Opus Dei

"Your ordinary contact with God takes place where your fellow men, your yearnings, your work and your affections are. There you have your daily encounter with Christ.” (Saint Josemaría)

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Letters

Letter from the Prelate (14 February 2019)

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz stresses the importance of unity with those around us, a unity that, since it is the result of love, "is not uniformity, but communion."

Rome, 14 February 2019

My dearest children, may Jesus watch over my daughters and sons for me!

In my recent journey in several Central American countries, I was able to experience once again the blessed unity of the Work. We should not fail to be surprised by this sign of God’s mercy towards us. Our Father once said, referring to 14 February 1930 and 14 February 1943, “It was ...

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Longer Letters of Monsignor Ocáriz

Letter from the Prelate (9 January 2018)

“In the human realm,” Saint Josemaria said, “I want to leave you as an inheritance love for freedom and good humor.” The Prelate invites us to reflect on the gift of freedom, in this letter dated on the Founder's birthday.

Letter from the Prelate (14 February 2017)

The pastoral letter contains the conclusions of the recent General Congress, held in January.

Governance

Opus Dei is governed by a Prelate, in accord with canon law and its own statutes. (Click on title above for fuller explanation.)

Pastoral Letters of Bishop Javier Echevarría

Pastoral letters that Bishop Javier Echevarría published on this website, from 2007 up to his death in 2016.

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Longer Letters of Bishop Javier Echevarría

Thematic letters of Bishop Javier Echevarría written for special occasions in the Church.