"The holiness that Our Lord demands of you is to be achieved by carrying out with love of God your work and your daily duties, and these will almost always consist of small realities.” Saint Josemaría
"The holiness that Our Lord demands of you is to be achieved by carrying out with love of God your work and your daily duties, and these will almost always consist of small realities.”
About 1700 years ago, an African named Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria in Egypt. Even though he eventually died in his own bed surrounded by friends and fellow members of the clergy, his life consisted mainly in suffering persecution for his faith in Christ.
He was the oldest member of Opus Dei, having lived his vocation in the Work for just over 86 years, and the last of those who had requested admission in the 1930s. He died in Rome, and his remains rest in the crypt of the prelatic church of Our Lady of Peace.
In nine months we will celebrate Christmas. The early Christians remembered the day with special solemnity and called it the Feast of the Annunciation, recalling how God sent Saint Gabriel to a young woman in Nazareth. The angel announced: “Mary, do not be afraid! You have won God’s favour. Behold, you are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.”
Valentine’s Day is all about love. There are two radically different ways of looking at it. If your romance reduces to a one-night stand, it is nothing more than a lie dressed up to look like love. If a man commits himself to be faithful to one woman for his whole life and the woman commits herself in the same way, then their love is true love.
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.
Millions of people use this website to pray, read and grow in their Christian faith. More than 16,000 of them have shared their experiences to help us improve it. The survey is now closed, and the results (which will help us work to improve the website in the lead-up to the centenary) will be shared soon.
The holy women went to the tomb on Sunday morning. Two angels appeared and said, “Why look among the dead for someone who is alive? He is not here. He has risen!”
Two specialist institutions launch a new website dedicated to the history of Opus Dei, combining academic rigour with an accessible, multimedia approach.
A new issue of “Romana,” the official bulletin of the prelature of Opus Dei, is available in English on the Romana website. It covers the first half of 2025.
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.
In Opus Dei, we are preparing to celebrate our 100th year. It's a path of spiritual renewal, reflection and celebration taking place in nearly 70 countries. This is how our path to the centenary begins.
Close to 2,500 students from 26 countries were in Rome to live Holy Week with the Pope and meet the Prelate of Opus Dei. The theme of UNIV in 2026 was “Building bridges: the art of dialogue.”
In living Christian faith, much is brimming over with light. We catch a glimpse of God working wonders in our lives. We feel the power of the angel’s words: “Rejoice! The Lord is with you.” But in our lives, there is also much that is darkness.
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.
