"Either we learn to find our Lord in ordinary, everyday life, or else we shall never find Him.”(Saint Josemaría)
On 18 May 2019, the day of Guadalupe's beatification, Veronica was finally located by Chilean Navy rescue services after being adrift in the Pacific Ocean for eight hours. Her parents are convinced that it was through Guadalupe's intercession.
Besides being her feast day, May 18th is the first anniversary of the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri.
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz speaks about Saint Josemaria's pilgrimage in May 1970 to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico to pray for the Church and the whole world.
Inma Alva, a historian investigating Opus Dei's beginnings, talks about the first women members: “What stands out is their capacity for great undertakings, their passion, and their enormous faith in the face of difficulties.”
An extensive biography of the life of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri, the result of two years of research by Mercedes Equibar Galarza, is now available in English.
Guadalupe's third "formula" for holiness is about building the base of one's spiritual life around the Eucharist, praying to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
“An hour of study, for a modern apostle, is an hour of prayer” ("The Way," 335). Blessed Guadalupe took this advice from Saint Josemaria to heart. She is now in Heaven, thanks to sanctifying her ordinary life, including her studies and professional work.
For Saint Josemaria’s feast day on June 26th, Italian priest Fr. Andrea Mardegan offers reflections on the spiritual fatherhood of the Founder of Opus Dei, and the meaning of the phrase “every soul has his or her own path.”
We desperately needed to sell our old house in order to buy a new one. I didn't even know who Guadalupe was, but I randomly discovered her on the Opus Dei website.
Video of the encounter with the Prelate of Opus Dei on the occasion of the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri, on 18 May 2019 in Madrid.
Here are all the publications (homilies, videos, articles, testimonies, etc.) surrounding the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri held in Madrid on May 18th and 19th, 2019.
Nkem Agboti, a lawyer in Lagos, Nigeria, speaks about the inspiration she finds in Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz's life, her discovery of family values, the need to bring the faith to her friends, the value of little things and her involvement in pro-life activities.
