Opus Dei

At a conference at the Centro ELIS school in Rome recently, participants discussed Blessed Josemaria Escriva's teachings and heard about various social service initiatives begun in honor of the centennial of his birth.

A good many of us are often interested only in highlighting the extraordinary things in our lives while ignoring the everyday events that shape and give meaning to our lives. These ordinary things, our work, our relationship with family and friends, are really the cornerstones of our existence. These small and ordinary things around you are opportunities to show your love for God. Each person is capable of becoming a saint by sanctifying the little things we do, our work, our daily cares and also by s...

All human work, whether manual or intellectual, can be converted into a place to meet God and to serve others. Work in the university, when carried out with professional competence, is a source of harmony and solidarity among peoples.

Escriva's Message Is a Service to the Universal Church and All Particular Churches.

Prelate of Opus Dei says that holiness is not for the few.

"Through the teachings of the Founder of Opus Dei, I have grasped an important idea: we can only be really useful to others if we have self-discipline, control over our actions and reactions; in other words, if we are acquiring human virtues."

All Christians are made one body with Christ through Baptism and participate in his redemptive mission. Each and every one therefore must actively work to pass on to all men and women the gospel Jesus preached.

Bishop Alfred Adewale Martins, Bishop of the Diocese of Abeokuta has encouraged Opus Dei to be bolder at a seminar for priests organized at Iroto Conference Centre in preparation for the year 2002, centenary celebrations of Blessed Josemaría’s birth.

For Blessed Josemaria, the founder of Opus Dei, a sure seat awaits him among the saints in heaven as authorities of the Catholic Church have approved a miracle in his name, which cured a Spanish medical doctor who had been afflicted by a terminal disease.

The core of this book is three homilies on themes related to the Church, given in 1972-73, when the author suffered much over the confusion of the post-conciliar years