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The prelate of Opus Dei, in the sanctuary of Covadonga

From the Prelate 07/13/2018

Invited by Jesús Sanz Montes, the Archbishop of Oviedo, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz went on pilgrimage to the shrine of Covadonga to participate in the...

Youth Speaking Out: "Do I speak with Jesus, or am I frightened of silence?"

Personal testimonies 07/10/2018

Mariam is a young Kenyan woman who is studying engineering. She is convinced that we can listen to Christ who speaks to us in the ordinary experiences...

New Mediterraneans (III): "From the Wound of the right hand"

Spiritual life 07/11/2018

A "new discovery" in Saint Josemaria's spiritual life. Contemplating our Lord’s Sacred Humanity, wounded for our sins and now risen back to life,...

"Discovering the ever-youthful face of Christ"

Working on Trust (4): “Can I go out tonight?”

When Christ Passes By

Fathers of the Church 07/10/2018

An excerpt from a homily of Saint Augustine about the curing of the blind men at Jericho, in Saint Matthew's gospel.

"Sanctity is the path to happiness"

From the Prelate 07/09/2018

An extensive interview with the Prelate of Opus Dei was recently published in the Italian newspaper "Avvenire." Here are two questions about the...

Saint Josemaria: "Poet of the universal call to holiness"

Saint Josemaría

In his homily on June 26 at the Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the feast of Saint Josemaria, Cardinal Dolan described Opus Dei's...

Opus Dei in South Africa

Masses in South Africa on the occasion of the feast of St Josemaría Escrivá - June 2018

26 June is the feast of Saint Josemaría

History and Activities

A brief account of Opus Dei's history and activities in South Africa.

Governance

The Vicar of Opus Dei for South Africa is Monsignor Anton Borras Cabaces.

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“Christ may once more be set among the poor”

The mass have been going off down "the road of a justified discontentment" and continue to do so. It hurts ... but, how many we have caused to be disaffected among those who are spiritually or materially in need! Christ may once more be set among the poor and the humble: it is precisely with them that he prefers to be! (Furrow, 228)

A friend of ours used to say: "The poor are my best spiritual book and the main motive of my prayers. It pains me to see them, and in each one of them, Christ. And because it hurts, I realize I love him and love them." (Furrow, 827)

Jesus Our Lord loved men so much that he became incarnate, took to himself our nature, and lived in daily contact with the poor and the rich, with the just and with sinners, with young and old, with Gentiles and Jews. He spoke to everyone: to...

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