Opus Dei

“When I realized that I could focus all my work on God, I saw that this was the meaning of my life: to stay close to God in and with my professional work.”

Message of Pope Francis for the Fifth World Day of the Poor, on 14 November 2021, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

May 18, 1992: two old acquaintances meet in the waiting room at Ciampino airport in Rome. The day before they had attended Josemaría Escrivá’s beatification. One was Juan Jiménez Vargas. The other was Don José Carlos Martín de la Hoz, who asked him: "Yesterday, when you saw that crowd in St. Peter's Square, what did you feel?”

In his 10 November general audience, Pope Francis ended his catechesis on Saint Paul's Letter to the Galatians, stressing the need to frequently invoke the Holy Spirit to come to our assistance.

After participating in some courses about Family Orientation, a couple living in Johannesburg decided to start and lead their own course with other married friends.

Catarina, who lives in Porto, Portugal, is a social worker. After a turbulent time in her life, she says that God helped her find peace in prayer, in her family, and in her work with the homeless.

Pedro Casciaro was one of the first members of Opus Dei. He met Saint Josemaría when he was studying mathematics and architecture in Madrid. That restless, sensitive and somewhat cold young man, religiously speaking, began to form a closer relationship with God and discovered his vocation. It was the beginning of an exciting adventure and the path that led him to a full life, as José Carlos Martín de la Hoz recounts.

In his 3 November general audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on Saint Paul's Letter to the Galatians, speaking about "walking according to the Spirit."

A collection of Pope Francis’ audiences on St. Paul's letter to the Galatians (2021), downloadable as a free eBook.

Sophie, doing her one-year national service posting at the Pan Atlantic University in Lagos, Nigeria, explains her experiences in distributing prayer cards during the orientation camp, and how she ended up having her face made during the "Jean Carnival".