Opus Dei

The founder of Opus Dei speaking to young people in a gathering in Brazil in 1974.

In the first installment of the "Conversions" series, Julie (United States) talks about rediscovering the Catholic faith, starting by asking different family members one question: "What makes you happy?"

The first students who took part in Opus Dei's work with young people didn't feel like they were adding one more good thing to their to-do lists: they felt like main characters in the story, and they wanted to blaze a trail. And we'll always need trailblazers.

"To be useful, 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?

A fill-in-the-blank prayer guide with questions to inspire your personal conversation with God when you want to pray for your friends.

With a little imagination, we can put ourselves in Veronica's shoes. She overcame her shame and fear to comfort Jesus on the way to Calvary.

Before the sorrow and scandal of the Cross, we have Jesus’s silence: silence and a promise. “Behold your Mother,” He told John, promising that we would always have Mary’s example of faith and love.

Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are tense as they start to worry that something big is going to happen in the next few days.

Why would Jesus choose a donkey to accompany him in his triumphant entry into Jerusalem? Why not a beautiful horse? Using a bit of imagination, we delve into the character of the donkey to experience this scene from the Gospel as another character.

A fill-in-the-blank prayer guide with questions to inspire your personal conversation with God when you want to ask for something that really matters to you.