Opus Dei

"God is not removing you from your environment. He is not taking you away from the world, or from your condition in life, or from your noble human ambitions, or from your professional work ... But he wants you to be a saint - right there!” (Saint Josemaría)

The PrelatePastoral Letters and Messages

Letters

Christmas Greeting from the Prelate (2020)

"The Child Jesus calls us to live with a free heart, a heart detached from the goods of this world and able to discern what is truly important."

My dear children: may Jesus watch over my daughters and sons for me!

This year the celebration of Christmas acquires a special tone because of the world-wide health emergency we are experiencing. Perhaps we may want to bring to Bethlehem a special concern or suffering of ours, in order to place it before the Holy Family.

Contemplating the Child Jesus in the crib or in the arms of his Mother ...

All pastoral letters and messages

Longer Letters of Monsignor Ocáriz

Letter from the Prelate (28 October 2020)

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz offers some reflections on the spirit of Opus Dei and how it is lived in accord with each person's circumstances.

Letter from the Prelate (1 November 2019)

Pastoral letter of Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz on the importance of friendship. “By living in friendship with God, which is the first friendship we have to foster and strengthen, you will be able to make many true friends."

Letter from the Prelate (9 January 2018)

“In the human realm,” Saint Josemaria said, “I want to leave you as an inheritance love for freedom and good humor.” The Prelate invites us to reflect on the gift of freedom, in this letter dated on the Founder's birthday.

Pastoral Letters of Bishop Javier Echevarría

Pastoral letters that Bishop Javier Echevarría published on this website, from 2007 up to his death in 2016.

More letters

Longer Letters of Bishop Javier Echevarría

Thematic letters of Bishop Javier Echevarría written for special occasions in the Church.