Opus Dei

During this Year of Saint Joseph proclaimed by Pope Francis, we offer some resources from Saint Josemaria's writings and homilies that can help us grow in devotion to the Holy Patriarch.

"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."

With the Apostolic Letter "Patris corde," on December 8th, Pope Francis convoked a Year of Saint Joseph to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church.

"Joseph’s work was not self‑centred, even though his active life made him a strong and forceful personality." A homily by Saint Josemaria given on the feast of Saint Joseph, on 19 March 1963 and published in "Christ is Passing By."

On the feast of Saint Joseph, the Prelate of Opus Dei advises us to foster "the certainty of the impossible" that we see in the Holy Patriarch: "a man with a permanent smile who shrugged his shoulders."

Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013. He speaks here about the protection Saint Joseph constantly provides in watching over the Church.

A meditation given by Saint Josemaria in Rome on 19 March 1968, the solemnity of Saint Joseph.

In preparation for the upcoming solemnity of Saint Joseph, Monsignor Ocáriz suggests that we have recourse to his intercession as “God’s faithful servant in continual contact with Jesus.”

The feast of Saint Joseph highlights for us the beauty of a faithful life. "Saint Joseph was a faithful and just man because of the love that filled his soul and made him love the paths that God’s Providence had marked out for him."

The Founder of Opus Dei saw in St. Joseph the strong and affectionate father that Christ wanted on earth. He asked St. Joseph to teach him how to stay close to Mary and to Jesus: “How he would have embraced the Child, and kissed him!.”