New Website to Discover the History of Opus Dei
The Josemaría Escrivá Study Center (Centro de Estudios Josemaría Escrivá) has launched a new website featuring interactive tools, including timelines and maps, and articles by historians. Published on the eve of the centenary of the priestly ordination of the founder of Opus Dei, the site offers previously unpublished content on this milestone.
Meditations: Sunday of the Fourth Week of Easter (Year C)
Some reflections that can assist our prayer during this time of Easter.
A Life Transformed
Manuel Saavedra was a barber who learned to find God in his work and among his clients. His story, marked by great hardships, took a dramatic turn when he came into contact with Opus Dei in Peru. That meeting changed not only his life, but also that of his family.
Meditations: Sunday of the Second Week of Easter (Year C)
Some reflections that can assist our prayer during this time of Easter.
Inklings of Love: St. Josemaría Before Opus Dei
What events shaped young Josemaría’s life before 1928? How did he discover his priestly vocation? In this article, José Luis González Gullón takes us into the early years of St. Josemaría Escrivá’s priesthood, a key stage in his spiritual journey, when he had not yet founded Opus Dei but already intuited that God was asking something great of him.
The Annunciation
An article on St. Gabriel's message to our Lady to prepare for the feast of the Annunciation (25 March), from a previously published series on the life of Mary.
An Unbreachable Wall: Days on Guard
The day on guard, or watch day, is a custom in Opus Dei that involves dedicating one day of the week to living Christian fraternity with special intensity, keeping others present in our prayer, mortification, and small acts of charity.
Meditations: Friday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time
Some reflections that can assist our prayer during the 23rd week of Ordinary Time.
Novena for Serenity to Blessed Alvaro
Texts for nine days of prayer, asking Blessed Álvaro to intercede before God to grant us serenity and peace of heart in difficult moments or situations. Novena written by Francisco Faus.
Rosaura, Spain: "We went from spiritual energies to the truth of Christ"
Rosaura’s parents’ conversion completely transformed the atmosphere in their home after years of living a New Age spirituality. Her family went from following New Age practices to encountering Christ. Both she and her mother, who passed away in 2024, share their journey back to the Church and their vocation as supernumeraries in Opus Dei.