Opus Dei

In today's busy and anxious world, the constant need for high performance leaves us in a state of permanent fight or flight. FATHER WENCESLAO VIAL, Associate Professor of Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, shares how faith can help nourish lasting mental health. (This article first appeared in the 2 August 2026 issue of Catholic News Singapore.)

A recollection is time spent in silence with God, talking to Him and “recollecting” who we are before Him. This is a package of resources for a recollection in your own home.

One of the most intense moments in the Gospel unfolds in Bethany. Jesus’ response to Lazarus’ death shows that true friendship doesn’t spare us from pain. Rather, it transforms that pain into life.

This ebook is an invitation to rediscover love of neighbour as the compass of the Christian life, beginning with the parable of the Good Samaritan. It explores the principles of the Church’s social doctrine — justice, solidarity, the common good — and the challenge of building genuine dialogue in a fragmented world. We are called to live the faith with initiative, public presence, and openness to those who think differently.

This article was first published in CATHOLIC NEWS, SINGAPORE on 19 July 2026. It is part of the series, Christ in the Everyday by the Information Office of Opus Dei Singapore, reflecting on how faith is lived within the ordinary rhythm of daily life - work, relationships, and routine.

“In weeping for the fate of their characters,” Pope Francis wrote in his letter on the role of literature in formation, “we are essentially weeping for ourselves.” From Jesus’ parables to modern novels, literature has always had a mysterious influence on our interior world.

A recollection is time spent in silence with God, talking to Him and “recollecting” who we are before Him. This is a package of resources for a recollection in your own home.

This instalment explores the proper autonomy of temporal realities and the Christian value of secularity. Saint Josemaría’s teaching helps us understand that work, civil life, and professional commitments have laws of their own, and that the Christian is called to sanctify them from within, with freedom and personal responsibility.

This article was first published in CATHOLIC NEWS, SINGAPORE on 21 June 2026. It is part of the series, Christ in the Everyday by the Information Office of Opus Dei Singapore, reflecting on how faith is lived within the ordinary rhythm of daily life - work, relationships, and routine.

From singing songs “of human love in a divine way” to praising God in the liturgy, here are some ways our everyday relationship with music can take shape.