesday November 14th 2007 at 10.00 am.

On the solemnity of All Saints, the Holy Father stressed that not only all Christians are called to sanctity, but that every human being is called to be a saint.

What work is best? “That which is done with the most love for God,” says St. Josemaría in this video where he speaks about work and serving others (1:19).

The Prelate calls us to use the liturgical feasts in November to renew our Christian life. These feasts "can help us keep our spiritual life in step with the rhythm marked out by the Church.” He also considers the 25th anniversary of the personal Prelature on November 28.

Alexander Zorin, eminent Russian intellectual and poet, and a member of the Russian Orthodox Church, reflects on the teachings of Josemaría Escrivá. During the Soviet era, he discovered a typewritten Russian translation of The Way.

Jesus Christ, truly present in the Eucharist: "Lord: I know that you are alive, that you are hidden there by Love". Weekly Video (1’18’’).

Fr. James Munoz Chapuli came to Nigeria in 1969 to help begin the apostolic work of Opus Dei in the African country. God called him to Himself in the morning of September 25, 2007 in Lagos.

God’s will is lovable, even when things go wrong. Video (0’53’’). "See that God at least permits the thing which is bothering you and you will see how the pain will go away", said Saint Josemaria.