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Pastoral Trip of the Prelate to Kenya and Uganda

From the Prelate12/10/2019

From 14 - 22 December, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz will make a brief pastoral visit to East Africa.

Saint Nicholas, Intercessor of Opus Dei

Stories from his life12/04/2019

December 6 is the feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari. The story of how Saint Josemaria came to name him intercessor for the financial needs ...

Fr. Dick Rieman (November 8, 1925 - December 2, 2019)

Recent News12/02/2019

Fr. Richard W. Rieman was the first member of Opus Dei in the United States. He died on December 2, 2019, at the age of ...

To Know Him and To Know Yourself (I): Stealing Christ's Heart

Spiritual life12/09/2019

"Perhaps we could define prayer like this: a word that 'steals Christ’s heart' and enables us to live, from now on, close to Him."

Where God is "One More at the Table"

Personal testimonies12/03/2019

Paul has lived in Lebanon for the past few years, working for an NGO. A numerary of Opus Dei, he describes the apostolic work being ...

Advent: Preparing the Way for the Lord

Recent News11/29/2019

This Sunday is the beginning of Advent, a time to prepare for our Lord's arrival on Christmas. Some resources for drawing as much fruit ...

"The enchanting image of the Christmas crèche"

From the Pope12/07/2019

Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter "Admirabile signum" on the Nativity scene, with link to free audio version.

Commentary on the Gospel: The Baptist's Voice

Getting to know our Lord Jesus Christ12/02/2019

Gospel for the 2nd Sunday of Advent (Cycle A), and commentary.

Who is Encarnita Ortega?

Biography11/26/2019

Encarnita Ortega was born in 1920 in Galicia (Spain). At age 20, she met Saint Josemaría and discovered her vocation to Opus Dei: from that ...

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“We do not look upon the world with a frown”

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 ...

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