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Meditation for 28 March: Saint Josemaria's Priestly Ordination (Audio)

Saint Josemaria received priestly ordination on 28 March...

28 March 1925: Josemaría Escrivá Ordained a Priest

The Founder of Opus Dei was ordained a priest in the chapel...

Snow-covered Volcanos: Saint Josemaria's Confinement During Wartime

A brief history of the months Saint Josemaria spent in...

“Jesus, I know that this enchanted you”

Saint Josemaria always saw in the care for little things a...

St. Josemaria: Tips For Getting Along

In his preaching, the "saint of ordinary life" often made...

Spiritual Communions: The Longings in God’s Heart

During these days, in many places throughout the world the...

Saint Josemaria "in action"

The Message of Saint Josemaria

A documentary about Opus Dei's message and its founder....

"The Heart of Work": Saint Josemaria's Vision

A short video with selections from Saint Josemaria's...

St. Josemaria: Freedom for our Children

St. Josemaría always spoke a lot about freedom: granting it,...

“Jesus, here is John the Milkman”

When St. Josemaria was a young parish priest, there was a...

The Saint of Ordinary Life: October 6, 2002

A 23-minute video by Alberto Michelini with highlights from...

Called to be saints

Opus Dei helps to find Christ in the work, the family and in...

Books by St Josemaria

The Way

Read these counsels slowly. Pause to meditate on these...

Furrow

In a note to a 1950 edition of The Way, Saint Josemaría...

The Forge

This book, a compilation of spiritual annotations of...

Friends of God

A canticle to ordinary life, addressed to ordinary...

Christ is Passing By

An audio version of "Christ's Death is the Christian's...

Holy Rosary

One December morning in 1931, Fr. Josemaría dashed off this...

His Impact

Saint Josemaria Prayer Card

Christians have always had recourse to the intercession of saints: their example shows us that it is possible to grow in holiness, and their prayer before God can be especially helpful in times of need.

You can visit Saint Josemaria's tomb in Rome at Our Lady of Peace, Prelatic Church of Opus Dei.

Message of the day

“If you do not fight…”

Joy is a Christian possession which we will have as long as we keep fighting, for it is a consequence of peace. Peace is the fruit of having conquered in war, and the life of man upon this earth - as we read in Sacred Scripture - is a warfare. (The Forge, 105)

The entire tradition of the Church has described Christians as milites Christi: soldiers of Christ. Soldiers who bring serenity to others while continually fighting against their own bad inclinations. Sometimes because we are short on supernatural outlook, in effect short on faith, we do not want to hear any talk of life on earth as a kind of war. We ...

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