
Paths of Contemplation
Setting out on paths of contemplation amid our daily life means letting the Holy Spirit shape Christ in us, so that His face is reflected in our features.
"Sanctity is made up of heroic acts. Therefore, in our work we are asked for the heroism of finishing properly the tasks committed to us, day after day, even though they are the same tasks.”(Saint Josemaría)
Setting out on paths of contemplation amid our daily life means letting the Holy Spirit shape Christ in us, so that His face is reflected in our features.
This eBook can help us to discover new insights for our spiritual life when we pray about things we already know and have heard many times before.
English audio of the homily on "The Christian Vocation", given by St Josemaria on December 2 1951, First Sunday of Advent. Download pdf.
A student asks whether praying when you don't feel like it is a bit hypocritical.
Talks and meditations by priests of Opus Dei. Recent additions include 3 talks on “Pope Francis: His Life and Papacy and the Synod on the Family,” and meditations for the Sundays in Lent.
Prayer is a heart-to-heart dialogue with God, and we have to put our whole heart into it.
"There, in the depths of each one's soul, God is speaking," Bishop Alvaro del Portillo assures us.
Lidia, from Barbastro, Spain, asks Bishop Javier Echeverria, Prelate of Opus Dei, how to pray with the Gospel. He suggests trying to "get inside the skin" of those people in the Gospel, and Mary specifically, and to talk to them.
"The only real regret lies in not being a saint . . . we could also say that there is only one real kind of poverty: not living as children of God and brothers and sisters of Christ."
Video. An Overseas Filipino Worker narrates how devotion to St. Josemaria has helped him during his 10 years in Saudi Arabia and how St. Josemaria continues to provide for his family's needs.
Many people all over the world seek Dora's intercession to help them in their daily life. Here you will find her prayer card for private devotion. You can learn more about favors received through Dora's intercession in the "Favors" section.
A mother and housewife who also works in public relations asks how to live in God's presence. - Father, I'm a mother and a housewife, but I also work in public relations. My question is: Here in Sao Paulo, where life can be quite frenetic, there's the danger of becoming material-minded. How can we keep our supernatural outlook amidst all the rush?