Opus Dei

A selection of passages from Pope Benedict XVI's homilies and addresses during his recent visit to Paris and Lourdes, with links to the full texts.

In this interview, Bishop Javier Echevarría explains why "we all can and should live in intimacy with God, because we are all his children, and he expects love from all of us."

To pray means to talk with God as one talks with a friend or a brother. And our Lord is always waiting for us to converse with him (01’46’’).

In this new video in the series on Saint Paul, Prof. Bernardo Estrada speaks about the Apostle's vocation.

"How do we accept whatever goes against our own wishes: sickness, professional failures, unjust offenses, difficulties in our social or family life?", the Prelate asks in his September letter. And he finds the answer in Christ’s Cross.

José Ramón Herrero tells us about the image that never fades from his memory – St Josemaria at the bedside of the dying, consoling them and talking to them about God – an image that reflects and summarizes all those years of his life.

Iroto and Abidagba, projects of the Women’s Board - Educational Cooperation Society, a not-for-profit, private organization, are located at Iloti (Ogun State) between Epe and Ijebu-Ode. Since its inception they have carried out numerous programmes and services for the benefit of the local communities.

With this phrase, Isabel Caride, 33, explains how she lives family life and her work in a supermarket in Murcia, Spain.

St. Josemaria visited Britain for the first time on 4th August 1958, fifty years ago. Mgr Richard Stork, who was then director of one of two centres of Opus Dei in England, remembers...

Humility is one of the foundation stones of authentic Christian life, because it is the "dwelling place of charity." We offer some reflections on this key Christian virtue.