Opus Dei

The prelatic church of Opus Dei houses the remains of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, while its crypt holds the resting places of his successors and other people closely associated with the Work. This guide provides a comprehensive exploration of the history, artistry, and architecture of the church, which is the seat of the prelate of Opus Dei. It contains different spaces and oratories designed for liturgical celebrations, confession, and prayer.

Novena to the Immaculate Conception

Fostering Interior Life 12/08/2024

2024 Rewind

"The Holy Spirit comes to those who pray"

From the Church and the Pope 12/04/2024

Daily Gospel Commentary

The text of the Gospel and a brief commentary to help us pray about Jesus's life and words. This link is updated daily. "When you open the Holy Gospel, think that what is written there — the words and deeds of Christ — is something that you should not only know, but live. Everything, every point that is told there, has been gathered, detail by detail, for you to make it come alive in the individual circumstances of your life... Take up the Gospel every day, then, and read it and live it as a definite rule. This is what the saints have done" (The Forge, no. 754).

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“Follow him closely"

Our being children of God, I insist, leads us to have a contemplative spirit in the midst of all human activities; to be light, salt and leaven through our prayer, through our mortification, through our knowledge of religion and of our profession. We will carry out this aim: the more within the world we are, the more we must be God's. (The Forge, 740)

We do not look upon the world with a frown. Some biographers of saints have in the past been interested only in highlighting extraordinary things in the lives of God's servants, from even their earliest days in the cradle…

Now, we have learned to discover, with the help of God, in the succession of apparently similar days, a time for true penance, and in these moments we resolve to improve …