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Life-Changing Message: Reading Scripture

A time-honored way to study and savor the word of God is lectio divina which constitutes a real and veritable spiritual journey marked out in stages.

Saint Raphael Meditation: Feast of All Saints

A meditation (guided prayer) on the Feast of All Saints, which reminds us that our ultimate destiny is heaven and that we are all called to holiness.

A Home That Reaches the Whole World

The vocation of a numerary assistant is a specific calling to care for and strengthen family ties in Opus Dei.

St. Raphael Meditation: The Rosary, a Powerful Weapon

A meditation (guided prayer) on the Rosary and its place in our lives.

The Need to Read

When we take up the habit of spiritual reading, we are able to go deeper in the our knowledge of the faith.

Christian Life

Contemplating the Rosary through Sacred Art and Scripture

7 October is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. We offer a pdf prepared in Kenya that can help us grow in our love for each of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

“It is worthwhile!” (III): Making Time an Ally

“Our feelings need to be formed, to mature, to learn; they tell us the truth about ourselves and about our relationships. We need to make this aspect of our being an integral part of our response to God, in order to be able to make decisions that involve our life in time.”

Topic 21: Baptism and Confirmation

Baptism incorporates the person who receives it into the Life, Death and Resurrection of Christ and into his saving action. This sacrament leaves in the Christian an indelible spiritual seal of belonging to Christ. Through Confirmation, Christians participate more fully in Christ’s mission and in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. A baptised and confirmed Christian is destined to take part in the Church’s mission of evangelising by virtue of these two sacraments.

Topic 22: The Eucharist (II)

The Holy Mass makes present, in the Church’s daily liturgical life, the one sacrifice of our redemption. The Mass is a true and proper sacrifice because it makes sacramentally present the one, perfect and definitive sacrifice of the Cross. The faithful can and should participate in the offering of the Eucharistic sacrifice. The desire to receive Holy Communion should always be present in Christians: what food produces in the body for the good of physical life, the Eucharist produces in the soul.

Topic 23: Penance and the Anointing of the Sick

Penance is a sacrament which brings healing and salvation from sin. Over the course of history, the ministers of Christ and the Church have exercised the power to forgive sins in different ways. At the same time, in this sacrament the Church has maintained a fundamental structure which is made up of two equally essential elements: the action of the person who experiences conversion under the influence of the Holy Spirit, and the action of God which occurs through the ministry of the Church.