Opus Dei

You already know that your phone and social media accounts affect your life, but how are you affecting the digital world? Are you a force for good?

Generosity gives us magnanimous hearts, capable of holding more happiness and reaching out to more people. This article is part of a series on the virtues, inspired by St. Josemaría’s homily “Human Virtues.”

Lent is not about switching life off. It's not a dimmer that plunges us into a grey, joyless survival exercise. It's not a season to just endure until Easter arrives. It's the opposite: it's returning to the place where the heart rests, recovering the desire for real joy. It's a time to clear your vision and let the light back in, to live in color.

Nightingales have to stop and take a breath before they can sing. Lent is like that for us. Do you have the freedom to put your phone down in order to take that breath?

"To be of service, serve," Saint Josemaria wrote. What does that mean for Christians who want to make a difference in the world? How do we avoid the danger of perfectionism?

Tony works in recruitment for schools, one step removed from the classrooms his work makes possible. In this video, he shares how seeing that distance not as a limitation but as a form of service unlocked a freedom and peace he never expected to find in his career.

In a do-whatever-you-want kind of culture, we might think that freedom means having no limits. But are you really free if you don’t know what you want?

What does it actually take to be happy, and why do so many people get it wrong? Harvard professor Arthur Brooks and psychologist Isabel Rojas share the science, the stories, and the surprisingly simple habits that can change everything in the first episode of “The World is Waiting for Us,” a Youth podcast.

Purity is the virtue that protects our capacity to love authentically and completely. It gives us the freedom to see others as God sees them, as persons to cherish. This article is part of a series on the virtues, inspired by St. Josemaría’s homily “Human Virtues.”

When you know the “why” at your core, you’re free from external pressures, comparison, and the fear of not being enough. Here's Becca's advice for finding that why, from her experience as a professional chef.