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ONE BY ONE: STORIES OF LIFE IN OPUS DEI

How Three Days of Service Changed My View of Medical School

Personal testimonies 06/09/2026

Facing academic burnout during his second year at the University of Nigeria, a medical student finds unexpected renewal through a three-day workshop held at the Iwollo Conference Centre.

For the Octave of Corpus Christi

The Eucharist and the Holy Mass 06/04/2026

Resources to deepen your love for the Eucharist: articles, meditations, prayers, and the lived experience of Saint Josemaría and the saints.

Cabo: “I collapsed in the middle of the street... but I felt this incredible peace”

One by One 06/02/2026

A freezing warehouse in Northampton became a turning point for Cabo, helping him go from feeling lost in a foreign country to experiencing God’s presence in his life, appreciating everything He’d given him and wondering what God might be calling him to give back.

Forty Years of “Romana”

Recent News 06/08/2026

The 81st issue, from June-December 2025, marks the 40th anniversary of “Romana.” The official bulletin of the Prelature of Opus Dei was published for the first time in 1986, reporting on the year 1985.

Fernando: “What did I learn in my eleven years in Opus Dei?”

One by One 06/07/2026

Fernando was a member of Opus Dei for eleven years. Today, after a difficult departure and a journey back, he reflects on the impact of those years and how true friendship can move mountains.

Lift up your gaze during the exam period

For Prayer 05/29/2026

Pope Leo XIV invites us not to go through life with our eyes "fixed on the ground." Exams can do exactly that — swallow up the whole horizon and take your peace with them — but it doesn't have to be that way.

Pope Leo XIV in Spain: “Do not be afraid to let eternity permeate everyday life”

From the Church and the Pope 06/08/2026

The theme of Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to Spain from 6-12 June is: “Lift up your eyes!” This article contains text and video excerpts from the journey, with links to the full itinerary and text of each stop along the way. It is updated daily.

“The rite makes us capable of savouring the presence of God”

From the Church and the Pope 06/03/2026

In his 3 June general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium” and one of the fundamental elements of the sacred liturgy: the rite.

"Craftsmen of Peace": Priestly Ordination Highlights

Recent News 05/28/2026

18 members of Opus Dei were ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Fernando José Castro Aguayo, Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela). The ceremony took place at the Basilica of Saint Eugune (Rome).

Inspiration for Your Prayer
  • Daily Gospel Commentary

  • Daily Meditation

  • Message of the Day from St. Josemaria

  • June Recollection Kit (2026)

Featured
  • Isabel Sánchez and Opus Dei: “Deepening in the charism, rectifying, and dreaming of sowing good”

  • “We encourage young people to discover and choose their own path”

  • One by One: Stories of Life in Opus Dei

  • Regional Assemblies 2024: Family, Work, and Formation for Mission

  • Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz: “The most faithful path to serve the Church is not to be indifferent to the vicissitudes of our world”

  • Artisans of Peace (II): Leaven for a Reconciled World

  • Letter of St. Josemaria about charity in the transmission of the faith

  • From the Prelate: Enlarging the Heart

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  • Marina, Spain: "I want to be an assistant numerary with everything I do"

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Message of the day

“Fall in Love, and you will not leave him”

And what is the secret of perseverance? Love. Fall in Love, and you will not leave him. (The Way, 999)

That passage of the Second Epistle to Timothy makes me shudder, when the Apostle laments that Demas has fallen in love with this present world and gone to Thessalonica. For a trifle, and for fear of persecution, this man, whom Saint Paul had quoted in other epistles as being among the saints, had betrayed the divine enterprise. I shudder when I realize how little I am: and it leads me …

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Weekly texts
  • “Concern for the apostolate”
  • “Serenity. Why lose your temper?”
  • “With him there is no possibility of failure”
  • “Could it not be that you are fainthearted, because your love is so small?”
  • "Docile to the Holy Spirit”
  • “On the feast of Corpus Christi”
About "Ad Charisma Tuendum"
  • Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum”

    Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum” by Pope Francis

  • Letter from the Prelate regarding the Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum”

    Monsignor Fernando Ocariz, Prelate of Opus Dei, writes about Pope Francis' Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum” ("To safeguard the charism").

  • Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum”: Questions and Answers

    We offer some questions and answers prepared by the Opus Dei Information Office regarding the Motu Proprio “Ad charisma tuendum.”

  • Letter from the Prelate (6 October 2022)

    The Prelate of Opus Dei informs us that he will convoke an Extraordinary General Congress in the first half of 2023 in order to make the changes to the Statutes indicated in "Ad charisma tuendum."

  • Statutes of Opus Dei

    The Statutes of Opus Dei were promulgated by Pope St John Paul II in 1982. Written in Latin, they define precisely the juridical configuration of the Prelature, its organization, and its aims.

  • Apostolic constitution "Ut sit"

    The English translation of the apostolic constitution, Ut sit, by which Opus Dei was established as the Catholic Church's first personal prelature.

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  • Writings of the founder of Opus Dei
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  • Blessed Alvaro del Portillo website
  • Romana, Bulletin of the Opus Dei Prelature
  • St. Josemaria Institute
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