Opus Dei

An interview with Maolsheachlann Ó Ceallaigh, who works in the library of University College Dublin in Ireland, about his recent book “Inspiration from the Saints.”

November 18 is the 2nd World Day of the Poor, convoked by Pope Francis. Here are ten quotes from Saint Josemaria about seeing Christ in the poor and loving and serving them.

In his homily on June 26 at the Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the feast of Saint Josemaria, Cardinal Dolan described Opus Dei's founder as "the poet of the universal call to holiness."

Spring Publications in Hong Kong publishes the writings of St Josemaria in Chinese. Lucia Kwong describes some of their creative initiatives at the annual Hong Kong book fair.

Interview with José Luis González Gullón, author of "Escondidos," the story of how Saint Josemaria and the first members of Opus Dei managed to survive in the Republican Zone during the Spanish Civil War.

In 1971, Saint Josemaria decided to consecrate Opus Dei to the Holy Spirit, realizing how much the Church needed all her members to be holy. He himself composed the prayer of consecration, which is renewed in all Opus Dei centers every year.

A homily of Saint Josemaria given on 4 May 1957 and published in "Christ is Passing By."

In "The Way of the Cross," St. Josemaria provides meditations for each of the stations of the Via Crucis, a devotion much cherished by the Church. These meditations are especially suited to help find paths to holiness in the ordinary circumstances of everyday life.

​"Early last year my wife helped to prepare a Mass in honour of Saint Josemaria at Saint Charles Lwanga Cathedral in Kisii (a community of Bantu people in southwestern Kenya)."

"If you want to be happy, you have to be ready to follow Our Lord." Saint Josemaria speaks directly to young people and offers them some advice.