Opus Dei

A new series of articles on the place of mercy in the Gospel and the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

A new article in the series on mercy. We are asked to "shape our hearts in accord with the lines marked out by the Beatitudes, making a reality of the ideal Christ sets forth for us: 'to be merciful even as your Father is merciful.'"

"Dora was always coherent with her Christian life. She lived the normal circumstances of each day with a generous self-giving and a cheerfulness that was evident," says Mons. Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei.

The church of St Joseph’s, Longsight (south Manchester), was packed on Saturday 17 December for a Mass for the repose of the soul of the man known in life affectionately as “the Father”, Bishop Javier Echevarría, who was the head of Opus Dei for over two decades, from his appointment by Pope St John Paul II in 1994, to his death on 12 December 2016. Delegates will meet to elect a new Prelate later this month.

A half-hour video with highlights from a get-together with Saint Josemaria on 26 November 1972, in the Brafa Sports School in Barcelona.

"By her motherhood, Mary shows us that humility and tenderness are not virtues of the weak but of the strong." Homily of Pope Francis for the solemnity of Mary, Most Holy Mother of God.

The following Requiem Masses will be celebrated in London for the repose of the soul of Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei.

Antoni Idkowiak, a cooperator of Opus Dei who works for the Polish Railway Company, talks about his efforts to spread devotion to Isidoro Zorzano, recently declared Venerable by Pope Francis.

The school’s energy is not produced in the directors’ offices, but in the classroom, in every classroom. But this will only be produced if it has life.

“Dora once said that she thought she was the happiest woman in the world,” remembers Ezia Mucciarelli, who worked with Dora for 25 years, from August of 1971 until March of 1996.