Opus Dei

How you ever noticed how clearly the Gospel focuses on change? The Bible is all about a change from the old covenant to the new covenant. Jesus tells his disciples about a change that begins with a baptism of fire. He works his first miracle by changing water into wine. The Sermon on the Mount tells us to change from the old law to the new law, where we love our enemies and overcome evil with an abundance of good deeds.

I am writing to recount a favor I received recently from Blessed Alvaro.

On 18th December 2025, Pope Leo authorised the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to publish the decree recognising a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Enrico Ernesto Shaw, lay faithful and father of a family.

Let us pray that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope.

Some Christians never allow a day to go by without remembering the night that Jesus was born. They’re not just looking forward to Christmas. They’re looking forward to eternity with God. I doubt I can capture this ideal in words, but I want to try. Christmas invites us to catch a glimpse of all that lies beyond our present world.

Family celebrations are natural across the world. They bring family together - usually for a meal - to recognise, appreciate, give thanks or just remember an important event in the history of a family. The bigger the event being celebrated or commemorated, the more time is needed to prepare adequately.

Thomas became a dad after 40 and soon saw how much it asked of him. In the tired days and small moments, he started to see a deeper kind of love taking shape.

Apostolic letter of Pope Francis on the meaning and significance of the Nativity scene. Given in Greccio, at the Shrine of the Nativity, on 1 December 2019.

Since 1951, on the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth (30 December or the Sunday after Christmas), a special petition is made to the Holy Family of Nazareth for the families of the faithful of the Work.

A review of some milestones on the Opus Dei website in 2025, from the Jubilee Year to the premiere of “One by One,” the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV, and new steps on the path to the centenary.

On Christmas day, Pope Leo XIV spoke about Christ, who is our peace, and imparted the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing.

“We have a great mission: to transmit true peace, which is Jesus Christ.” With these words, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz invites us to live Christmas by sharing the immense and extraordinary message of the Gospel: the love of God who becomes small in order to come very close to each person.