Opus Dei

Our Lady of the Pillar is one of the oldest Marian invocations. We celebrate her feast day on 12 October.

On 6 October 2002, John Paul II canonized the founder of Opus Dei, who he called the "saint of ordinary life."

Pope Francis asks us to pray especially for the Synod on Synodality this month. The Synod of Bishops will be held in Rome from 4-29 October.

A recollection is a “mini-retreat,” a few hours of quiet prayer when we look at our lives in God's presence. This guide can help us spend an hour or two in loving conversation with God, right where we are.

Homily and address from the Prelate of Opus Dei for the opening of the academic year at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome).

On 1 October, we began to publish daily Gospel commentaries as food for prayer about Jesus’s life and words.

A meditation given by Saint Josemaria in Rome on 2 October 1962, on the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels and an anniversary of the founding of Opus Dei in 1928.

The vocation to Opus Dei as a numerary: enlarging the heart to transmit God's life to the members of the Work and to those who share a stretch of the journey towards heaven with them.

On 29 September, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. An account of how St. Josemaria came to choose them as patrons of Opus Dei and other resources for this feast.

St. Josemaria's writings provide insight for people seeking God in ordinary life. The first book, "The Way," was published in 1939. The launch of escriva.org allows for easy access to many of the founder of Opus Dei's writings.